How long did it take to use?

High end knives (excluding customs)are meant to be used but not abused. I use a Strider SnG as a beater. They are not pry bars, hammers or axes. Common sense is the key.
 
I would like to say that I bought 2 Syringe of Chris reeve grease 5 years ago and still have a full one and one half one. I clean my sebenzas once a month. You do not have to use but only a thin layer. As far as using I recently purchased a bg42 large regular. This is a rare knife and hard to find, I paid a pretty penny for it, when it came in the mail, it took 30 sec to put in my pocket. I have used every day since and love it. Enjoy your knife just be careful because after using you will be planning your next purchase. As far as grease they only sell the tube, the syringe works better to apply it. If you find one use it and refill with the tube. Hope this helps and enjoy your knife
 
About 2 seconds. I disassembled it once, cleaned and degreased the screws and reassembled with blue loctite. I use BreakFree to lube and when it gets gunky, just hose it out with hot water.
 
Soon after I got mine (Large Insigno) I used it to cut stuff beyond the normal cardboard, zip ties, etc. I used it to cut some scraps left on some off PVC like crown modling that were caused by a little melting from a hot miter saw blade. Also used it to cut way small tree branches from above a grill. When necessary I will touch it up on my Sharpmaker and then sometime down the road will use my Wicked Edge to redo the edge. Won't hesitate to use it for any reasonable task that comes up.

Like others have said it a tool. An expensive and good tool but a tool none the less. I use my tools.

BTW, the Insingo is my first CRK and it has been great. Not even close to needing to be sharpened and nothing beyond the normal light scratches on the handles. I see more CRKs in my future.
 
The only way you can truly appreciate a sebenza is to use it. Only then will you understand what the creator was thinking before it became reality. Scratches like old age are a badge of honor.
 
Couldnt wait to use my Insingo when i picked it up. It comes to work with me every day and performs brilliantly in a variety of cutting tasks. A good knife becomes an essential item you don't leave or occupy the house without. Personally i agree with what others have stated here, Sebenzas are best enjoyed as the cutting tools they were built to be.

The job keeps my Insingo in a perpetual state of filth so i have taken it down and cleaned it more times than i can remember. Never had any issues with the screws at all and the little bottle of fluorinated grease is deceiving, it will go a very very long way and it doesnt take much to smooth out the action. In the end do what will make you happy, but I'd recommend using it so you can see what its really made of, you wont be dissapointed.
 
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I will start carrying it daily. How does the steel react if it hits say a staple? I do a lot of cutting of fishing line close to lure eyes with fishy hands. Whittle wood, cut down boxes and tape, plastic packaging and whatever random things come around. I'm in the woods a lot and by water. Rope, plastic covers.
 
SuzukiGS750EZ said:
I will start carrying it daily. How does the steel react if it hits say a staple? I do a lot of cutting of fishing line close to lure eyes with fishy hands. Whittle wood, cut down boxes and tape, plastic packaging and whatever random things come around. I'm in the woods a lot and by water. Rope, plastic covers.
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A staple will do some damage. You could lessen the damage by making the edge a bit more obtuse.

If you are going to use it hard, an acute edge will chip and roll before an obtuse edge.
 
I bought some limited issue knives in the 1990's (not CRK's). One of them my teenaged son got hold of and broke the tip off (yeah, dealt with it, he is now 25 and still remembers) and another I kept pristine with box and papers. For the heck of it tonight I looked up the value of each online, neither have been produced for 15 or so years. The one my son trashed was worth $100 if pristine with box and papers, a little less than I paid for it. The other was $150, about what I paid for it.

The moral is, use the suckers, that is what they were made for, and, with rare exceptions, safe queens will earn a lot less than a CD. And they earn .75 percent these days!

Long answer to a short question. I use all of my CRK's except my two mammoth ivory inlay ones.

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