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I remember a little over a year ago when I got a summer job at a moving company to pay for school. At this job it required me to cut a lot of boxes and tape and other things along those lines. The only knife I had was a cheap $6 Chinese liner lock that I got 7 or so years ago at a Boy Scout summer camp. So, instead of using a utility razor like everyone else I decided to have some fun with the job and get a new knife. I ended up getting a SOG for about $60 dollars based on reviews I saw online. It was one with the spring assist and ACU camo which I was ecstatic about because I had just enlisted in the Army. After about three weeks I realized the horrible decision I made. :thumbdn:
About a month later I was looking for a new knife again and heard a lot of good things about Spyderco (which I thought were hideous at the time). I didn't want to make the same mistake again so I just bought the ugliest one that fit my budget which was a Manix 2 xl. It is a great knife but it was way too big, so I ended up getting a Paramilitary 2 right before the big para 2 obsession spread and they became impossible to get from the dealer. I thought that knife was perfect and it did everything I needed. Unfortunately I had become obsessed with collecting knives. I ended up using a lot of the money I made that summer on knives.
About six months later I had half a dozen quality Spyderco, a few Benchmade, Emerson, Microtech and ESEE. This entire time I was aware of the existence of the Sebenza and the price tag that I decided early on was not worth it. That is until I decided to take a short drive to go visit the BladeHQ storefront in Lehi where I only planned on getting another Spyderco but got carried away with all the knives there were to play with. I asked them about the Sebenza and they let me handle a regular Large Sebenza 21. I could not stop the itch to buy a Sebenza with any knife after those few short seconds.
Well, I went to Army Basic training and AIT for a little over half this year and have now been back just over a month. Last Saturday I couldn't fight the itch anymore, I decided just to try one out. So I looked on every forum and ebay item for a CRK Large Sebenza 21 with the blue thumbstud, I think I found a few used ones but I decided that something as bad as my itch for a Sebenza could only be satisfied with a brand new, untouched one. I only found one website that had them in stock out of the ten plus I looked on. It got here this afternoon and I could not be more pleased. It cost 200 more dollars than I I have spent on any other knife, but I could not be more happy.
Rest assured that I will use this thing until I die or it does (this will not be babied), It is probably going to be the knife I'll never let go of. It makes me want to try other CRK's, Striders, Hinderers, etc.... But I already know that I'll always just be coming back to this one. The regular Ti Large Sebenza 21 with the blue is by far my favorite CRK design that I have seen. I'm probably going to sell off most my other knives now so I can keep this one. I just wish I hadn't gone through so many other knives to get to this one.
Morale of the story: Stop lying to yourself and get a Sebenza!
About a month later I was looking for a new knife again and heard a lot of good things about Spyderco (which I thought were hideous at the time). I didn't want to make the same mistake again so I just bought the ugliest one that fit my budget which was a Manix 2 xl. It is a great knife but it was way too big, so I ended up getting a Paramilitary 2 right before the big para 2 obsession spread and they became impossible to get from the dealer. I thought that knife was perfect and it did everything I needed. Unfortunately I had become obsessed with collecting knives. I ended up using a lot of the money I made that summer on knives.
About six months later I had half a dozen quality Spyderco, a few Benchmade, Emerson, Microtech and ESEE. This entire time I was aware of the existence of the Sebenza and the price tag that I decided early on was not worth it. That is until I decided to take a short drive to go visit the BladeHQ storefront in Lehi where I only planned on getting another Spyderco but got carried away with all the knives there were to play with. I asked them about the Sebenza and they let me handle a regular Large Sebenza 21. I could not stop the itch to buy a Sebenza with any knife after those few short seconds.
Well, I went to Army Basic training and AIT for a little over half this year and have now been back just over a month. Last Saturday I couldn't fight the itch anymore, I decided just to try one out. So I looked on every forum and ebay item for a CRK Large Sebenza 21 with the blue thumbstud, I think I found a few used ones but I decided that something as bad as my itch for a Sebenza could only be satisfied with a brand new, untouched one. I only found one website that had them in stock out of the ten plus I looked on. It got here this afternoon and I could not be more pleased. It cost 200 more dollars than I I have spent on any other knife, but I could not be more happy.
Rest assured that I will use this thing until I die or it does (this will not be babied), It is probably going to be the knife I'll never let go of. It makes me want to try other CRK's, Striders, Hinderers, etc.... But I already know that I'll always just be coming back to this one. The regular Ti Large Sebenza 21 with the blue is by far my favorite CRK design that I have seen. I'm probably going to sell off most my other knives now so I can keep this one. I just wish I hadn't gone through so many other knives to get to this one.
Morale of the story: Stop lying to yourself and get a Sebenza!
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I've keep my other knives and continue to purchase other brands but none reward my hand with the same visceral feedback. Enjoy, and I'd recommend you start making a short list for your next.