Inlays Or Not On A User?

DWood

DWood

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I just received my first CR knife, a small sebenza 21 with cocobolo inlays. I intend to use it, at work, and home (when I'm not carry the bigger XM 18 I just got as well). I am blown away by the quality of the fit and finish of CR knives. AWESOME!

How many of you use CR knives with inlays as a work knife rather than a safe queen?

I have 37 years in the fire service and this is a daily carry for me now, although I am a Division Chief and my days of crawling down smokey hallways are over. I oversee 16 stations and my role is not busting down doors anymore. Never the less, I wouldn't hesitate to put the small sebenza to any hard cutting task, pretty as it may be.

Do you consider CR knives with inlays as too pretty to put to work or do you work 'em hard anyway? The inlays seem to provide some extra grip to me.
 
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I have had tons of CRK folders over the years and other than for the mnandi, I am kinda new to inlays myself. I have been using my large Bocote just like I would any of my other CRK plain janes. Its the same knife, just with some added beauty to it is all. Cocobolo is a very tough wood, so it will easily stand up to the daily chores you will put your sebenza through. Use it and enjoy it. Odds are it will not be your last CRK anyways....!!!
 
I have been packing my ebony inlay large almost every day for 2 months now (it's only bumped by a StarTac), and it's still in great condition. I work in the oilfield of northern British Columbia as a welder, so it has done everything from stripping cable and wire, cut open boxes of welding rod, scraped crud off of cable connectors, been exposed to grinding dust and weld spatter, cleaned mud out from under my fingernails, and cut up pepperoni for a snack, and still looks fine. I was a bit worried about the satin finish of the ti scales, before I bought it I was considering a micarta, but it seems to be holding up fine so far. I'm almost more fond of it now, it's become the knife that makes all my non CRKs feel like a gas station blade.

And because threads are better with pics,

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Post pics of that Seb in action, please.

In answer to your question, I carried a Snakewood Seb for a while in Afghanistan, but not as an EDC. My EDC Sebs were a long out of production Regular CGG Trapeze, and a small Freedom 21...

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After I was back from deployment, I sent them back to the mothership, and the Trap came back looking like this...

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Tyrade83, I would say work in the oil fields makes your ebony inlaid Sebenza a user. Thanks for the photo.

LW, I couldn't figure out what was "wrong" with your Sebenzas until I realized they are lefties :D. Looking good.

Here is mine with my NovaTac EDC light and KytexGear belt clip. It is still pristine after 3 days of carry and little use (so far).

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my small ebony is fine after a few months (4-5 now) ho regular carry inside the leather slip
the blade has some minor scuffs on the satin finish (maybe from cleaning..) but the rest is still like new

so it's fine to use an inlaid one
 
I have my micarta insingo in my pocket now:thumbup: I carry all of my CRK, though I am more careful with my annuals. Inlays just make the knife more likely to be taken with you! It also has the added sheeple benefit. People are more likely to want to see your inlayed knife than be scared of it.
 
DWood said:
I just received my first CR knife, a small sebenza 21 with cocobolo inlays.
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My small EDC is a Classic Seb w/ cocobolo inlays, and dual thumb studs. The inlays have held up extremely well. :)
 
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Sorry, specific need to carry a left and right hand knife at the same time?
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No, I don't carry both at the same time. The only need I have is that my knife have dual thumb studs, because I'm ambidextrous.
 
I have no qualms with carrying and using my inlays. At first, I was terrified tio use such a warm and beautiful knife and sold all of my inlay Sebbies off. Not anymore. i can't truly appreciate something if it's untouched and locked up
 
I carry a a large insingo with micarta inlays everyday as a fire investigator. I use it on the job daily. I think I need a wood inly sebenza to carry at work as well.
 
It's all good. For centuries people have been using natural handle material for knives. Just treat the wood every once in a while and you're good to go.
 
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