Is a CRK Large Seb. w/ Wood Inlay a bad choice for a user?

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I want to purchase my first CRK this week. I love the look of certain wood inlays on the sebs. but heard micarta gives the best grip. I really don't use my knives for hard use but I do use them. Is the wood inlay a bad choice? I'm also having a really hard time finding wood inlay sebs at the moment and micartas seem to be everywhere. What do you guys think? Micarta or hold off for a wood when I find one?
 
There are traditional knives 100+ years old still around with wood scales, so I think you'll be ok :)
 
Micarta would probably be the best as an EDC for its grippyness. As far as wood inlays go, the wood inlays CRK uses are stabilized hardwoods and are very durable. I have had inlays on the mnandi and all have held up amazing well without even the slightest blemish. I used my mnandi heavily, they were not safe queens. And availability...? Most dealers were sold out of most CRK for quite some time. I have noticed as of late, they are getting restocked. So if micarta's are springing up now, wood inlays are sure to follow soon.
 
I am sure everyone knows at this point that my favorite for an EDC is the micarta. With that said, the wood is very durable and will make you a fine user. If there is a down side it might be scratching the bead blasting on the scale-I believe to reblast they must remove the wood,which means breaking it out. The micarta can be left in when reblasting.So if you can live with a few beauty marks you should be fine.
 
Being that it will be your first sebenza the woody is the way to go.Snakewood would be a good choice.:thumbup:
 
My user is a large with bloodwood inlays - no problems here.

I had a hard time warming up to the micarta.
 
The wood inlays make for a nice texture and give some thickness to the handle that I like. The wood should be pretty durable since, I believe, CRK uses only stabilized woods. A wood inlay sebbie is perfect for a user.
 
I had a large bloodwood inlay. The wood felt slippery and didn't add any grip whatsoever. It's still a fine knife and I'm sure everyone would be happy with one. However, the micarta is grippier and I like it a little more.
 
If I were to get a wood inlayed sebenza for the purposes of being a user I would go with a nice darker wood. The lighter and red woods look great but I think of them being a little classier and flashy. Not to say they would be any less capable. And you have no worrys on the wood holding up. The only thing would be to avoid dropping it on a hard surface.. but that goes for any knife thats $400. :)
 
Life is too short to have tools you are afraid to use. Find something shiny that speaks to you and cut something with it.
 
I've got a small with Blackwood, and a large with Snakewood, and I can't see any reason they won't hold up to normal use. I've also got a small with Lignum Vitae (sp) on it's way to me, and I've heard that wood is 10x harder than Oak.
 
Jan I said:
Life is too short to have tools you are afraid to use. Find something shiny that speaks to you and cut something with it.
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Absolutely.
If you like the wood inlays - take it
Chris Reeve Knives is manufacturing knives for using them - not just only collecting
 
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