Is there such a thing as a Sebenza Custom

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So I was wondering if Chris Reeve ever made a Custom Sebenza, meaning
a Sebenza made all by hand. Something like what Rick Hinderer does with
the gen 1 and 2 or what Ernie Emerson does with his customs. I know theres
the annuals with the different inlay but is that a custom or still considered
production? I think if he ever did that would be the knife to end all knifes.
I wouldnt mind waiting 10 years for one of those.
 
Chris did make handmade Sebenzas before the Sebenza was put into production, they are marked with an H next to the CRK logo so people call them H Sebenzas. They are highly sought after and very rarely seen up for sale.
 
Wow, nice to know. Ive never heard of an 'H' sebenza. Only the 'P'.
I think if he did a very limited run every year of like 20 custom sebenzas
it would cause a riot with people trying to get their hands on one.
Im gonna have to do some research on this H sebenza.
 
The Sebenza is just about as "perfect" as can be now, so Im wondering what would make it "better" than a production one? :)

It would be nice to select your blade steel, custom or production. Anyways that's my Sebenza pipedream.... A selection of maybe three different steels, one being S90V :D
 
This is an interesting topic because an esteemed colleague and I were recently having a very similar discussion. It is my opinion that if Mr. Reeve ever made a few "custom" models of his production folders each year, they would sell like hotcakes for very good prices. I know that I'd pay good money for a new "handmade" Sebenza or Umnumzaan, perhaps with some custom options like blade steels or other design tweaks. That would be amazing.
 
DallasSTB said:
This is an interesting topic because an esteemed colleague and I were recently having a very similar discussion. It is my opinion that if Mr. Reeve ever made a few "custom" models of his production folders each year, they would sell like hotcakes for very good prices. I know that I'd pay good money for a new "handmade" Sebenza or Umnumzaan, perhaps with some custom options like blade steels or other design tweaks. That would be amazing.
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That's essentially what the proto umnumzaan's were.
 
DallasSTB said:
This is an interesting topic because an esteemed colleague and I were recently having a very similar discussion. It is my opinion that if Mr. Reeve ever made a few "custom" models of his production folders each year, they would sell like hotcakes for very good prices. I know that I'd pay good money for a new "handmade" Sebenza or Umnumzaan, perhaps with some custom options like blade steels or other design tweaks. That would be amazing.
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I would think they would be sold before he even started working on them if he really wanted to go that route. There would be a waiting list years long probably. Think along the same lines as Hinderer. . .
 
giant1 said:
Are you saying that Chris made those or that they have custom features??
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Regarding the decorated Umnumzaan models, it's my understanding that the blades were hand ground and finished, as well as hand decorated by Chris. They are also one-off pieces and not duplicated.

The prototype Umnumzaan's I can't say if they were hand ground or not.
 
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