OilMan
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The players:
Chris Reeve Knives: 2 Plain Regular Sebenzas, The small one is the first Sebbie I ever bought. I had only purchased production knives at that point. Needless to say I have a couple more now.
The large was a beater that I got off of ebay and sent back to CRK for the refurb. They cleaned up the slabs but there was still a faint smudge/scratch (me getting a little crazy with my sharpmaker) on the blade. I put it up for sale on the forums. No one bit.
Matt Cucchiara: Fire Fizz, Meltdown, Heat coloring(slabs and inside Fizz). I tell you what, when I pulled them out of the box I was grinnin ear to ear. I didn't quite know what the color inside the Fizz would look like and kinda figured it would be dull but it's definitely bright and shiny. They both feel like entirely different knives now due to the Meltdown somehow. The slabs are smoother now but grippier because of the Fizz. Very nicely done sir. I look forward to a Batwing.
Mike Tea: 2 Leather Sheaths. I think seeing one of Mike's sheaths is what originally inspired the 2 semi-identical blade idea in the first place. I really liked the one I had seen and figured I'd contact him about getting one for a small Sebbie. Then I, being the rocket scientist that I am, figured I would also need a large so if I happened to be carrying a large that day it wouldn't feel naked. Made sense then. It does again now. I really like them because they are as close to perfect without being too "busy". Very very nice.
The kicker: Matt and Mike were excellent to deal with. I tried not to bug them much while they were working but of course I did now and again. I highly recommend both. They are both master craftsmen at reasonable prices to boot. Of course Mike makes sheaths for other types of knives and Matt makes some kick butt blades himself.
Where's the bad pictures? I'm having lighting issues presently but hope to get better pics in the daylight. Here's some badly lit pics:
Pic1 133KB
Pic2 126KB
I hope you day goes as well as mine did, sorry for going on and on.
OilMan
Chris Reeve Knives: 2 Plain Regular Sebenzas, The small one is the first Sebbie I ever bought. I had only purchased production knives at that point. Needless to say I have a couple more now.
The large was a beater that I got off of ebay and sent back to CRK for the refurb. They cleaned up the slabs but there was still a faint smudge/scratch (me getting a little crazy with my sharpmaker) on the blade. I put it up for sale on the forums. No one bit.
Matt Cucchiara: Fire Fizz, Meltdown, Heat coloring(slabs and inside Fizz). I tell you what, when I pulled them out of the box I was grinnin ear to ear. I didn't quite know what the color inside the Fizz would look like and kinda figured it would be dull but it's definitely bright and shiny. They both feel like entirely different knives now due to the Meltdown somehow. The slabs are smoother now but grippier because of the Fizz. Very nicely done sir. I look forward to a Batwing.
Mike Tea: 2 Leather Sheaths. I think seeing one of Mike's sheaths is what originally inspired the 2 semi-identical blade idea in the first place. I really liked the one I had seen and figured I'd contact him about getting one for a small Sebbie. Then I, being the rocket scientist that I am, figured I would also need a large so if I happened to be carrying a large that day it wouldn't feel naked. Made sense then. It does again now. I really like them because they are as close to perfect without being too "busy". Very very nice.
The kicker: Matt and Mike were excellent to deal with. I tried not to bug them much while they were working but of course I did now and again. I highly recommend both. They are both master craftsmen at reasonable prices to boot. Of course Mike makes sheaths for other types of knives and Matt makes some kick butt blades himself.
Where's the bad pictures? I'm having lighting issues presently but hope to get better pics in the daylight. Here's some badly lit pics:
Pic1 133KB
Pic2 126KB
I hope you day goes as well as mine did, sorry for going on and on.
OilMan
, I've just snagged myself a modded sebbie by Matt, can you tell me how I get hold of Mike for the sheath's?
