It's official, I'm in love with titanium. Thanks benchmade, spyderco, and chris reeve

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SnowCrash

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-First-time member of the Chris Reeve "cool-kids club" :cool:

-First-time owner of a titanium folder of any kind

-First-time member of the Lum Lunatics club (it's a benchmade thing)

I think I'm in love with titanium.

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Congrats. Those are 3 damn good looking knives. I'm still waiting (and waiting and waiting) for my Spyderco ti fluted mili to come through.
 
I like titanium. I have a 100% titanium Mission Knives folder, titanium chopsticks, titanium spork, and just added a titanium straw.

You got three good knives there yourself! :)
 
Esav Benyamin said:
I like titanium. I have a 100% titanium Mission Knives folder, titanium chopsticks, titanium spork, and just added a titanium straw.

You got three good knives there yourself! :)
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It's like I always use to say, you never know when you're gonna need ti chopsticks.
 
Jonsa said:
how do you like the sage framelock vs that of the sebenza
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I haven't tinkered with the pivot screw of the sebenza yet but so far I like the sage 2's more because it is much faster and smoother. It is missing the ball detent but it still flies out with a flick
 
makes sense because if you flick out the blade in the seb it voids the warrenty, which is a big reason I won't pay that much for that knife (#1 being the hollow ground blade). Not that I care about flicking the knife open vs guiding it open, but can't understand what this action does to a knife in that price range to void a warrenty. Great looking knives!
 
Ignorance raises its head and speaks. "Flicking" does not void the warranty.

Full arm swings, wrist snaps, slamming the blade into the stop pin, will wear on any knife. Violent metal to metal contact is no way to treat a useful tool.

The Sebenza is manufactured to extremely tight tolerances. This naturally makes its parts fit more firmly. Tightening or loosening the pivot will do little, since the pivot pin is enclosed in a bushing, a cylindrical sleeve that maintains a set distance and tightness between handle slabs.

Take it apart, rub each part down with a bit of lubricant, assemble carefully, and you are on your way to a fine knife with a smooth, controlled action.

Not a mall ninja toy to wave around, flailing the blade at people.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Ignorance raises its head and speaks. "Flicking" does not void the warranty.

Full arm swings, wrist snaps, slamming the blade into the stop pin, will wear on any knife. Violent metal to metal contact is no way to treat a useful tool.

The Sebenza is manufactured to extremely tight tolerances. This naturally makes its parts fit more firmly. Tightening or loosening the pivot will do little, since the pivot pin is enclosed in a bushing, a cylindrical sleeve that maintains a set distance and tightness between handle slabs.

Take it apart, rub each part down with a bit of lubricant, assemble carefully, and you are on your way to a fine knife with a smooth, controlled action.

Not a mall ninja toy to wave around, flailing the blade at people.
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Haha, mall ninja. I love that noun/adjective. I used to be a mall cop, does that warrant the name?

I wonder if the umnumzaan is considered more of a "mall ninja" tactical blade, it seems like more of the knife you'd be able to "flick" rather than controlled deploy
 
where do i sign up for the Lum lunatics club?
i just received my BM 746 mini onslaught, and absolutely love this thing. i held off for a few months cause of the thin blade, but this blade is a mean slicer!
i had my eyes set on the spydie chinese lum, but after i saw this mini onslaught, it was love at first sight. one of the most gorgeous and elegant designs ive ever seen.

how do liking the BM lum tanto? think ill have to give a Ti knife a try. :thumbup:
 
SnowCrash, I have two large regular BG-42 Sebenzas. One drop point, one tanto. I can open either one with a quick thumb flick. It never slams the blade open. Sometimes it *just* clicks into place. You do not have to control it all the way open.

"Mall ninja" originally did mean a mall cop, but a mall cop who thought he was a special operator: Gecko45 :eek: Read Shrine of the Mall Ninja. :D
 
flicking does void the warranty, great gentle mens knife with tight tolerances that are so tight that with any wear (.0005) might have an effect on the sebenza and its reliability. Treat it like it looks I guess. Just seems king of week that for a knife of that price which most people don't want to cut anything more than cardboard with, that you can't flick it around a little, but it is called a sebenza so I guess its worth it.
 
I definitely respect anything with a $400 price tag!

Flash Owl, you just go on the benchmade forums, sign up, and find the lum lunatics topic (they're making shirts now). There's also the Osbourne alliance but sadly i traded away my 940 years ago :grumpy:
 
You're off to a good start, those are some fine knives. Now you need to branch out, here are a few that are out of production but can still be found
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And then there are customs. Good luck getting a Lochsa. Here is a folder from Ray Laconico, he puts what I would call an orange peel finish on the Ti
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Jonsa said:
flicking does void the warranty, great gentle mens knife with tight tolerances that are so tight that with any wear (.0005) might have an effect on the sebenza and its reliability. Treat it like it looks I guess. Just seems king of week that for a knife of that price which most people don't want to cut anything more than cardboard with, that you can't flick it around a little, but it is called a sebenza so I guess its worth it.
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This type of thing has been beaten to death over and over again. I highly recommend using the search function to straighten out your "beliefs".

I've used mine for everything from cutting shingles for a roof (I even managed to drop it off the roof onto the sidewalk two stories below), to accidentally having it run over by my friend's car, to opening cans, and *gasp* cutting cardboard. I flick mine open at least 20-50 times every day. I'll never understand why people think it looks like a gentleman's knife. If CRK added tiger stripes to it, would it become heavier duty?
 
I consider a very slender Al Mar or a something of the like to be gentleman's carry; perhaps my 943 fits that category as well. I consider the sebenza to be a hard working folding knife. The name sebenza even means work. I highly doubt that flicking it open (thumb/wirst action not swinging the arm) to open it would void anything, if thumb flicking won't damage a 25 dollar kershaw, how can it damage a Sebenza; which has insanely strong and also flattened on top stop pins (I imagine the flat surface even harder to dent than a normal rounded pin).
 
orchunter93 said:
Titanium is quite the material...its just kinda hard to find good lefties in ti
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Yup. CRK makes a left handed version of all of their folders--I've got a left handed Sebenza and an Umnumzaan. I think that left handed versions of the HEST folder exist. Other than that, you are going to have to go custom for a left handed titanium frame lock.

If I'm missing anything, please please please tell me what knife it is, and where I can buy one!
 
Tim616 said:
I consider a very slender Al Mar or a something of the like to be gentleman's carry; perhaps my 943 fits that category as well.
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I would put the BM 943 in a class with the CRK Mnandi: gentlemen's knives in style, but capable of real work.
 
Jonsa said:
flicking does void the warranty, great gentle mens knife with tight tolerances that are so tight that with any wear (.0005) might have an effect on the sebenza and its reliability. Treat it like it looks I guess. Just seems king of week that for a knife of that price which most people don't want to cut anything more than cardboard with, that you can't flick it around a little, but it is called a sebenza so I guess its worth it.
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Try reading up on CRK forums to get a better understanding of their policies. Reasonable flicking does not void the warranty. In fact, CRK even tells you to lightly flick the knife open whenever you reassemble a sebenza. Do you slam the door of a porsche as hard as you can repeatedly for the hell of it? Flicking open any knife is going to cause premature wear and NO folder is immune to this no matter how tactical you think your knife is. CRK just doesnt want you to flick his knives like an ape so he doesnt have to prematurely warranty the knives of countless people.
 
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