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Recently a trading opportunity (with the excellent kgriggs:thumbup: ) came upon on my radar for a small sebenza, in bg42. Now I'd handled sebenzas and mnandis before, however I was skeptical about the cost to benefit ratio.
My first impressions:
I took the dive however, and now I have in my hands my first sebenza. Let me tell you, after playing with and disassembling it for an afternoon, I can see how it is worth every penny.
In my eyes at least, the merit of the sebenza is based on the small details incorporated into its simple design. The rounded spine, the precision ground grooves for thumb and forefinger, the rounded edges, all these small and deliberate efforts combine to really make the design come alive.
This is also my first experience with bg42, and with a little touchup, ie sharpmaker and strop, this steel has really taken a wicked edge. Very easily also, I might add.
I'm having difficulty grasping what all the fuss was about on the issue of flicking. This sebenza has the ball detent from hell. I couldn't flick this open if I threw a 100mph fastball. If my thumb is on the stud already I might as well just open it normally.
Anyway I couldn't be happier with this knife, and I'm a little scared that chris reeve is going to be getting a lot of my money in the future
My first impressions:
I took the dive however, and now I have in my hands my first sebenza. Let me tell you, after playing with and disassembling it for an afternoon, I can see how it is worth every penny.
In my eyes at least, the merit of the sebenza is based on the small details incorporated into its simple design. The rounded spine, the precision ground grooves for thumb and forefinger, the rounded edges, all these small and deliberate efforts combine to really make the design come alive.
This is also my first experience with bg42, and with a little touchup, ie sharpmaker and strop, this steel has really taken a wicked edge. Very easily also, I might add.
I'm having difficulty grasping what all the fuss was about on the issue of flicking. This sebenza has the ball detent from hell. I couldn't flick this open if I threw a 100mph fastball. If my thumb is on the stud already I might as well just open it normally.
Anyway I couldn't be happier with this knife, and I'm a little scared that chris reeve is going to be getting a lot of my money in the future
