Leek trumps Sebenza

[enderwiggin]

I'm probably very biased by now, but when I look at the two knives the Sebenza just seems to be higher quality. For some reason, when I see a knife with a stainless steel or aluminum handle that isn't anondized, I find that it looks cheap. I prefer anondized, titanium, micarta, wood, etc. over any kind of plain stainless steel or aluminum, be it stonewashed, satin finished, or what have you. That's just how my tastes have developed.

Then again, I'm also so familiar with the Sebenza and the Leek that I can't help my thinking the Sebenza looks higher quality, must be a subconscious thing.

I thought the same thing. Maybe it is hindsight bias, but comparing the two, one looks like a mass-produced knife--albeit a very nice looking one--and the other just looks high-end.

High-end doesn't always been flashy graphics and radical styling. Look at Snap-On tools, for instance. Very simple in design, nothing extra or wild-looking about them. But pick up a small Snap-On torque wrench in one hand and hold a Husky torque wrench in the other, and you can see and feel the difference.

It's all based on what the individual values. A few years ago, I couldn't imagine spending $50.00 on a flashlight, let alone $150.00. Now, I know that $150.00 gets you a relatively mid to low-end light. Just like a lot of things, you get what you pay for!