Lefty needs advice

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I have a Spyderco PM2 has my EDC. I've been thinking about getting a Sprint run PM2, but with the high prices on the secondary market I've been thinking for extra $125.00 I can get a new LH Small Sebenza. I have no experience with Chris Reeves (just You Tube and on this Forum). Has anybody else been in my shoes and can offer up some opinions?

Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!
 
Maybe I can sort of help. I've never handled a lefty spyderco, but I recently (like 2 days ago) got my first Sebenza- which is coincidentally my first actually left handed knife. It's certainly a steep price tag, but I absolutely could not be happier. I've literally been preaching the virtues of this knife to anyone who will listen (I'm sure I've been an obnoxious person to live with the last 2 days). I had gone back and forth between a number of knives, including spydercos, until I made a trip to the closest real knife store (about 75 miles) and actually got to handle all of the knives I considered. CRK's really weren't even on my radar. They looked too sterile for me in pictures, but once I felt one I was totally sold. I think for me the deal was, I could have been happy spending $250 on a very nice knife, but in a few weeks I would have still been thinking about the sebenza and plotting for how to get one. Now that I have the sebenza, my biggest knife concern is when the sebenza 25 will be available left handed.

That absolutely turned into a fan boy rant, but I absolutely adore mine. I'm sure you know all of the specs and pros and cons on the sebenzas from the videos, but if you are considering one seriously before having it in your hands I can pretty much guarantee you'll love it once you get it in your hands. Part of my love may come from just how great it is to have a lefty knife finally, but as crazy as it sounds I even enjoyed the righty model I borrowed for a few days from a buddy while mine was on order. In the end, both are great knives, but for me that extra expense now saved me money in the long run and I'm very proud to own such a fine knife.
 
Used leftys pop up on the Exchange fairly often, you can save a few $$$ that way. I'm constantly taking them in trade and selling or trading them away.
 
I used to be a Para 2 fan. They are well designed, perform beautifully and are very left hand friendly. The sprint runs in high performance steels are awesome. That said, the Sebenzas are in a whole different universe, IMO. If you admire aesthetics, fit and finish, industrial design and fine things in general, you will find a lot to appreciate in a CRK product. There is really very little to compare, quality and design wise to a Sebenza. A few firearms, Leica cameras from the 1950s and '60s... Maybe the finest German automobile, if there could be one that could perform equally well as a sports car, luxury vehicle and off road machine, so you could use it everyday, no matter where you lived or traveled to or what you did. That's basically what you would be getting a Sebenza, especially the small. Another thing: Us lefties have to live in a basically right handed world. Door knobs, notebooks, scissors, many tools, the list goes on and on. We cope with the awkwardness and accept it as part of life. In this context, having a dedicated left handed Sebenza is a huge deal. It's one area I don't don't have to adjust myself to the right handed bias. I almost always have a small or large Sebenza on me and would be bereft without one.
 
What you're hearing is good advice. I'd only add that the Classic and 21 Sebenzas are very lefty-friendly (in my opinion) if you get them with dual studs (which CRK can add for a small charge). If you've ever used a Spyderco Military, the Classic and 21 are somewhat similar in terms of ergonomics due to the large cut-out for access to the lockbar. I have eight Sebenzas at this point and only half are LH models - honestly, to me, it doesn't matter a great deal, as long as a RH model has dual studs.
 
I received my small Sebenza LH. It kind of reminds me when I got my Rolex GMT. Thank you again to the members that responded to my post. In a world of big egos, B.S. and self motivation it's refreshing to hear from you folks.
 
Glad to hear you like it, and being in the company of the Rolex GMT is something every product should aspire to. I've been carrying mine every day for a week and like it more every day. It really says something for comfort and quality when you are more impressed rather than less taken with your purchase every day.
 
I just received my lefty small Sebenza as well. It is a very fine knife but does it do any thing my Spyderco Sage can't do?No. However it really does compare nicely to a fine time piece. Sure a Timex keeps time just as well as my Speedmaster, but it doesn't do it with the same craftsmanship or attention to detail as my Omega. The same thing can be said of my Spyderco Sage.
 
Look around for a large left handed Sebenza or a left handed Umnumzaan. Closer in size to a Para 2.
 
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