Let me vent!

I don’t understand the need for the OP to vent. Sounds like they got a lot of life out of a great knife.
 
Just an example of nothing really has a “individual lifetime warranty. This term pretty much Only applies to the “lifetime” that a model is made. Very Very few companies make the same models for generations. The Buck 110 as mentioned is one of the very few that really hasn’t changed. And this is no dig at CRK, this applies with Anything and Everything. Nearly every CRK knife I have is discontinued save for the impinda and pacific. I can completely understand you being bummed though. It just is what it is.
 
There was no mention of a "warranty" problem with the knife.... only normal wear and tear..I have been guilty, earlier on, of inflicting premature wear by improper sharpening... At 14 years, at less than $40 a year you can buy a new Sebenza, Less for a used....
 
It does seem like there is a market for a company to make blade replacement for older Sebenzas. But I’m sure with the fitting and work involved it may exceed the original cost of the knife.
 
Let's do the math..........

Current new price of a regular 31 in around $450-00.
Lets assume you buy one now and use it regularly for the next 14 years.

Cost per year $32-00
cost per month $2.66
Cost per week $.66
cost per day $.09

Nothing lasts forever and you have more than had your money's worth. Buy a new one and enjoy it.
 
I understand your your loss friend, I don't think they stock parts for these any more , it was my understanding that CRKs would last a lifetime! but all good things come to a end sooner or later I would say, I never wood have thought they wood discontinued the Sebenza 21! but they did, probity time to bite the bullet and find a used one or just buy a newer model ! sorry though and I wish you grate luck with your replacement .
 
Beyond my knowledge, but is there anything that prevents CRK from just making another batch of blades, just like they once did?
In the mean time I suggest more stropping and less diamond stones to preserve that blade material.
 
Peter Hartwig said:
Beyond my knowledge, but is there anything that prevents CRK from just making another batch of blades, just like they once did?
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I would imagine that theoretically it's possible but it would mean using old tooling probably designed for older machines. That assumes that they even still have the old tooling. Things have moved on in 14+ years.
CRK must have had a stock of blades laid in but over the years they have been used.

Any good folder maker could hand make you a blade but honestly, with being able to buy a brand new knife for a modest price, why bother.
 
Awhile after the regulars were discontinued, CRK had an abundance of blades, I am guessing more than they figure they would need for warranty work and made them available for the regulars. I know of several who bought blades during this short time. It wasn’t until once they were gone that posts like this came up for instances like this.

Most times it simply comes down to individual sharpening styles. I only use the Sharpmaker and have sebenzas I have carried for years and have sharpened them 100+ times and they still look like new. Sometimes it only took half a dozen swipes to get it hair shaving again. I have also seen butcher jobs on new sebenzas that after 2 sharpenings look like they have been sharpened 100’s of times.
 
Fourteen years ago older Sebenzas could be rebladed. They did “runs” for parts and new designs were backwards compatible. The company was committed to a “knife for life” concept for the sebenza, thus the “spa treatment” and reblades. CRK could have kept the flagship alive if they wanted to. But that’s not the current owners and their managent team’s way of doing business now.
 
nyefmaker said:
Awhile after the regulars were discontinued, CRK had an abundance of blades, I am guessing more than they figure they would need for warranty work and made them available for the regulars. I know of several who bought blades during this short time. It wasn’t until once they were gone that posts like this came up for instances like this.

Most times it simply comes down to individual sharpening styles. I only use the Sharpmaker and have sebenzas I have carried for years and have sharpened them 100+ times and they still look like new. Sometimes it only took half a dozen swipes to get it hair shaving again. I have also seen butcher jobs on new sebenzas that after 2 sharpenings look like they have been sharpened 100’s of times.
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Agreed on the sharpening part. I’ve been dailying my 21 for about 13 months now, and the most I do is bust out the KME and use the extra fine stone to touch up the edge. I don’t think I’ve ever used more than the extra fine stone and I anticipate this will keep my Sebenza going strong for many years.
 
Reading this thread makes me wonder if I should buy a second Mnandi for when I oversharpen the blade on my current Mnandi. Have a spare knife so when I throw my current Mnandi away because it is worn out. Food for thought.:rolleyes:
 
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