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I'm the guy who was wondering about maybe a Sebenza, maybe a custom. I finally decided on the Sebenza after a lot of research. Since if you are paying over $400 for a knife paying $25 for overnight isn't any big deal, I now have it in my hands. Yesterday in Canada, today in California. Thank you to True North Knives for excellent service.
I was very tempted by the Snakewood inlay for the large classic. Beautiful. However, I had this image of suffering a scratch across the wood - which would really ruin my day. After all, wood is wood. And my Cocobolo Lone Wolf T2 is pretty slippery. So I went with the Micarta inlay. I'm glad I did.
I'm not going to write a "review" of a Sebenza, that's the last thing people need. I want to write about my first impressions instead, as a first timer. I also have what is pretty much a digital instamatic so the pics won't be that great. Certainly not what I had in mind! But they'll serve for the story...
First off, I have a lot of good factory knives, so I'm not new to fairly decent knives. Here's a shot of part of my collection.
But I'm 43 now, my career is going very well, I have a couple grandkids, and I think I deserve to have some of the better things in life. Therefore, I wanted what my research had led me to anticipate was the "bombproof Lexus" of knives - along with other quality products.
That's a Tumi bag that I love, and a Bulova - best watch I've ever had. On the list of "ten best quartz watches" and definitely worth the money.
Bottom line, you really can tell the difference with a quality product. A $40 watch will tell time... but the fit and finish just aren't there. Same with knives.
Here's a few more shots of the new knife:
Ok, fit and finish. First, here's the lockup. It goes just over half way over:
Take a look at the blade clearance compared to the sides of the handle:
Here's two more shots of that blade clearance, the Sebenza followed by the Lone Wolf T2, a very good knife - but check out how much room they've left for the blade in the T2. As far as the Sebenza goes, we're talking amazing tolerances.
I was very tempted by the Snakewood inlay for the large classic. Beautiful. However, I had this image of suffering a scratch across the wood - which would really ruin my day. After all, wood is wood. And my Cocobolo Lone Wolf T2 is pretty slippery. So I went with the Micarta inlay. I'm glad I did.
I'm not going to write a "review" of a Sebenza, that's the last thing people need. I want to write about my first impressions instead, as a first timer. I also have what is pretty much a digital instamatic so the pics won't be that great. Certainly not what I had in mind! But they'll serve for the story...
First off, I have a lot of good factory knives, so I'm not new to fairly decent knives. Here's a shot of part of my collection.
But I'm 43 now, my career is going very well, I have a couple grandkids, and I think I deserve to have some of the better things in life. Therefore, I wanted what my research had led me to anticipate was the "bombproof Lexus" of knives - along with other quality products.
That's a Tumi bag that I love, and a Bulova - best watch I've ever had. On the list of "ten best quartz watches" and definitely worth the money.
Bottom line, you really can tell the difference with a quality product. A $40 watch will tell time... but the fit and finish just aren't there. Same with knives.
Here's a few more shots of the new knife:
Ok, fit and finish. First, here's the lockup. It goes just over half way over:
Take a look at the blade clearance compared to the sides of the handle:
Here's two more shots of that blade clearance, the Sebenza followed by the Lone Wolf T2, a very good knife - but check out how much room they've left for the blade in the T2. As far as the Sebenza goes, we're talking amazing tolerances.
