Mnandi: My latest Obsession

my latest, snakewood..i got it a couple of weeks ago. was on the fence about it,since the bocote is not that old either...but they look pretty good together...
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my latest, snakewood..i got it a couple of weeks ago. was on the fence about it,since the bocote is not that old either...but they look pretty good together...
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Thank you for your kind words and sharing my enjoyment. I am very happy with this one. Placing the order without being able to see the exact knife I was getting was a bit of a crap shoot but I certainly got lucky. I have a Large and a Small Sebenza, also in the Honduran Rosewood, and they are nice too but the Mnandi is my favorite of the three. I wish I was a better photographer because the wood grain and color are so much better in person than in the pictures.
 
Lucky is an understatement with that wood, all someone has to do is click on the picture and you can't miss that exceptional example of 3D Honduran Rosewood, Nice.


Desert Hermit said:
Thank you for your kind words and sharing my enjoyment. I am very happy with this one. Placing the order without being able to see the exact knife I was getting was a bit of a crap shoot but I certainly got lucky. I have a Large and a Small Sebenza, also in the Honduran Rosewood, and they are nice too but the Mnandi is my favorite of the three. I wish I was a better photographer because the wood grain and color are so much better in person than in the pictures.
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You know, thanks to you I just learned something! I clicked on the picture and then blew it up, (first time I tried that), and sure enough it has a 3D effect.
Pretty neat! Thanks for the idea. That is going to help a lot with future purchases using other pictures. :thumbup:
 
Stunning grain! With this kind of luck .... perhaps it's time for a lottery ticket!! Congrats!
 
d.r.h. said:
Stunning grain! With this kind of luck .... perhaps it's time for a lottery ticket!! Congrats!
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Lottery ticket......or perhaps another order to see if I can match or surpass this one. Last evening and now all morning I have been resisting the urge to try for one more, just to find out. CRK surely must have gotten at least a couple more Mnandis out of that piece of Rosewood. They gotta be out there somewhere quietly waiting in their little boxes....... :rolleyes:

Update: Opportunity waits for no one, I just placed the order for one more. We shall see if my luck holds out or if I get an edc. Not a bad thing either way.
The new one should arrive on Thursday. I will share pictures.

At least I'm not tormented by thinking about it anymore. Only how I'm going to pay the credit card bill....... :D
 
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Desert Hermit said:
The new one should arrive on Thursday. I will share pictures.
At least I'm not tormented by thinking about it anymore. Only how I'm going to pay the credit card bill....... :D
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Well, I suppose you can always send the daughter back out to "work the street" ..... (Selling lemonade and asking for donations to help her poor Daddy's addiction, of course!!!!).

I have heard that this is one way to do it!!!!!
 
d.r.h. said:
Well, I suppose you can always send the daughter back out to "work the street" ..... (Selling lemonade and asking for donations to help her poor Daddy's addiction, of course!!!!).

I have heard that this is one way to do it!!!!!
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"Daddy's Little Girl" always comes through! Bless her little heart. She is in her mini-skirt squeezing lemons right now and promises dilligent work the rest of the week.

What a gal!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

She is so creative and is going to make a good business woman one day. The other morning she was busy making long slits up both sides of her mini-skirt so she could share her brand new tatoos with her many customers. At first, as her daddy, I was apprehensive but then she showed them to me. The Chris Reeve logo tatooed high on one thigh and "Idaho" tatooed high on the other. She said she was careful not to add "Made" so as to avoid copyright infringement. She is so clever. She tells me she sells a lot of lemonade wearing her knee high boots and black fishnets. Her customers seem drawn to the little cigars she likes when she is at home or on the street, (she says they won't allow her to smoke them in school). She makes her old daddy proud.......
 
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SaddleSC said:
WOW...that is a beautiful Honduran Rosewood. I love how swirly the grain is. Mine says hi...

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Outstanding! Yours reminds me of the smoke and flames of a forest fire. Brilliant color with lots of character. Every bit a beautiful as mine. Congratulations! :thumbup: :thumbup:
 
Desert Hermit said:
She is so creative and is going to make a good business woman one day. The other morning she was busy making long slits up both sides of her mini-skirt so she could share her brand new tatoos with her many customers. At first, as her daddy, I was apprehensive but then she showed them to me. The Chris Reeve logo tatooed high on one thigh and "Idaho" tatooed high on the other. She said she was careful not to add "Made" so as to avoid copyright infringement. She is so clever. She tells me she sells a lot of lemonade wearing her knee high boots and black fishnets. Her customers seem drawn to the little cigars she likes when she is at home or on the street, (she says they won't allow her to smoke them in school). She makes her old daddy proud.......
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You have every right to be proud. You couldn't have said it better ..... What a gal!!
 
Serious question: I love Mnandis and I think every one of them is a gem, I have two and will add more for sure ... I see a lot of people that went from collecting Sebenzas to Mnandis but I like them as users, not collectibles. One thing they did for me is move me towards Small Sebbies, but (to me) nothing beats the feeling of opening a box with a brand new Sebenza.

Can anybody explain why the switch from one to the other? Obviously taste and preferences are personal ... just interested in thoughts from the most knowledgeable bunch around :) Is it because of shape? a larger inlay? why .. .whyyyy?

I do prefer to have a Mnandi in my pocket though. I love everything about it as an EDC.
 
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