Modded Small Sebenza 21 -- A Short History

cricks1492

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Back in September 2015 I entered my first knife raffle on reddit for this anodized small Sebenza 21. The blade was absolutely gorgeous and my hopes were high; but I ended up losing the raffle. In late December, this gorgeous, customized knife went on sale again on reddit, and I was lucky enough to purchase the blade. After receiving the knife, I tracked it through three different users, with the first user stating they had purchased the blade in early September 2015 here on bladeforums. I continued my tracking and perused through the CRK sale thread to found the original "for sale" post by ice_man. ice_man informed me that he was the second owner, and that the original owner was a modder who did the custom work on the Sebenza, and then promptly sold the blade.

So, as the sixth owner of this amazing blade, I present to you my customized small Sebenza 21 with a birth date of November 19, 2013.

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Edit: I added the lanyard and, if anyone can help me figure out how to make the pictures appear smaller, that'd be much appreciated.
 
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Sweet looking small Sebenza, the picture size is fine, bigger is better!!!!!
 
I like the sharpening job on the blade.... nice and even!
 
bart1 said:
I like the sharpening job on the blade.... nice and even!
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It had a pretty good edge when it came to me, but I decided to re-profile it to 15 degrees with a 20 degree micro. Not too much time on the strop--not long enough to put a super solid polish on it.
 
Thanks for the back story on this Small 21 buddy. I really enjoyed my time with this piece but had acquired too many and had to let go of some pieces.

I am pretty happy that it found a good home now.

Here are some photos I got when ot was with me...





 
The "electric fade" bronze-purple-blue anodizing on this piece is just amazing.. I've never seen any other fade anodized this way..
 
ice_man said:
The "electric fade" bronze-purple-blue anodizing on this piece is just amazing.. I've never seen any other fade anodized this way..
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It really is gorgeous. I think the anodizing has worn a little since you owned it, but knife is still so beautiful when it gleams in the sunlight.
 
Nice... Was the scuff marks came after anodizing or before? Whatever it is, its really nice and have character.
 
I believe it was anodized then tumbled to get those "character marks" on the handles. Those marks made the anodized look "electric". I'd prefer the blade to be darker though...
 
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