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I just took delivery of my brand new, Large Sebenza 21 Insingo. I feel I got it for a great price, but I spent about an hour or two deciding if I was going to keep it. I really had my heart set on a Large 21 with Micarta inlay, and the Umnumzaan was also looking mighty fine. I kept thinking that this was the first and last time I was going to spend $400+ on a knife, so I might as well make it count. After a while, I decided that I was going to keep it. What the hell, right?
So, I dissembled the sucker, admired the inner beauty, removed the lanyard, and reassembled it before I had a heart attack wondering if I would be able to put it back together properly.
I then put it to work breaking down about 4lbs of watermelon rind, and a pound of cardboard. I keep a worm bin for vermicompost, and my boys were getting sick of coffee filters and vegetable scraps. I don't even use the soil or tea they produce. It's really more like a four year science experiment. The things are practically pets. I can proudly say that my new Sebenza just helped to feed about 5000 hungry mouths for the next few weeks. The picture doesn't really show just how much dang watermelon is in there, but trust me, it's a lot.
The Insingo blade shape was great, and I found the ergos on the handle to be fantastically utilitarian and comfortable. In the end, I'm pleased that the knife doesn't have the micarta. I rinsed it off a few times, and although I'm sure the micarta dries quickly, this just seems a cleaner and easier to maintain knife for my humble uses.
It's only been about five hours that I have owned the knife, but after some hard work, I can already tell that this is going to be a beautiful friendship.
So, I dissembled the sucker, admired the inner beauty, removed the lanyard, and reassembled it before I had a heart attack wondering if I would be able to put it back together properly.
I then put it to work breaking down about 4lbs of watermelon rind, and a pound of cardboard. I keep a worm bin for vermicompost, and my boys were getting sick of coffee filters and vegetable scraps. I don't even use the soil or tea they produce. It's really more like a four year science experiment. The things are practically pets. I can proudly say that my new Sebenza just helped to feed about 5000 hungry mouths for the next few weeks. The picture doesn't really show just how much dang watermelon is in there, but trust me, it's a lot.
The Insingo blade shape was great, and I found the ergos on the handle to be fantastically utilitarian and comfortable. In the end, I'm pleased that the knife doesn't have the micarta. I rinsed it off a few times, and although I'm sure the micarta dries quickly, this just seems a cleaner and easier to maintain knife for my humble uses.
It's only been about five hours that I have owned the knife, but after some hard work, I can already tell that this is going to be a beautiful friendship.
