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I'll start off by saying that while I am actually "new" to a membership here, I have certainly done a lot of lurking.
Today, after countless hours of research through tons of forum posts and YouTube videos, I am now a new Large Sebenza 21 with Micarta inlays owner and couldn't be happier. I want to thank everyone for tons, upon tons, upon tons of fantastic information. I've owned many knives in the past and still currently do, mainly production folders and some fixed blades from mostly Benchmade with some SOG's and other little Bucks, Swiss Army, ect...
I mainly carried a Benchmade 710 (which my dad introduced me to Benchmade) and swore by it and being young and new to knives, I thought Benchmade was where it's at. Ive collected a good amount of them over the years and have always been extremely happy with them. I distinctively remember buying a new Onslaught and taking it over to my dads house to let him check it out. He then went upstairs into his safe and brought a knife down for me to see. Said it was THE BEST. I looked it over and just kind of blew it off, as I was sold on benchmade and didn't think anything of it. We'll now about 6 years later, I finally lost my 710 and was looking on Benchmade's website for a replacement knife. Nothing really jumped out at me like I just had to have it. So I started looking at knife reviews and different forum posts which opened up an entire world of knives than the world I'd been living in, and my search kept pointing to one knife in specific. THE SEBENZA. So out of curiosity, I called my dad and asked him what that knife was in his safe he showed me years ago, and I'll be damned if it wasn't a Sebenza with Snakewood Inlays....figures the Old Man would have had one all along. The same knife I blew off being young and naive. Some coincidence!! So I took the plunge and got MY very own Large 21 Micarta and am thrilled. AND ILL SAY, THERE IS ONE HELL OF A QUALITY DIFFERENCE THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO FEEL TO BELIEVE.
Sorry for the Ramble, but I've done so much reading on here that it seems like I know you guys and just had to tell my story
Anyways, On to my questions:
I just looked inside the knife with a flashlight and noticed the date stamp on the scales. "C13" which they both match, but the birthdate of my knife is October 15th, 2014. Does that seem right? If I'm understanding the scale date stamp, it would mean they were made in later 2013?
Today, after countless hours of research through tons of forum posts and YouTube videos, I am now a new Large Sebenza 21 with Micarta inlays owner and couldn't be happier. I want to thank everyone for tons, upon tons, upon tons of fantastic information. I've owned many knives in the past and still currently do, mainly production folders and some fixed blades from mostly Benchmade with some SOG's and other little Bucks, Swiss Army, ect...
I mainly carried a Benchmade 710 (which my dad introduced me to Benchmade) and swore by it and being young and new to knives, I thought Benchmade was where it's at. Ive collected a good amount of them over the years and have always been extremely happy with them. I distinctively remember buying a new Onslaught and taking it over to my dads house to let him check it out. He then went upstairs into his safe and brought a knife down for me to see. Said it was THE BEST. I looked it over and just kind of blew it off, as I was sold on benchmade and didn't think anything of it. We'll now about 6 years later, I finally lost my 710 and was looking on Benchmade's website for a replacement knife. Nothing really jumped out at me like I just had to have it. So I started looking at knife reviews and different forum posts which opened up an entire world of knives than the world I'd been living in, and my search kept pointing to one knife in specific. THE SEBENZA. So out of curiosity, I called my dad and asked him what that knife was in his safe he showed me years ago, and I'll be damned if it wasn't a Sebenza with Snakewood Inlays....figures the Old Man would have had one all along. The same knife I blew off being young and naive. Some coincidence!! So I took the plunge and got MY very own Large 21 Micarta and am thrilled. AND ILL SAY, THERE IS ONE HELL OF A QUALITY DIFFERENCE THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO FEEL TO BELIEVE.
Sorry for the Ramble, but I've done so much reading on here that it seems like I know you guys and just had to tell my story
Anyways, On to my questions:
I just looked inside the knife with a flashlight and noticed the date stamp on the scales. "C13" which they both match, but the birthdate of my knife is October 15th, 2014. Does that seem right? If I'm understanding the scale date stamp, it would mean they were made in later 2013?
