Skip this first paragraph to get to the point...if you so desire.
I don't know if this is just a phase I am in or what, but..... I am simplifying my EDC load to the Bear necessities, and the blade is going along with it. I started to get annoyed with the big, powerful, programmable, and chunky flashlight (novatac), and now carry a Streamlight Microstream. It is plenty bright for random light situations, it throws a beam quite far, uses a common AAA battery (lithium provides incredible output and runtime with the microstream btw). The benchmade pen I used to carry was annoyingly large, so I got a compact fisher space-pen which is very compact and comfy to carry. My chapstick I used to carry always is now done away with. I feel that I really don't need it that much, and probably better not to rely on it anyways. The notepad I carried in my back left pocket is now gone, it was too bulky and I only used maybe 3 lines of it a day. I now just keep a few sheets torn out from it and keep in the wallet. I switched chewing gum to the packages that are in the slide out/punch out like a pill style form, and that now goes in my back left pocket with spare coins. Basically I am really enjoying having space in my pockets, and not looking like my upper thighs have abnormal growths. My Sebenza is another story. I don't feel that my small classic is to large and cumbersome, but I feel differently about it nowadays. I really like having the on-demand deployment of the pocket-clipped Seb to open with one hand while I might be using the other hand to hold something. But.... With our paranoid American society and whatnot, I feel that It would be more comfortable for people if I busted out an Mnandi to cut a package open in public vs, the one hand opening Sebenza. I have a Concealed weapons permit, so I can carry whatever kind of knife I want in my pocket, but I like to keep them clipped on my pocket for immediate use. The only problem with doing so, is that a pocket clipped knife is not considered concealed or even open-carried. Under Florida law, a common pocket knife is basically a blade under 4" that requires two hands to open it. A tactical knife, or "weapon" is one that can be one-hand opened, or "flicked" open.
So I want an Mnandi. I've done some searching, but can't find some simple info.
- Does it use a pivot bushing like the Seb?
- Is there a ceramic ball and detent like the Seb?
- Has anyone had problems with their Mnandi inlays (coming off/loose)
- Is the pocket clip "strong like Seb"?
Any info appreciated greatly
Of course, there are way worse afflictions to have.
