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Partial Serrated Sebenza !!
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John, no modification, just the angle of the shot perhaps.
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Brendan, your knife looks like a flat grind blade although it's hard to tell for sure from the photos. Does it have any sign of having been engraved or signed with a vibro-tool on the blade? Chris signed and dated all of the flat grind blades he produced. It's possible that this knife has been extensively reworked and modified by someone other than CRK.
Those serrations don't appear to be from CRK either. I've sold a lot of those knives over the last seven years and none of the serrated models I ever sold had that pattern on it. The blade on Louky's knife appears to have been done aftermarket also. The pattern shown on K.V. Collucci's knife was the standard pattern until recently. The new pattern has alternating serrations and is much more eficient. Both patterns, BTW, can be sharpened using conventional tools.
The handles also appear to have been sand-blasted, which may account for the rougher texture.
Without seeing the knife "in the flesh", so to speak, it's hard to tell but it does appear that this knife has been modified and refinished by someone other than CRK
Those serrations don't appear to be from CRK either. I've sold a lot of those knives over the last seven years and none of the serrated models I ever sold had that pattern on it. The blade on Louky's knife appears to have been done aftermarket also. The pattern shown on K.V. Collucci's knife was the standard pattern until recently. The new pattern has alternating serrations and is much more eficient. Both patterns, BTW, can be sharpened using conventional tools.
The handles also appear to have been sand-blasted, which may account for the rougher texture.
Without seeing the knife "in the flesh", so to speak, it's hard to tell but it does appear that this knife has been modified and refinished by someone other than CRK
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I'm one of those people who prefer BG-42... I was quite disappointed when they made the shift over, but I understood why. Either way it's still a Sebbie and you won't be disappointed.
I used to like serrated knives, but then they're just not practical in EDC use. Especially on the Sebbie with that long belly... the serrations often get in the way.
I used to like serrated knives, but then they're just not practical in EDC use. Especially on the Sebbie with that long belly... the serrations often get in the way.
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You're welcome Brendan.
The lack of markings is another indication that the knife may have been reworked. It could also be that the knife was made before the year 2000, as I believe that was when they started marking the inside of the slabs. Incidently, the markings may tell the year the slabs were made but not, necessarily, when the knife was made. (I have a small Seb with 00 on the slabs but the knife was made in 2001.)
I have an older model Large Sebenza that has no markings on the slabs. It is the first one that I ever sold. That was in early 1998. I got it back in 2001 from the person who bought it when he traded it in on another knife. I sent it in to CRK in 2002 when the S30V came out to have the blade changed over to the new steel. The handles were refinished by CRK at that time but there were no markings before I sent it in and there are no markings now.
The lack of the "S" on the blade doesn't, necessarily mean that the blade isn't S30V but if the knife has no markings inside the handles and it is the original blade then it is probably a BG42 blade as it was made before 2000 and S30V wasn't around till about 2002. However, if the knife was sent to CRK for a blade change, as mine was, (There is no "S" on my blade), it could very well be S30V. Also, if the knife is pre-2000, then it isn't a flat grind as that was a 2001 project.
Those serrations, though, do not match anything I've ever seen from CRK.
The lack of markings is another indication that the knife may have been reworked. It could also be that the knife was made before the year 2000, as I believe that was when they started marking the inside of the slabs. Incidently, the markings may tell the year the slabs were made but not, necessarily, when the knife was made. (I have a small Seb with 00 on the slabs but the knife was made in 2001.)
I have an older model Large Sebenza that has no markings on the slabs. It is the first one that I ever sold. That was in early 1998. I got it back in 2001 from the person who bought it when he traded it in on another knife. I sent it in to CRK in 2002 when the S30V came out to have the blade changed over to the new steel. The handles were refinished by CRK at that time but there were no markings before I sent it in and there are no markings now.
The lack of the "S" on the blade doesn't, necessarily mean that the blade isn't S30V but if the knife has no markings inside the handles and it is the original blade then it is probably a BG42 blade as it was made before 2000 and S30V wasn't around till about 2002. However, if the knife was sent to CRK for a blade change, as mine was, (There is no "S" on my blade), it could very well be S30V. Also, if the knife is pre-2000, then it isn't a flat grind as that was a 2001 project.
Those serrations, though, do not match anything I've ever seen from CRK.