"poison" sebenza inbound

Haze · Mar 7, 2014

JNewell said:
I had one of those but returned it. Very oddly, it did not have the usual third inlay on the clip side.

Did the clip side still have the two tone bead blast finish along with the polished blade ? Could it be that the knife was cobbled together and the presentaion scale was from a different knife ?

JNewell · Mar 7, 2014

Haze said:
Did the clip side still have the two tone bead blast finish along with the polished blade ? Could it be that the knife was cobbled together and the presentaion scale was from a different knife ?

IIRC, the clip side was all blasted, and it had the Orvis logo where the inlay would/should have been.

No chance at all it was cobbled together - it came direct from Orvis (and went back to them).

Haze · Mar 7, 2014

Ah, if it had an engraving then it must have been from a custom order.

JNewell said:
IIRC, the clip side was all blasted, and it had the Orvis logo where the inlay would/should have been.

No chance at all it was cobbled together - it came direct from Orvis (and went back to them).

JNewell · Mar 7, 2014

Haze said:
Ah, if it had an engraving then it must have been from a custom order.

Yes, they were sold as an Orvis limited.

I seem to recall Tamboti inlays being used on regular Sebenzas - so other than the Orvis logo I'm not sure what was "limited" about that knife. (I'm not bashing Orvis at all, by the way.)

Here's the thread back when those first hit the catalog:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...r-Orvis-Small-Sebenza-with-Tamboti-wood-inlay

Here's what the Orvis catalog description said:

A leader in the specialized sporting-knife industry for more than 17 years, Idaho-based Chris Reeve Knives produces elegant knives that combine innovative designs based on functionality and extremely tight tolerances. This is a 25-piece limited edition of the Sebenza 21 folding knife, featuring a stainless steel blade, satin finish titanium handles, and inlays of tamboti, a rare African hardwood. Artfully engraved with the Orvis logo on the back. Comes with lanyard and leather sheath. Blade length 3". Overall length 7". Made in USA.