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The heat treat on the steel on my old Sebenza is honestly pretty lame. The very tip breaks off at the slightest provocation. I'm contemplating making a replacement blade for it.

I think I heard they're moving to Magnacut in the future? That's going to be a good improvement for an otherwise excellent knife.
 
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Nathan the Machinist said:
While it is literally (as in literally) LITTERALY useless and reasonably worthless, it still has more value than fiat currency like the US dollar because (unlike the dollar) there isn't a limitless supply and there is a cost for "printing" more. Hell, most "dollars" they don't even bother to print anymore. It's also imaginary digital funny money except there's nothing stopping "them" from printing a limitless amount. It's not linked to anything. It's all bullshit. It's just made up. Viewed that way, bitcoin is probably a better currency than the dollar, but its current market cap is 3/4 of a trillion dollars. In comparison apparently there's 1.2 trillion dollars of US currency in circulation. It might be a little ove
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The heat treat on the steel on my old Sebenza is honestly pretty lame. The very tip breaks off at the slightest provocation. I'm contemplating making a replacement blade for it.

I think I heard they're moving to Magnacut in the future? That's going to be a good improvement for an otherwise excellent knife.
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I've been waiting for the CPK folder so I don't waste my money on Chris Reeve. Time to let the Sebenza go Nathan. Onward and upward to better things.
 
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The heat treat on the steel on my old Sebenza is honestly pretty lame. The very tip breaks off at the slightest provocation. I'm contemplating making a replacement blade for it.

I think I heard they're moving to Magnacut in the future? That's going to be a good improvement for an otherwise excellent knife.
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I can't wait for a CPK folder!!!!!! Please 3.75 cutting edge And a modified sheepsfoot blade (similar to the insingo)!!!!!!!

Please please please
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
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The heat treat on the steel on my old Sebenza is honestly pretty lame. The very tip breaks off at the slightest provocation. I'm contemplating making a replacement blade for it.

I think I heard they're moving to Magnacut in the future? That's going to be a good improvement for an otherwise excellent knife.
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just got off the phone with my buddy, Stuart. He just replaced the blade on his knockoff Sebenza- he was complaining about how bad edge holding was. I told him he was lucky he didn't spring for the real thing, since it probably wouldn't fare much better...
 
ironwagon said:
With a flipper?! :)
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I'll do a flipper on bearings at some point down the road, but I'm going to base my first production folder off of the Sebenza that I love so much. However the pivot, which is the weak point, will be integral to the frame. The folder won't be heavy or look over built or be bulky but it will be both very strong and durable (not the same thing) and tolerate the rough use and lack of love that I tend to dish out. Eliminating a lot of the joints and utilizing precision fits between components that aren't usually keyed will give me a very robust design.

I got a fancy super high precision coaxial indicator and noticed that one of my Mori can actually mill a diameter rounder than my lathe can turn it. This opens up some possibilities in design and construction that is not currently being exploited.
 
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