Rarity of the lg Plain Classic Sebenza

[JPR984]

Ive just begun to notice that I very rarely see the plain classic show up. Its usually an lrg classic with some sort of inlay. Is there a reason for this? I was browsing through the exchange archive of all the past Sebenza sales and as far back as I went maybe 6 months there was not one Lg Plain Classic Sebenza mentioned.

 

[ZippoThisKnifeThat]

Good observation and question!
Will be interested to see some educated responses.

 

[BBQ BOY]

I bought one several months back and I havent seen one since.

 

[Haze]

I think it's probably the one that most people keep once they have it. People seem to sell on the graphics and inlayed Sebenzas quite regularly. After the 21 came out I suppose it made the Classic a bit special perhaps, like the old Regular Sebenza.

 

[atony]

I sold one a little while back. It does seem to be a little more rare.

 

[nyefmaker]

I have always wanted a classic as well. I dont care for the classic/21 style blade, but for me there has always be something special about the words "classic" on it. Sooner or later

 

[DallasSTB]

I can surmise that the plain versions usually get turned into users and the inlayed / decorated knives more often fall into collections. Collection pieces tend to become aftermarket currency depending the needs or current tastes of the collector, whereas the users get, well, used for years and years. Plus, people wanting to try a Sebenza for the first time might understandably go for the lowest cost version initially, so dealer stock would logically get depleted in these items first.

I would be curious to see what CRK would say about the number of plain Sebenza's produced vs. the number of decorated/inlay versions. I would suspect less of the former type, leading to greater scarcity of plain ones from the onset.