^^^ Exactly. At the end of the day........if your life depended on it......who would you put your trust in?
Option A: Trusting the Chris Reeve Knives company to make a safe and solid knife based on decades of engineering know-how, including over a decade of making Ceramic Ball lock interfaces?
Option B: Trusting some internetz experts who dislike this knife?
Im keeping an open mind until I purchase a 31, but if I had to wager money, I’d go option A. Whatever compromise may be part of the implementation of the ceramic lock on the Sebenza 31 is likely to the benefit of the overall lock strength and longevity of the knife. The lock flex phenomena may just be the price that is paid in losing the perception of “bank vault lock up”.
Time will tell. This thread has not discouraged me from buying one, I just want to wait for the Insingo version. If it sucks as bad as reported, I’ll buy my pal
Sharp & Fiery
a good strong Canadian beer and put this discussion, and CRK as a company I support, in the past.