Sebenza in woods?

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How many people use a sebby in the woods? What exactly do you use it on? With the tight tolerances, can water and grit get into the perforated washers?
 
I imagine it works as well as any other folding knife.
One of the awesome things about a Sebenza is that it is easily disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled.

If ya search the forum, I remember seeing many photos of Sebbies in the woods.
 
At least one person on the boards (but I believe I've seen two) uses a Sebenza primarily while wood carving. Me and a lot of my friends in the Workshop sub-forum talk about carving and carving knives extensively. I can't imagine many knives I'd like to carve with less than a Sebenza, but they seem to do great with them! ;)
 
I carry mine everywhere and never had an issue with any of em. They work just as good in the field as they do around the house. This was primarily with regular and 21 sebenzas..... I was going to sell my 25 sebenza but had to move suddenly and had it clipped to my pocket. In the moving process it got scuffed up, so rather than lose $$ on it I have been carrying it. Jury is still out on it, though I will say I have zero issues with it unlike some of the other recent threads I have seen. Wether the issues are real or imagined remain to be seen, only time will tell.
 
I used mine outdoors frequently, whittling, food prep, cutting cord, rope, no problems. It is a working knife as well as an outstanding design, perfectly executed.
 
i edc mine of and on when i go hunting and it still feels like new it is really scratched from five straight months of carry.
 
Why not use it? You pay a lot for tight fit and premium materials, so get your money's worth! They are simple to take apart and clean, even in the field.
 
I carry an insingo as a utility blade for food prep and basic utility tasks. I use a large fixed blade or hatchet for work that requires a bigger tool. If you have one, take it and use. I have been using a sebenza for fire scene investigations for 15 years, and places don't get much nastier than that.
 
I just carved up a walking stick with mine actually. It still cut news paper, but was less sharp than before. I tried stropping it on my leather belt, but couldn't form a burr. So I did about 5 passes on my sharpmaker brown stones and maybe 8 on the white, then took the burr off with the belt. I'm afraid that having to do this often (if I choose to use it a lot) I'll end up wearing out the blade lol. I would leave it until it wouldn't cut, but I'm afraid ill have to remove more material or work at it longer to get it sharp again. I know how to sharpen but I'm a novice when it comes to how long to let a blade get used and also as to how much sharpening is too much in terms of stock removal in the long run. I don't over sharpen, I get the burr and move on.
 
On my hikes I routinely whittle wood. I purposely use hard to figure out how my sharpenings hold up.
 
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