Sebenza information

[Water]

I need information for a large sebenza that had marks A 00 on the handles?

 

[gundude73]

it means that it was made in the year 2000 in either january february or march. and i think it should be BG-42.

 

[rcontre81]

A 00 stands for "assembled in 2000" I believe.

 

[peppercorn]

I have just acquired a Large Sebenza with the marks, ''OO'', ''B'' ... manufactured January 4 2001, BG-42.

 

[RICKSTER]

it means that it was made in the year 2000 in either january february or march. and i think it should be BG-42.

A 00 stands for "assembled in 2000" I believe.

I have just acquired a Large Sebenza with the marks, ''OO'', ''B'' ... manufactured January 4 2001, BG-42.

After the handles are made and dated they sit in 5 gallon buckets, When the knife is assembled is when the birthdate card is filled out. The handles can sit there for any amount of time, Thats why Peppercorn has a knife with a 1-4-2001 birthdate card and the handle codes are Feb. 2000

 

[peppercorn]

Rickster,



Thanks for the clarification, just when I thought i was beginning to understand the date codes, and manufacturing dates vs assembly dates, it all started to get murky.

 

[RICKSTER]

Peppercorn,

Actually I was wrong on the monthly break-down. Nyefmaker (Tom) made this time-line for us and its in the sticky notes at the top of this page.

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Sebenza Blade Steel Timeline Updated !!!

First knives were ATS-34

Switched to BG-42 October 1996

Switched to S30V January 2002

A slabs made from January-April
B slabs made from May-August
C slabs made from September-December

So A99 would be made in say February of 1999; B03 would be made say June 2003; C09 would be made say November 2009............It goes like that, just examples !!!

 

[THE PUNISHER]

good sebb info...........

 

[Roefisher]

I'm fairly positive that the numbers are the year they are made but I'm not so sure that the 'A', 'B' or 'C' means definite dates. I though they referred to something like batch numbers?

What I mean is, there could be a situation with work where the scales were made early or late in that year and this would be outside of the calendar spacing mentioned - for example they could start the 'A' late on in May or have been on the third batch of scales by August so there could be a 'C' from then? Maybe in a slower year there may have only been a couple of batches so just an 'A' or 'B' that year?

Just a hunch on my part but I do remember talk something like that from a few years ago.

Mark