Sebenza Point Fragility

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iamsmiling

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Well, I did it again. I used the point of my small Sebbie to flick a bug off the concrete warehouse wall this morning, barely touching the wall . . . and I seem to have rolled over perhaps the first .01" of the point - I could feel the rolled edge like a burr.

I rubbed the burr off and I now have a second slightly misshapen Sebbie point.

Most of my previous EDC blades have been more drop-point-like so I've never experienced this before.

It's easy to reshape the point but my question is whether or not others have experienced the fragility of the Sebbie factory blade point?

I like my Sebbies and have no plans to stop carrying them . . . I've just found one weakness of this blade shape for my purposes.
 
??? Your kidding, right???:barf:

Your purpose for a >$300.00 tool is to kill bugs and smack concrete? Try some bug spray and a hammer-much more effective. It is not "the fragility of the Sebbie factory blade point" that you are experiencing....:jerkit:
 
Is it a Classic or Regular Sebenza?

Why didn't you use your hand to flick the bug?
 
Hey, those of us in Los Angeles gotta use our Sebbies on "wildlife" somehow...

The question is: Did you get the bug?! haha.

This has got to be one of the more ridiculous "I really use my Seb stories".
 
m.s.peterson said:
??? Your kidding, right???:barf:

Your purpose for a >$300.00 tool is to kill bugs and smack concrete? Try some bug spray and a hammer-much more effective. It is not "the fragility of the Sebbie factory blade point" that you are experiencing....:jerkit:
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Give the guy a break! I'd expect my Sebbie to be able to flick a bug too.
Odd that the blade would react like that unless you really hit the concrete too hard. I chipped a Mastersmith forged O1 blade on concrete once. Don't ask. That's very hard stuff ;)

Speaking of bugs, don't dis using your blade. There was once a great competition before the Emperor of japan by the two greatest swordsmen of the era. The Emperor released two flies. Blindfolded the first samurai neatly sliced one fly in half in mid air. The other Master, the greatest alive, drew his blade, struck in a magnificent flash of his Masamune katana, but the fly flew on. Shocked, the Emperor said , "Samurai, the fly still lives!" And the great swordsman answered, "Yes, Great Emperor, but it will never make little flies again"

So don't disfly flicking. Maybe he's only practising :D
 
I don't think the blade shape would matter in this case.

To be honest, I believe any knife with a point would have behaved the same way. I doubt there's anything wrong with your sebbie.
 
JoHnYKwSt said:
I don't think the blade shape would matter in this case.

To be honest, I believe any knife with a point would have behaved the same way. I doubt there's anything wrong with your sebbie.
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Neither do I but I was just startled. I have a regular a "friend" used for chipping ice and I had to repoint that one but . . . what would you expect. This was just literally a touch.

If you think about it though, it does make sense. The clip point blade shape has a very fine point compared to a drop point blade. I had an old Gerber bolt action I have used similarly without ever damaging the tip.
 
Close this thread - it's beginnin' to bug me. Oh, let me go get my sebbie real quick and.....
 
what you did was about the same thing as sticking your knife point to a grinding wheel for a split second. any knife point would have suffered the same damage unless it was hard as a diamond.,,,VWB.
 
Yeah, concrete will win over steel when it's at such a fine angle every single day. I cringe when my Busses touch concrete, and blades don't get any tougher than that. I suggest using something that isn't thin, pointy, and softer than concrete the next time you want to scrape something across it.
 
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