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sebenza vs tighe stick

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DANTHEMAN123

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im thinking of buying a brian tighe 'tighe stick' to replace the black sable i just sold on ebay. do you think that the quality is much higher being a handmade than the sebenza? or do you think that once you get into ranges of fit and finish quality like that of chris reeve that its more just down to materials and style.

anyway, ill be glad to have the true black sable or whatever if i do go for one. it sucks that he doesnt do the spyderhole one with a carved blade.
 
I would tell you that I really like Brian Tighe's knives. For the price, I'd almost always go with the Custom. One thing to keep in mind is that if you're not in Canada and you have to send it back to him for service the Canadian customs people are suspect in my mind. Without that concern, I'd go with Brian Tighe over the Sebenza every time.

If you want a nice, servicable Ti and S30V framelock, get yourself a Buck/Mayo 172 and never look back. There are plenty of nice Ti framelocks out there that are also very good for a fraction of the price of the Sebenza.

Now, with the Sebenza you get the great CRK service, and a relatively cheap refurb price that'll bring your knife back to new.

Its your money, so do what will make you happy, but if you have the money, I'd go with a Tighe.
 
what your beef daveh?? and you look so happy in your avatar...

i was sellling the sable for money for a seb but for only a third of what i payed not long ago. i was asking if people felt it was worth keeping just as a lmt edition cs collectable rather than selling it off cheap. i didnt say i thought it was a collectable. you make it out i was procaliming this fact.

I thought the blake sable was a "collectible"?
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no, blake sable is a character from dynasty.

anyway, alot of people here seem to say that its a tighe copy, as its now gone i was saying it would be better to have the real dealif it is as people have said.

thanks spyderjon, i guess your not thhe biggest sebenza freak then.
i was just wondering whether people thought that the two knives were worlds apart in quality.

the thing about this whole 'there are cheaper ti framelocks' seems weird.
there are stainless steel liner linerlocks from $10-$1000 if not there are certainly other locks of similar materials in all price ranges!!! no offence or anything , its just that its not always down to materials is it.

i seem to hear people say that 'ti framelock' thing about sebs here alot. if that were true everyone would buy mini skirmishes instead.
 
I love my My Tighe but seem to be more hesitant to subject it to hard use than I would a Sebbie. Coin toss, your choice.
 
I've had 3 Sebenzas. I didn't keep them, and I guess I didn't "get them." I look at it thusly: When they first came out, they were revolutionary. They were worth all you paid for them, because you got: A) a product that wasn't like anything else out there; and B) the CRK service- which I'll say is some of the best in the business.

It isn't that way now. The service is still stellar, but the knife isn't $385 worth of knife to me. When a production gets into custom territory (looking at price now), its gone a bit too far on the cost/benefit arc. I know that with a custom I'm paying more for the talent of the maker than the performance on the knife. Also, as the talent of the maker increases, generally performance increases, but you're still buying more of the name over the performance. In production knives I'm looking for a cutting tool. Knives like the 635 and the 172 give you high-end materials, and excellent performance, for a higher but not out of line price.

The Sebenza is a classic. Nothing can change that, and it will ALWAYS have its fans (like the 1911 pistol). However, the industry has caught up and is offering a VERY comparable product for a VERY reasonable price.
 
ok, sounds pretty fair. i took my seb apart last night, on the first day i had it and ive noticed since, (cant remember it before but maybe thats just my memory) that it flips open like an ao when the thumb studs pushed hard. ever noticed this?
 
Actually, none of the ones I had would do that, but then again I never kept them long enough to have them break in. I should tell you that flicking a Sebenza is considered a no-no. Anyway, I'm glad you like it as they really are nice knives I just wasn't into them. Then again, that's why they make so many different kinds of knives.
 
Sebenza's are pretty nice. I have had quite a few, but never kept any of them. Just not for me. I would take a custom over a production knife any day of the week. The Tighe is a nice knife. Not saying better, but I like it more than the Sebenza.
 
i have a seb and had a tighe stick for a while and would definitly take the tighe stick, tighe does darned good work, only reason i got rid of it was to get something i had to have at that moment lol, kinda wish i had it back.
 
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