Should I buy the Manix or save for a large Sebenza?

Cliff, with the way that you bash Chris Reeve and his knives, it seems to me as though you are bitter for some reason or another....did one of his blades fail on you while under use or something? :rolleyes:

I am not a 'professional' in reviewing knives and other edged tools, however, I know what works for me and I know what locks/knives I can trust and which ones I can't. The integral framelock is one that I know that I can trust. Although I've owned a Sebenza for only a little over a week, I know that I can use it without worrying about the blade closing on my fingers, the lock disengaging, the S30V steel 'rolling' on me, etc.. :rolleyes:

As far as the integral framelock goes, I believe that you would REALLY have to make an effort to disengage it while in use.

IMO, if someone needs more reliability than a framelock has to offer, then he would be much better off just getting a fixed blade.
 
Shadow213 said:
Cliff, with the way that you bash Chris Reeve and his knives, it seems to me as though you are bitter for some reason or another
Yes, he killed my father. I then dedicated my life to the study of sword fighting, so one day I would challenge him to a fight and I will no fail, I will look him in the eyes and say "Hello, my name is Jerry Busse, you killed my father, prepare to die!"

-or-

The critism could actually be based on user experience, and thus based on facts and logic, which you are free to combat with other facts and logic, fire away when you have some ammunition.

Shadow213 said:
As far as the integral framelock goes, I believe that you would REALLY have to make an effort to disengage it while in use.
You have to rotate your wrist, it should not take much of an effort to do so.

.. if someone needs more reliability than a framelock has to offer, then he would be much better off just getting a fixed blade.
Or simply buy a lock with better torque security like a lockback.

-Cliff
 
The critism could actually be based on user experience, and thus based on facts and logic, which you are free to combat with other facts and logic, fire away when you have some ammunition.

Is this based on YOUR personal experience? I glanced at your home page and I didn't see any review that you've done on the Sebenza.

You have to rotate your wrist(??), it should not take much of an effort to do so.

What in the world would you be cutting where you would actually have to ROTATE your wrist enough to disengage a framelock?? :confused:

Or simply buy a lock with better torque security like a lockback.

OR just go out and buy a prybar.... :rolleyes:
 
Cliff Stamp said:
Yes, he killed my father. I then dedicated my life to the study of sword fighting, so one day I would challenge him to a fight and I will no fail, I will look him in the eyes and say "Hello, my name is Jerry Busse, you killed my father, prepare to die!"
-Cliff

Thats the funniest thing I've read all day.
 
I glanced at your home page and I didn't see any review that you've done on the Sebenza.
I don't write up every knife I use. I carried a Sebenza on loan from a forum members a few years back. I didn't write up a review because I didn't do enough with it to warrent it.

In this case though I have torqued failed a lot of liners and integrals, including high end ones not just cheap low end jobs, and the reports of such failures are common, and yes including the sebenza.

Again it is a problem with the design not the implementation, torques can induce a load so as to disengage the lock. This for example can't happen with a lock back because torques can't load the lock release mechanism.

What in the world would you be cutting where you would actually have to ROTATE your wrist enough to disengage a framelock??
A piece of wood, there is a lot of it around here, we even burn it for fuel, it isn't even terribly hard. I have done it with very thin knives, 1/8" blades, full flat grinds, distal tapers, etc., and there is no danger of the blade breaking, the lock just releases.

-Cliff
 
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