Signature Blade Sebenza

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Need some information. I've got a trade offer of a Lg Sebbie with Chris Reeve's name and date etched into the blade. Does this have any significance? Did Chris grind the blade? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
 
I think that's one of the very few flat ground blades, very rare with no others projected. If the trade is at all doable, I'd say go for it. You will never have a problem getting your money's worth if you don't want it later.
 
Esav is correct. The only blade signed (that I know of) is the flat round. There were only 130 flat ground Sebbies made.

I'd love to have one ! Just too many others that have priority. :D
 
Chris did not grind the blades on the flat ground Sebenzas. In fact, unlike the regular Sebenzas in which the hollow grinds are hand done, if memory serves me correctly, Chris spent a great deal of effort in working with an outside contractor in setting up production tooling to have the flat grinds machine ground. Ultimately the consistent quality that Chris demands was not achieved in this process, and I suppose the yield was unacceptable. Of course the 130 blades that were yielded are quality pieces and I think will be quite collectible in the future.
These flat grinds are awesome knives. In a recent article in Blade magazine, several butchers were interviewed as to their preferences in blades. They almost uniformly choose stainless steel, flat ground blades. One comment was that the hollow grind creates too much drag and compromises cutting ability.
I hope someday Chris will work to bring these into production. My ultimate EDC would be a small, classic, flat grind!
 
Originally posted by jki
My ultimate EDC would be a small, classic, flat grind!
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Stop it....you're making my knees weak and my body quiver..... :D

Matthew
 
I have a flat grind. I like it very much. If I could change anything it would be having an S30V blade. But the way CRK does BG-42, I'm not really complaining:)

Barry H
 
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