Single lug Inkosi

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I've been a fan of CRK for many years and own a few Large Sebenzas, including a few Regulars and a Classic. I believe all of them have a single right-handed lug, which works well for me since I'm right-handed and wouldn't trust my left hand to open a knife, let alone use one left handed!

I also recently added a Large Inkosi with double lugs. While I love the knife, it does catch a bit on my jeans. It's not a big problem by any means but I do have a slight preference for the single lug, despite the elegant symmetry of two lugs.

Assuming an Inkosi can be ordered with one lug, is there any reason not to place this order (e.g., re-sale value)?

In addition, does anyone have a sense of why so many Sebenzas are offered with a single lug while Inkosis tend to have two?

Thanks.
John
 
JohnM said:
In addition, does anyone have a sense of why so many Sebenzas are offered with a single lug while Inkosis tend to have two?
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I can't answer your first question, but as to this on the Sebenza models single lug is standard, double lugs is an option. On the Inkosi double lugs are standard.
 
It's a nobrainer to me. And I see it the same way you do.

The leftie lug has reports of catching fabrics in pocket and to even have opened in pocket. So given the option, I'd have it singel lugged no doubt.
 
You would have to contact CRK to see if they would even do that for you before hand. I am the opposite I prefer double lug on all my CRK's. Symmetry is very important to me, OCD you know. :D
 
I like the symmetry too Thin-Slice. It's just that I can't imagine ever using the knife left-handed. One of my other hobbies is Japanese and American denim jeans which often have pretty fragile cotton stitching around the pockets (as opposed to poly-cotton, which is stronger and more common). Since I carry a CRK in my right pocket almost every day, that pocket and its stitching gets a lot of wear -- the single lug helps a bit in that regard.
 
JohnM said:
I've been a fan of CRK for many years and own a few Large Sebenzas, including a few Regulars and a Classic. I believe all of them have a single right-handed lug, which works well for me since I'm right-handed and wouldn't trust my left hand to open a knife, let alone use one left handed!

I also recently added a Large Inkosi with double lugs. While I love the knife, it does catch a bit on my jeans. It's not a big problem by any means but I do have a slight preference for the single lug, despite the elegant symmetry of two lugs.

Assuming an Inkosi can be ordered with one lug, is there any reason not to place this order (e.g., re-sale value)?

In addition, does anyone have a sense of why so many Sebenzas are offered with a single lug while Inkosis tend to have two?

Thanks.
John
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The Sebenza 25, when it came out was offered with double lugs only. Since the Inkosi replaced the 25, a lot of the features of the 25 were incorporated into the Inkosi, therefore the double lugs became the standard for the Inkosi. IMO, the 25 is a combination of the 21 and Umnumzaan which offered the best of both worlds.
Typically, folks send their CRK in to have double lugs installed, this might be a first, asking for a single lug :eek:
 
In theory I don't see why they can't do it other than maybe they won't want a "downgraded" version out in the wild. As to resale I think you'll find the market for people who prefer the single lug to the double lug to be smaller. That's just my hunch though.
 
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It's a nobrainer to me. And I see it the same way you do.

The leftie lug has reports of catching fabrics in pocket and to even have opened in pocket. So given the option, I'd have it singel lugged no doubt.
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I prefer double lugs lugs and carry a small micarta Insingo 21 with them daily clipped to my pocket in a suit, jeans, military utilities, whatever. I’ve never experienced this.
 
blanco112 said:
In theory I don't see why they can't do it other than maybe they won't want a "downgraded" version out in the wild. As to resale I think you'll find the market for people who prefer the single lug to the double lug to be smaller. That's just my hunch though.
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blanco112 and others,

One of the reasons I started this thread was to get a sense of whether a single-lug Inkosi might be regarded as a downgraded version and less desirable in terms of resale. In truth, this shouldn't matter too much to me since it's not a collector piece and I plan to use it regularly, but it's still something to keep in mind and does give me pause.

I think I was also curious why Inkosis are almost always double-lugged while Sebenzas often have only one. Maybe the market has shown a preference for double lugs, but only the folks at CRK would know for sure.

John
 
JohnM said:
blanco112 and others,

One of the reasons I started this thread was to get a sense of whether a single-lug Inkosi might be regarded as a downgraded version and less desirable in terms of resale. In truth, this shouldn't matter too much to me since it's not a collector piece and I plan to use it regularly, but it's still something to keep in mind and does give me pause.

I think I was also curious why Inkosis are almost always double-lugged while Sebenzas often have only one. Maybe the market has shown a preference for double lugs, but only the folks at CRK would know for sure.

John
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I can only speak for myself but I would consider it a downgrade. I know others prefer one stud but I can’t see someone paying extra for it. I would pay less or pass on one all together.
 
They can’t do a single-lug at the moment as they do not make single-lugs in the greater thickness of the Inkosi/25 blade. The back side would end up inset. IIRC, the double lug on the inkosi is the same as the double lug on the 21. The two halves don’t meet in the middle. When they came out with the 25 it was simply easier to offer them all as double-lug, using existing parts, than engineer the process to make a new single-lug of a different size.
 
Maybe reinforce the edge of the pocket of your jeans? I've never had a problem with that except on some thin jeans that are basically worthless to work in.
 
I way prefer the double lugs. It lets us lefties enjoy the knife more without having to track down a true lefty version.

I have carried my Lg Inkosi for a long time very often and the lugs have never had the opposite lug catch and open the blade. Alsonthe studs are quite rounded so wear would be minimal. If I try right nowntoncatch the stud on purpose to “wave” the knife open it diesn’t work n

Even other knives with sharper studs I have to deliberately try to catch the stud to wave the blade open.
 
They can’t do a double lug to single lug conversion on any of their knives. (Unless something changed within the end of 2017)

Since the inkosi is double lug standard, I don’t think we will ever see a single lug inkosi.
 
Thanks for the input everyone. I'm reconsidering the idea of a single lug Inkosi, especially if it's not possible, or the single lug would be inset, as kidcongo suggests. Despite the symmetry of the double lugs, I just couldn't see myself trying to open an Inkosi with my uncoordinated left hand. And, if for whatever reason, I want to sell the knife later, that single lug could make it challenging ... or a really valuable collector piece. Kidding!
 
I don't see it as a "downgrading" to me it sounds more like "streamlining".
hope this helps.
 
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