Sm classic woodie Seb - a tad too busy?

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I bought a small classic wood-inlaid Sebenza pretty much sight unseen direct from the master. For some reason, I was picturing the wood to be in one peice, but the design is in two peices of wood. Then, the side with the clip has the one peice of wood, the sandblasted Ti clip -- and the polished surface causes any of the etched or engraved information and labelling graphics to show up clear as day (the writing on sandblasted titanium handles seems to blend in with the titanium background).

All this, for me, makes for a pretty "busy looking" knife design. The folks at CRK have no problem doing a trade for another style, but now I struggle with the decision as to whether to keep this puppy or exchange for a basic, no frills small classic (with double studs)

After writing this, I feel like being a weenie about it, but then figure that I don't have a lot to spend and want really dig this thing.
 
You've gotta do what's best for you and your EDC!

I love the woodies, large, small, classic, new-style, damascus, what have ye. But for EDC, a small plain's what does the trick. It would break my heart to rough up a woody!

Others have no troubles carrying a woody for EDC, and will probably tell ya to stick with what you've got. I say, keep what you've got for dressy occasions and spring for a plain for EDC!

Professor.
 
I'm with the Professor. I love the woodies!:D I was reluctant to carry one at first but ended up carrying my 2001 large ironwood regular for 6 months, until this past December when I switched over to a large leather Classic, and now have been carrying a large wood inlaid Classic for the past three weeks! The thing I've found out is that the polished titanium seems to show less wear and marking than the bead blasted scales do. I could carry a plain jane model for a week and always end up with marked handles. The 2001 woody I carried for 6 months has few if any marks! The Classic woody still looks great also.

These are just the opinions of one!
 
I don't suppose anyone here would like to trade their large classic or regular woodie for my small classic woodie + cash....would they? I think most everyone has seen my hints that I am trying to sell/trade my new knife.

P.S. If this is seen as un-sat. by any moderators, I apologize and will happily see this post removed. But, since I’m on the topic, and I think my words are relevant to this thread, I’ll continue.

I know now that at least for the small knives, I prefer plain regular-style handles. On the larger knives, I may like the wood better. I have a large plain that I cherish...and I believe I’d like a large classic or regular woodie better than my small woodie. So…if anyone loves desert ironwood and has a large classic or regular woodie that they feel is a bit too large for them...please let me know.
 
Thanks for the replys.

That might just be the case; the idea of scuffing a regular handle seems OK to me for some reason, sort of like character-building; whereas doing something like dropping the woodie and see it slide across some concrete would really freak me out.

I guess if money was not an issue, I'd just go out and get another one in plain handled. Seems folks practically collect these knives. And the idea of simply using the small classic woodie for special occasions and fancy dress seems to make sense.

The CRK site is nicely designed, but I, for one, thinks it needs more pictures of the variations. Had I seen that the small classic gets two peices of wood on a side (not one peice) and also seen how the bead blasted clip looks next to the wood and polished surface of the handle, I would probably have made a different decision. In a way, adding the wood to this small knife is like adding fuzzy dice to the rear view mirror and blanket-ball edging around the car windows. The Sabenza basic design is for utility and simplicity.

Oh, well ... Anyways, thanks for responding.
 
Boink...man I am not trying to be critical, but just a little advice here -- before laying down that kind of money for a knife, do some web research first.

There are tons of pics of that knife on this site and others (www.arizonacustomknives.com and www.knifeart.com just to name a couple). Next time find those pics or just come here and ask. Someone here would be glad to post pics of front, side, back, close angle, open, closed, inside, outside...whatever you want. Everyone here loves to show off thier high dollar sebbies.

The forum members are very helpful. Heck... I have seen posts go up asking for an explanation of what the clip insert does and one post later you have a close up pic of the sucker with full explanation.

That is a lot of money for a knife..so next time find a few pics first and ask a few questions before dropping the big bucks sight unseen.

JT
 
Mr. Turner, thanks for the good words of advice. I was a forum member first at KnifeForums and now here. And I did not think once to employ the best sales research of all -- the membership, a brotherhood of knife enthusiasts.

Now I know what to do for the next time I want to add to my little collection!
 
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