Small BG-42 regular gone...

flyingjon

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I lost my first CRK last night... I was shooting clays with a buddy and got a phone call so I set the gun down and pulled my phone out and it must have slipped out of my pocket then. Unfortunately I was shooting in some tall grass and I can't find it now. It was the old style clip without the second indention and it slips pit way easier. I am totally sold on the new style clip now.
 
So hope you find it. I carry my small reg. with out clip fits nice in the pocket. Yea get a metal detector.
 
Just echoing what others have already said, but only because I feel strongly about it. Dude, go rent a metal detector and find that knife!
 
Ooh, that hurts. But, keep up the faith.

Here's my anecdote of losing my Large Regular 1999 BG-42 Sebenza a few years ago...

So I was up in Denmark with family for my mother's 70th birthday, on the beautiful west coast, a little resort town by the name of Henne Strand, and we were staying at one of the two hotels (it's mostly vacation homes for rent there) and I had been carrying the Sebenza in the belt case at the small of my back all week long when not in use - in 'horizontal' carry mode - and then on the day we left I was packing stuff into the back of the car. That's where it happened (obviously unnoticed by myself) - the snap must've snagged on my jacket when I bent over at the back of the car, and the Sebenza must've dropped out on the pebble parking area without my noticing.

Some time later we made a stop in Ribe - the oldest town of Denmark, and the cathedral is not to be missed - to catch the sights, and at some point my hand went back to the Sebenza...which wasn't there anymore! Uh-oh! Searched the car, did some back-tracking where we walked...nothing. I hate to say that I was thoroughly bummed out then (it's only a knife, but it was my EDC for over ten years, dammit!).

Anyway, after a somewhat taciturn drive, we eventually got back to my mother's home in Kiel (Germany), and on the off-chance I later in the evening - having fortified myself with a pilsener or two - decided to call the hotel...described the Sebenza, and....yes! Someone had found it right outside and turned it in! I can still feel that palpable moment of relief recalling the incident right now. Against protestations, I sent them a finder's fee and postage costs, and 'we' have been reunited ever since. (No more horizontal carrying in that case, ever (not that it's a bad case as such)). Kudos to the honest Dane.

My point being, there are some honest people out there, and your Sebenza might be returned to you yet. Best of luck!
 
TC said:
Ooh, that hurts. But, keep up the faith.

Here's my anecdote of losing my Large Regular 1999 BG-42 Sebenza a few years ago...

So I was up in Denmark with family for my mother's 70th birthday, on the beautiful west coast, a little resort town by the name of Henne Strand, and we were staying at one of the two hotels (it's mostly vacation homes for rent there) and I had been carrying the Sebenza in the belt case at the small of my back all week long when not in use - in 'horizontal' carry mode - and then on the day we left I was packing stuff into the back of the car. That's where it happened (obviously unnoticed by myself) - the snap must've snagged on my jacket when I bent over at the back of the car, and the Sebenza must've dropped out on the pebble parking area without my noticing.

Some time later we made a stop in Ribe - the oldest town of Denmark, and the cathedral is not to be missed - to catch the sights, and at some point my hand went back to the Sebenza...which wasn't there anymore! Uh-oh! Searched the car, did some back-tracking where we walked...nothing. I hate to say that I was thoroughly bummed out then (it's only a knife, but it was my EDC for over ten years, dammit!).

Anyway, after a somewhat taciturn drive, we eventually got back to my mother's home in Kiel (Germany), and on the off-chance I later in the evening - having fortified myself with a pilsener or two - decided to call the hotel...described the Sebenza, and....yes! Someone had found it right outside and turned it in! I can still feel that palpable moment of relief recalling the incident right now. Against protestations, I sent them a finder's fee and postage costs, and 'we' have been reunited ever since. (No more horizontal carrying in that case, ever (not that it's a bad case as such)). Kudos to the honest Dane.

My point being, there are some honest people out there, and your Sebenza might be returned to you yet. Best of luck!
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That's an incredible story! I'd like to think it would be turned in if found, however it's hard to say these days.
 
TC said:
...My point being, there are some honest people out there, and your Sebenza might be returned to you yet. Best of luck!
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Always nice to here stories about good people, especially with what we normally see in the news. Congrats on a happy ending and good luck flyingjon.
 
ridgeline said:
That's an incredible story! I'd like to think it would be turned in if found, however it's hard to say these days.
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Thanks, I'm still delighted by that stroke of luck and honesty. I now carry the Sebenza in the slip pouch in a pant or coat pocket. No worries, there.
 
itadakimasu said:
TC, what an awesome story, da hast du echt Glück gehabt.
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Danke, yes it was very lucky how it turned out.

BTW, I bought a second Sebenza shortly after the first one, in 2000 - with a slight twist, double thumb studs and small swedge, and that one rests NIB in a drawer as the first one just doesn't wear out - and now, just a few weeks ago, I bought a Nyala (pre-coating, but S35VN), so that got me back to this forum again. (Not that I was ever a frequent poster back in the day...) I notice that the Nyala blade profile is pretty much the same (somewhat larger in width and breadth) as that second Sebenza with the swedge. CR must have remembered that great design! :)
 
TC said:
a Nyala (pre-coating, but S35VN)
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FWIW and at the risk of thread creep, all Nyalas are S35VN. There are pre-Idaho Made versions that are uncoated and Idaho Made versions that are also uncoated, in addition to current production.
 
Bummer - I get upset when I lose a $20 pen knife. I can't even imagine a CRK, let alone a collector. I'm hoping you find it.
 
Hey guys I've been away all day, but thanks for the replies. We do have a metal detector but I didn't think of it and the grass is still littered with hulls that would throw it off. [emoji20] Will have to try that though because it hurts more every time I think of it. It was a user but those little gems are becoming hard to find on the exchange or anywhere.
 
Maybe hit the grass with a Weed Wacker then sift with a rake? If the grass is in the way after trimming it, use a blower to disperse it?
 
Corskin said:
Maybe hit the grass with a Weed Wacker then sift with a rake? If the grass is in the way after trimming it, use a blower to disperse it?
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Great idea! I've got a good Husqy weed eater and a backpack Stihl blower so I might try that.
 
Hopefully with the weedeater, metal detector and a bunch of effort you will be able to get that one back.
 
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