Small sebenza travelling to UK

Davis147

Davis147

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Hi each
jack
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First time post although I have been soaking up the Sebenza info for some time. Slightly off topic but my main interest is watches, although same taste applies in my watches as knives. ie. design purely for function, and top quality where it counts, materials and manufacturing tolerances. My choice in watches was easy: IWCMKXII, 100% legibility, top quality automatic movement and superb case manufacture. A few months ago I posted a question on a watch discussion forum asking "what is the knife equivalent of the MKXII?" almost inanimous reply was CR Sebenza. From what I picked up it seems the perfect match. My only problem was blade length on the full size is a bit excessive for the local Mr Plod. I settled for a small, and am currently 5 days into the shipping time from a dealer with one in stock so it could be here anytime now. Will post feedback when it arrives. PS looking for a watch to match? MKII cuts it.
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Redrags from Blighty
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Well now you went and done it, started a watch thread with Sebenza reference, hard to beat combo!

I've opted for the Swiss Army Officers Stainless Steel watch, with a special watch band that I picked up later that really goes well with it.
In the background you can just make out my wood inlay Sebenza...

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G2

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OK boy's the gauntlet has been thrown down, my form and function combo is small plain Seb' and Omega speedmaster automatic.
I think there is a definate trend already in evidence , Quality counts.
Davis147, I think you bought right for the UK, the large as a user is just too big from a legal point of view, the small is just perfect.
Gary, do you have to have the sebenza you are making a sheath for or can you do it from a pattern? Having seen your work on the web and seeing what people have said I just may have to invest; and yes I can just about make out your small wood inlay in the background ,and to think you nearly sold it !!
Paul.
 
Paul, yes I'm very happy I didn't sell her off! I have a bevy of Sebenzas and can usually use one of them to make a sheath with....lets see :

Large Old style
Large New Style, but not the classic, but I belive the old style will work for a sheath, St James could verify that.
Small New style
Small New style with wood inlay
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1999 Umfaan.

The above are all right handed models, so a lefty would need to be sent for fit up...

G2
 
Oooooh, I wish I had a picture.

My choice is the Israeli Military Watch Seal Model. I'm spoiled by the tritium. Just went to their website ( www.hescowatches.com ) and the watches are no longer listed.

James Mattis, any idea if it's still available?

The pix you guys have posted are great!

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Frank Norman
Frank's Page
 
So I read the post on Hesco's Israeli Military Watches, and I clicked on the link, and behold! the watches were not listed. So I called them and asked, and the guy said I didn't see them because they had discontinued importing them.
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So I guess I now need to go in an zap that part of my web page.

Pfoooey!!
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Still carrying whatever Swiss Army Brands and Luminox watches that my distributor carries ....


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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Wow, great pictures, everyone. I've been thinking of getting a new wristwatch lately, and you people have, as usual, only made my covetous urges worse.

Let me explain. My daily carry is a small, plain, well-loved sebenza. My wristwatch is a translucent green plastic "PowerPuff Girls" digital I got from the WB factory store for $20. To its credit, it does talk and play cartoons.

No, I don't have pictures of this combo.
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So seriously, I am looking for a new wristwatch (preferably a waterproof one that doesn't yell "I think they're asking for a hiney-whuppin'" every five minutes), and really like the overall appearance of the IWC MkXII/XV or Omega Dynamic, but both of these watches cost about five times as much as I paid for my car. Can anyone here think of something like that under 500 dollars or so? Or should I just try to find one of the aforementioned watches used or broken, and repair/refinish it? Durability is also a big factor; I also have a nice swiss army pocket watch as I have a bad tendency to smash wristwatches beyond repair. Snowboarding, rollerblading, and other such activities.

Thanks!
Novadak

[This message has been edited by Novadak (edited 09-05-2000).]
 
Jonny,
Great-my favorite watch.
I have the Reeve Zulu Trio, but only have a Kinetic Seiko, which will have to do until I finish my Sebenza thing, lot more of them I want yet
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As topic-drift happens ...
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The Luminox people have a "women's size" techie-looking watch with a choice of face colors and gaseous tritium hands and dial, which they rate to 100 meters - half the depth that they specify for their "guy-size" SEAL watch.

I've only seen a picture of it. I do know, from the IMW on my wrist, that little vials of gaseous tritium spoil me for any other kind of watch display.


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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 09-07-2000).]
 
Thanks. Dolex????
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Dennis Wright
Wright Knife & Sporting Goods
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("Have a knife day!")

[This message has been edited by Dennis Wright (edited 09-06-2000).]
 
Davis147, the Sebenza should be a good match for the Mk.XII- both have a simple elegance about them. Been always tempted to get a Mk.XII, but that finicky movement...

Should be receiving an Omega 53 in a few weeks.
 
In my limited experience, the luninous paint that they used on the Victorinox watch that The Wife wears is only good for about 15 minutes of vague legibility after the lights go out, though it's supposed to have some tritium in it, but with the little vials of gaseous tritium that they have in the Luminox and the (no longer imported) IMW watches you can read the display in the dark, find where you put the watch in the dark, and it's even noticeably more legible than most watches in moderate indoor light.

Now, since we started out talking about Chris Reeve knives, here's a fresh "wallpaper" scan of standard and classic, large and small.

<A HREF="http://www.chaicutlery.com/chrisreeve/Sebenzas-Standard-Classic.jpg" TARGET=_blank>
Sebenzas-Standard-Classic-medium.jpg
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Now I have to look up the guy who's been waiting for that large classic!
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PS: Novadak mentioned carrying a Swiss Army pocket watch for abuse-resistant backup. Good choice. The Swiss Army Pocket watch that my son in law carries was missing for a couple of days. He found it in the gravel driveway in the tire tracks where he'd driven his log truck over it at least twice. Here's what the watch looks like after being run over by a log truck.

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Notice the little dent in the case. You can't see the scratch on the glass in the picture. Yes, it still runs.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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[This message has been edited by James Mattis (edited 09-07-2000).]
 
Sorry if this is a bit of topic but I would love to get Gary to post the picture of the Wood inlay on my thread. It would be much appreciated. I am trying to get all the pictures of wood inlays that I can get.
 
JKM; you have, I believe, made a rare technical error.

Tritium is indeed an isotope of hydrogen, but it is in the form of tritium oxide, a liquid chemically like water, inside the glass vials. At least this is the case with firearm night sights.

The half life of tritium is about 12 years, and while you think that they probably put more than enough tritium inside the vials to excite the phosphors, the fact of the matter is that they don't, and firearm night sights not only vary in brightness, many need to be replaced after about one half life.

Breakage and spillage of tritium oxide is not a concern. It follows the water pathway, and even should you drink the contents of a rifle sight vial, it would be rapidly and harmlessly excreted from your body.

Further, the radiation emitted from the tritium does NOT get through the vial of glass; only the visible light from the radioactively excited phosphors does. So, there is no radiation hazard caused by wearing a watch with tritium vials.

Hope this helps, Walt
 
Nice watches guys! Sorry all MK XII fans, but the Porsche Design IWC is clearly the best "friend" of Sebenza. And no, I don't just mean the material (ti), but rather the design. Same simplistic functional form. Very nice!

Hugo.

[This message has been edited by Hugo (edited 09-07-2000).]
 
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