Strange problem...

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FredL

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Here's a weird one. Mu uncle, cousin and I all got small, classic sebbies. :thumbup: My cousin now carries his in a sheath because he cut his hand on the closed knife. He cut his hand through the back of the handle! :eek: Has anyone ever heard of this with a sebbie, or any other folder?

Fred
 
I suppose it's possible, but I haven't experienced it. I carry right hand front pocket blade against the seam. Always reach past it for key etc. and haven't had a problem.
 
That's very odd. You're cousin doesn't happen to look like this:
Does he?
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Fred,

Strange problem... I agree.... I don't know how I have done it, but I have cut my hand twice and the closed knife.

Fiddling with it when it was closed and in my pocket.... tiny slits like paper cuts.... Still not sure how I did it.

Don't fiddle with it in the pocket any more.

Slim
 
Hi Slim,

No real explanation here either, but the classic handle arched in toward the thumb stud, i.e. a concave, while the regular arched out, even though the differences is very little. I guess for somebody's finger to press into that area it's possible to touch the sharp edge :eek: of the blade in the classic.

Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable can provide an answer. :)
 
Dumb I know but I have thought it might be possable so in my need to find out I run my palm and finger up and down the spine while in my pocket.I have yet to get it to cut me.
Mine is a large but I can't get enough skin in to reach the edge.
 
Check this out. In the closed position, does the blade sharp edge almost stick out the back of the handle?
 
Something must be seriously wrong with that Sebbie!! I would send it back to CRK and have them fix it!
 
Before I tell him to send it back, maybe I should check with crk and see what they say. Are they pretty good about answering e-mails?

Fred
 
With my NICA Tanto I can pretty easily touch the point of the blade. With just a little effort, it will draw blood. Not much but just a tiny pinprick. With my Micarta Inlay, no matter how hard I press I can't seem to touch the closed blade.
 
Yep. Same thing happened to me...

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Hello Will

I do apologize for the delay in responding to your email – it was passed to me on Tuesday but we had visitors from out of town, and then I have been sick (just a horrible cold but enough to knock me down!). I am so sorry that you were cut and I hope you are healing well. One of the things that we aim for is to have as much blade in each knife as possible. I have to think that your blade is on the high side of the tolerance and that is how come it is so close to the edge of the handle. This is the third instance that I have heard of something like this happening – a very small number relative to the quantity of blades we make. Please send the knife back to us so that we can reshape the cutting edge and thereby ensure that this does not happen again.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience – we would like to have the opportunity to put this right!

Best wishes

Anne


-----Original Message-----
From: WJLeary@aol.com [mailto:WJLeary@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:44 PM
To: crkinfo@chrisreeve.com
Subject: Classic Sebenza Question...


Hello,

Last June I purchased a small Classic Sebenza from you at the Atlanta Blade Show. I love the knife, but I do have a concern. I always carry the knife in my left front pocket, utilizing the pocket clip. I avoid placing anything else in that pocket for fear that it might scratch or damage my knife.

Anyway, last week I accidentally dropped something into that pocket. As soon as I realized what happened, I quickly reached my hand back in to retrieved it. About a minute or two later someone asked if I was bleeding, and further went on to point out that I had blood on my arm and hands. Sure enough, I did! The source was my knuckle. When I reached into my pocket, my knuckle (on my index finger) apparently slid across the spine of the Sebenza, allowing a fold of skin to fall between the titanium scales and make contact with the blade. It literally sliced open my knuckle!

If you examine the knife closely, there is not much room between the edge of the blade and the spine when the knife is closed. Have you heard of this happening to anyone else?

WJL <><
 
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