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VorpelSword

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Just gave our son a CRK Sebenza 31 for his 45th birthday . . .Christmas is coming so . . .I am thinking of other related things.

I have seen various Damascus or Mokum back fillers. One svsn has a bottle opener built in.

Does adding this sort of third party part affectg the CRK warranty?
 
Oh yeah . .On opening the bx, his firstmark when flicking out the blade and hefting the knife was something like, "Well now I'll have a better knife than any of my brothers in law!"

Which was one part of the reasons why I got him that knife.
 
The J2H backspacers seem popular but I’ve never personally liked them. I’d avoid the ones on eBay with the bottle opener. I saw those and I think they anre overpriced, fugly and I’d never want a bottle opener on the spine of the handle of any knife I own. I personally think CRKs don’t really need any type of aftermarket add ons but that’s just my opinion. I like the stock clip more than any milled option and I’ve always thought buying a backspacer that plugs the lanyard hole only to add another lanyard hole is beyond silly but some people like them. Aftermarket thumb studs would void the warranty but a backspacer won’t.
 
Thanks for the remarks on the back spacer idea.

SAK? I also gave him a US miliary utility folder, WW-II vintage, marked "US Marine Corps".
 
Thank you for that.

Of course I kniw what SAK stands for . . .I was trying to say tat I had given an SAK alternative that is a WW-II vintage Narine issue utility knife instead of an SAK.
 
I don't see how it would be a problem if it's removable like a backspacer or clip.
 
Well, an SAK would be 80+ years newer, and unworn, made from a durable synthetic and modern stainless steels.

But the man is a former Marine platoon leader who was deployed to Iraq in 2004. The knife, as marked, is quite likely to have been issued to some Marine in the Pacific. Construction details indicst that it was was made between 1941 and 1944. He grandfathers both were WW-II veterans and so, there is a connection for him. It will likely find a home in his office on a rack along with his collection of challenge coins.

An SAK would just not carry any of that cachet'.

Along with that knife, he received a large CRK Sebenza 31 in Magnacut. So he does have a good knife for EDC.
 
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When I worked in the Middle East in the erly 1980s, my EDC kit was a Buck 110 and an SAK with a number of tools (do ot now recall the model). These two made my life away from home in a remote place somewhat easier.

If working offshore and in the desert today, I might have a different large folder, but maybe not. The SAK would defiantly be replaced with a Gerber or Leatherman multitool.
 
VorpelSword said:
Well, an SAK would be 80+ years newer, and unworn, made from a durable synthetic and modern stainless steels.

But the man is a former Marine platoon leader who was deployed to Iraq in 2004. The knife, as marked, is quite likely to have been issued to some Marine in the Pacific. Construction details indicst that it was was made between 1941 and 1944. He grandfathers both were WW-II veterans and so, there is a connection for him. It will likely find a home in his office on a rack along with his collection of challenge coins.

An SAK would just not carry any of that cachet'.

Along with that knife, he received a large CRK Sebenza 31 in Magnacut. So he does have a good knife for EDC.
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The SAK dates from ~1900. Even the earlier ones are a better tool. At a gun show, I picked up an early ‘50s one for about $15. Still a better tool than the USMC pocket knife. The USMC blade steel is poor.
 
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The SAK dates from ~1900. Even the earlier ones are a better tool. At a gun show, I picked up an early ‘50s one for about $15. Still a better tool than the USMC pocket knife. The USMC blade steel is poor.
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So what? The man wanted to gift his son something with some provenance, and your average SAK is a dime a dozen.

Why argue about little details like this? Seems awfully petty to me.

The vast majority of Vorpel’s posts are about his son and his deployments - if I had to take a shot every time he mentioned the Randall and CRK fixed blades I would be in a permanent coma - he obviously cares deeply about his son and his service.
 
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brownshoe said:
The SAK dates from ~1900. Even the earlier ones are a better tool. At a gun show, I picked up an early ‘50s one for about $15. Still a better tool than the USMC pocket knife. The USMC blade steel is poor.
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BTTLBRN: THANK YOU!​

Brownshoe: you may have missed the point in giving our son a vintage knife in the first place. If you still don't "get it" at this point, I probably can't explain it to you.

By "newer" I had meant that b y buying a an SAK of current manufacture, one would be getting a brand-new in the box knife of recent creation . . . as opposed to a well used knife that is in fact 80 +years old.

I will concede that SAK products are very good and those that are comparable to the GI issued utility pocket knives of any era are a better tool than the government issued knives. I see that Marbles makes a replica that is nearly identical to the GI issued knives and only cost ~$11. Note that my current urban EDC is a Leatherman Wave, which I consider to be a more versatile tool than any SA
K I have ever owneed. Furthermore, I hold that opinion for most multitools of other brands.

I invite anyone else to help him understand the gift of a vintage item having a connection to history.
 
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I would tend to choose functionality over sentimentality for a knife that’s just old but not carried by anyone important to your son. On the other hand, a 1940s SAK has a lot of “cachet”. I gave my 50s SAK to friend who carries it and shows it off and it is not “on a rack along with his collection of challenge coins,” but in his daily rotation.

Since you gave your kid a sebenza to impress his inlaws, a vintage SAK may be a good present for him. For a Sebenza themed present, you could get him different landyard/stop pins.
 
The 1940s SAK is not marked " US Marine Corps."

He already has a number of usable pocket knives.

Along with the USMC folder in question here, he also was gifted a really nice brand new knife from a premium maker . . .that he can and will use. Between the two, there simply was never a question of giving him a Swiss Army Knife . . .good as they undoubtably, inarguably are.

Again, a significant point is being missed here. I will readily stipulate that any SAK is a good, even great knife in their class (number and kind of tools, size, age etc). . . .but this was a birthday gift for a former Marine who already has what he needs. He didn't need a sort of legacy keepsake, nor did he "need" a high end, high dollar (for me) knife from a widely recognized premium maker. That is pretty much why he received those knives . . .he didn't really need either one and would have never bought either one for himself.

The Sebenza will likely become his EDC knife along with his EDC 9mm SIG 365.

I am willing to drop it . . .lets do.
 
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