DAYAFTER EDIT: Ok so I was a little drunk(OK more than a little) when I came up with this. But nevertheless, I present you with The Obsessive Inner Workings of a Drunken Knife Nut.
I have decided that my next knife purchase is going to be a Chris Reeve Sebenza. One of the features that I really like about that knife is the ability to fully dis-assemble it.
I had the fortune of holding one of these and I must say I really like the feel. I have an idea that I think would be really cool, and I was looking for others input.
My idea is to get blades of various steels made to the same specifications as the Sebenza Blade so I can swap the blades to my hearts content. I can picture this set in a neat little box, with blades in all sorts of different steels displayed around it.
Can the blade be swapped like this so easily, or is there more to it that I am overlooking?
I would love to have my sebenza with the choice of any blade steel.
Like S90V, S110V, ZDP-189, D2, A2, 3V, H1, INFI, O1, Damascus, VG10, 3G, Talonite, Titanium, and pretty much all the commonly used (even not so commonly) blade steels. Hell, maybe even ceramic and glass blades! I could create a "periodic table" so to speak getting each blade from the best maker I can find for each particular steel.
Like D2 form Dozier, A2 from Bark River, ZDP189 from AG Russell, INFI from Busse, 3G from Fallkniven, and so on... I havent actually decided on any of these (except the INFI for obvious reasons )
My goal for this set would be to get as many different blade steels as I possible can (a never ending quest, the best kind ) made into a Sebenza blade. Since the blade is relatively small, it shouldn't cost too much to get all these custom made. I can see it being a neat little collecting project.
So three questions:
1. What do you think of this idea?
2. Is this actually feasible?
3. I fully expect to have to go to a lot of different makers to get all these steels, so to the best of your knowledge, can you recommend any makers that really excel in a particular steel? Like who is the best for S90V, ZDP189, 3V or any other steel you can think of...
I think that about does it. I am really getting jazzed up about this idea, and am really looking forward to all your responses :thumbup:
The_Guide
I have decided that my next knife purchase is going to be a Chris Reeve Sebenza. One of the features that I really like about that knife is the ability to fully dis-assemble it.
I had the fortune of holding one of these and I must say I really like the feel. I have an idea that I think would be really cool, and I was looking for others input.
My idea is to get blades of various steels made to the same specifications as the Sebenza Blade so I can swap the blades to my hearts content. I can picture this set in a neat little box, with blades in all sorts of different steels displayed around it.
Can the blade be swapped like this so easily, or is there more to it that I am overlooking?
I would love to have my sebenza with the choice of any blade steel.
Like S90V, S110V, ZDP-189, D2, A2, 3V, H1, INFI, O1, Damascus, VG10, 3G, Talonite, Titanium, and pretty much all the commonly used (even not so commonly) blade steels. Hell, maybe even ceramic and glass blades! I could create a "periodic table" so to speak getting each blade from the best maker I can find for each particular steel.
Like D2 form Dozier, A2 from Bark River, ZDP189 from AG Russell, INFI from Busse, 3G from Fallkniven, and so on... I havent actually decided on any of these (except the INFI for obvious reasons )
My goal for this set would be to get as many different blade steels as I possible can (a never ending quest, the best kind ) made into a Sebenza blade. Since the blade is relatively small, it shouldn't cost too much to get all these custom made. I can see it being a neat little collecting project.
So three questions:
1. What do you think of this idea?
2. Is this actually feasible?
3. I fully expect to have to go to a lot of different makers to get all these steels, so to the best of your knowledge, can you recommend any makers that really excel in a particular steel? Like who is the best for S90V, ZDP189, 3V or any other steel you can think of...
I think that about does it. I am really getting jazzed up about this idea, and am really looking forward to all your responses :thumbup:
The_Guide
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