Turn User Into Sock Drawer Queen?

DaveH

DaveH

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I'd like opinions, I have a large sebenza, full polished (flats & hollow grind) blade, bought as and is being a "user".

Some minor scratches on the blade. I _really_ like the mirror polish finish. Should I consider a possible refurb and turn it into a Sock Drawer Queen?

Or continue to enjoy it as is?

Hmmm,
DaveH

 
DaveH,

I also have an older Large Sebenza with the polished blade. Mine is an original “P” marked production piece and beautiful beyond description.

I have tried to take a common sense approach to this knife….too beautiful to use hard and risk serious damage. Yet the knife is too special to just stow away somewhere and allow to waste away.

So….I carry it some in order to appreciate it but don’t endanger the knife with any potentially destructive use. The Small Seb or Victorinox Soldier that are always with me (even when I have the Large) take care of any heavy/dirty jobs. I’ll use the Large for a few days, get my “fix”, spend a few minutes on preventive maintenance and stow it until next time.

Don’t refurbish unless there is severe damage or some compelling reason to do so. A refurbished knife is just that….refurbished. I’d much rather have used, well maintained knife that shows honest wear than one refurbished. It’s just….well, more honest.

OTOH, I have a Small Sebenza that was refurbished by CRK and it was returned perhaps more beautiful than when new. But the small scratch on the clip where I dropped a soup spoon on it is gone as are the other scars that made it special to me. It’s a like-new knife now…just different somehow.

Happy Holidays.
dan
 
I'd keep it as is and use it, unless you have major scratches...
G2

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Use it! That's what it was made for and it can take alot of use! The dings and scratches we get on our "users" along the way give character to them. I would not do a refurbish unless I really got some nasties in mine somehow.

Jon
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By all means use it. That is why they make them!

Would you say to a rainbow, "Hey, stop being a rainbow for a minute"? Such is Sebenza!

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA

[This message has been edited by stjames (edited 12-25-2000).]
 
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