what are the differences between the sebenzas

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gizard95

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I'm new to the knife community and I was just curious about a couple of things about Chris Reeves Sebenza. Whenever I see a sebenza for sale on the exchange they always say stuff like "Sebenza 21" or "sebenza insigno". aswell there are different handle shapes on sebenzas I've noticed, so maybe it corresponds with one of those. Just curious. Thanks!
 
I don't know most of the differences either.
But, the Insingo seems to have a wharncliffe style blade, which makes it easier to see the difference with that model.
I confess that I have no idea what's the difference between the "Classic" and the "2000" and the "21", etc.
 
We have a forum for Chris Reeve Knives, so I moved this there.
We will have lots of good answers for you soon, with pictures. :)
 
twl said:
I don't know most of the differences either.
But, the Insingo seems to have a wharncliffe style blade, which makes it easier to see the difference with that model.
I confess that I have no idea what's the difference between the "Classic" and the "2000" and the "21", etc.
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The 2000 is the Classic "MM". Besides the big Classic stamp versus the plain or Idaho stamped 21, the main difference between the classic and the 21 is a rounded lockbar face. I believe the 21 is only beveled like the rest of the knife, but the Classic is actually gently rounded. I prefer this because it is much softer on my thumb pads and easier to use. YMMV
 
you're giving me nice answers and I think they would be very helpful but I have no idea what the idaho stamp is, the MM stamp is I don't know what is classic. Thanks though!
 
A great source of information is found in the stickys found at the top of this forum. Give it a read and a lot of your questions will be answered.

gizard95 said:
I'm new to the knife community and I was just curious about a couple of things about Chris Reeves Sebenza. Whenever I see a sebenza for sale on the exchange they always say stuff like "Sebenza 21" or "sebenza insigno". aswell there are different handle shapes on sebenzas I've noticed, so maybe it corresponds with one of those. Just curious. Thanks!
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gizard95 said:
I'm new to the knife community and I was just curious about a couple of things about Chris Reeves Sebenza. Whenever I see a sebenza for sale on the exchange they always say stuff like "Sebenza 21" or "sebenza insigno". aswell there are different handle shapes on sebenzas I've noticed, so maybe it corresponds with one of those. Just curious. Thanks!
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Here's a pic of a normal blade and an insingo blade, the insingo is on top.

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Here's a pic of the 'regular' handle and the new 21 style. The regular is on top, and is out of production for a few years now.

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