What did you use your sebenza for today?

[Wild Willie]

Exactly like I just did
That is Run out of the room just now after viewing that

I've just resigned myself to the fact that it's a part of sharing the household with the fairer sex.

 

[TheFactor]

I wiped them down and took a glamour shot.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

It’s been a while since I’ve been back in this thread! My sebenzas lately have just been opening up
Cardboard boxes. I miss the knife I started this thread with but still have a large Inkosi insingo in red micarta, large 31 black Micarta inlay drop point and a large 21 Damascus spalted beech.

 

[kidcongo]

When I’m camping, one concession I make to the modern world is Starbucks
Instant coffee. I might like it better than regular coffee! My daughter, who is also a stalwart camper calls it “dad crack”. She’s not wrong.

Used my small 21 to open the precious pouch. Slicing it open works better than trying to tear it open in case you spill the contents.

 

[BTTLBRN]

Our weather is a bit more accommodating for some planting, the Inkosi is a great companion for this - especially with the Insingo blade.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

I used it to keep my margarita from levitating.

 

[jjg6319]

I opened a package from CRK. A clip insert and fresh lanyard for a 21.

 

[sailfish]

Used it all day yesterday to cut rope for cover tie-downs and securing booms, masts, and folded sails while derigging, covering, and storing a bunch of sailboats.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Not much, since the blade had to be in my checked bag.

 

[kidcongo]

Stripping the jacket off some wire with my small 21 Tanto. When you need to make a long length of wire bare, as I had to do here, the pocket knife works better than conventional wire stripers. It helps if the knife isn’t crazy sharp, and if it has a convex primary bevel. Being an older 21, with the lower rockwell S35VN, this knife has a good “working edge” that does the trick nicely without biting into the copper.

FWIW, very sharp knives, or knives with a flat ground edge, like say a Spyderco PM2, don’t really work that well for this task. The convex edge of a Sebenza allows the rounded portion of the edge to slide along the copper, with the actual cutting edge just above the surface of the copper. This removes the insulation without abrading the inner copper core. If I use this technique with a PM2 or similar knife, you can’t so easily “thread the needle” between skinning the insulation and biting into the copper, which is a delicate balance.

 

[kidcongo]

Scraping the worst of flaking paint off an outdoor unit substation (high voltage transformer and switch combo), so I can wire-brush it and hit it with some cold-galvanizing paint. The results won’t be pretty, but good enough for a winter paint job in a pinch. If the rust gets away on this sort of equipment, water can make its way into the switch compartment, or worse, the transformer oil, and blow the whole thing sky-high. The small 21 Tanto is a brilliant paint scraper. This one sports a home-brew stone wash I put on the slabs years and years ago. A great little knife to have in pocket.

 

[stjones]

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

My seb 31 I’ve had since the day my son was born (march of 22) I can’t seem to get out of my rotation. I’ll carry another knife for a day or two (if it eve lasts that long) and it’s back in my pocket. I also have a sebenza 21 in Damascus and beech and an inkosi insingo in red linen that I now don’t touch!
Daily uses are usually at work. Cutting boxes. Picking splinters. Sometimes food, stripping wires occasionally.