What's the point of a Sebenza?

MEJ said:
How does a rape whistle malfunction? Unless you have the tendency to frequently attract rapists, i dont see it failing! :confused:
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They malfunction in that they fail everytime, I think ? How many people run out with a bat or gun etc. or call the cops every time they hear a whistle ? I bet not many, if any. They are just silly a comfort blanket that is about as much use as a chocolate hammer when it's go time.
 
Haze said:
They malfunction in that they fail everytime, I think ? How many people run out with a bat or gun etc. or call the cops every time they hear a whistle ? I bet not many, if any. They are just silly a comfort blanket that is about as much use as a chocolate hammer when it's go time.
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I guess i wasted my dollar.
 
Haze said:
They malfunction in that they fail everytime, I think ? How many people run out with a bat or gun etc. or call the cops every time they hear a whistle ? I bet not many, if any. They are just silly a comfort blanket that is about as much use as a chocolate hammer when it's go time.
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+1 A whistle, a car alarm, a gun shot, fire alarms. People tend to just not care unfortunately, at least from what i've seen. :/
 
김원진;11405148 said:
+1 A whistle, a car alarm, a gun shot, fire alarms. People tend to just not care unfortunately, at least from what i've seen. :/
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Every time I hear any of these I pull out my Sebenza and look concerned as I slowly open it. This process would, of course, induce greater fear in a would be assailant if Mr. Reeve would just let me flick my knife open.
 
rpdknife said:
Every time I hear any of these I pull out my Sebenza and look concerned as I slowly open it. This process would, of course, induce greater fear in a would be assailant if Mr. Reeve would just let me flick my knife open.
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That's hilarious :D
 
After going through a rough spell when I had to sell off nearly all of my sharp and pointies one at a time to pay the bills I finally got back to work and have been re-building my accumulation. I now have many Spydercos, Bucks, and a couple of Protechs but feel like something is missing. Of all the knives I sold and handled over the years to include Benchmade, Strider, Protech and customs the ones I really miss the most are the CRK's. I've now cooled my jets on the buying and am saving for a few good Sebenzas. There's just something about them that cannot be found in any other.
 
To me the #1 point of owning a Sebenza is build quality. 2, Its jack-of-all-trades design. 3. Materials. 4. Elegant simplicity.

In 10+ years of hanging around these forums, observing & handling dozens of knives, I've never found a knife that scratches as many itches as any flavor of Sebenza.
 
MEJ said:
How does a rape whistle malfunction? Unless you have the tendency to frequently attract rapists, i dont see it failing! :confused:
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It's usually a matter of operator error. One must exhale through it, not inhale. (I originally was going to use other terminology but this is a family forum) ;)
 
Fooj said:
The Milwaukee Hole Shooter is a commercial grade drill that can be used hard on construction sites, every day, all day, year after year, and perform with the same high precision every time. Professionals buy them because time is money, and they don't fail when you really need them. As a weekend DIY warrior (and at my stage in life, those weekends are getting few and far between :)), no matter how mundane the task, I love using my Milwaukee drill. The few times/year I pull it out, this tool sounds and feels like a high precision instrument, it has never let me down, and some day I'll clean it up, it will look and operate as new/unused, and I'll gift it to my yet-to-be-born grandson.

That's the purpose of a Sebenza.
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this!
 
i have a leather man c33 (22 dollar knife)that i usually EDC and it dose great with what ever task i give it plus it has a lifetime warranty. So why a Subenza? because of what it represents.
 
I've got a Leatherman C33 too -- 3 of them, actually. They do everything a Sebenza can do! Plus, they opens beers and one has a couple of screwdrivers.

Luxury goods are luxury goods; it basically boils down to "I wanted it, and could afford it." I bought my first BMW in 1997 and had to listen to everyone asking me "Why would you spend $36,000 on a car (it was 1997) when you can get a great Toyota/Honda/whatever for $20,000? That's just stupid." Well...because I had $36,000 to spend and I wanted an M3, why else? The solid engineering, the tank-like feel, the pride of ownership of something that was truly high-end and special. A few years later I got a Rolex Submariner. Twice as many people asked me what on earth could possibly be the justification for a watch that cost about 200 times a reliable Timex? I wanted to do the whole song and dance about the quality and reliability and impeccable design, but truth is, it isn't very accurate, has been in the shop four or five times since I bought it, and cannot compete with a $50 digital watch for durability, accuracy or functionality. But would I trade it for 200 cheap watches? No way. The only honest answer to a luxury good is, "Because I can." (I've since concluded that Rolexes are kinda ridiculous, but that's another story).

A Sebenza is a luxury good. Sort of like a mini-mini-mini-BMW. The engineering, precision, tank-like-feel, history, prestige, fun in posting pictures and getting positive strokes from online buddies, and just in general the emotions of pride of ownership and joy of fondling, are similar between the two. Neither are necessary, but a life filled with lowest-cost necessities gets very boring. Just because we can survive on Ramen Noodles doesn't mean people who can afford a steak won't buy a steak.
 
griff1 said:
I wanted to do the whole song and dance about the quality and reliability and impeccable design, but truth is, it isn't very accurate, has been in the shop four or five times since I bought it, and cannot compete with a $50 digital watch for durability, accuracy or functionality.
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Sorry to hear about your Submariner. That's another item I've had my eye on for a long time. I'm bummed to hear it didn't live up to its expectations.

I understand about the Sebenza being a luxury item. It seems that is the majority concensus among people here regarding it. I wonder how Chris Reeve himself views the Sebenza? I get the impression he just wanted to design a really, really, good utility knife. So how can one reconcile these two, differing, qualities that seem to be present in the same knife?
 
Despite popular belief, rolexes are anything but fancy high end dress watches. The majority of them are tough, durable sport watches. Especially ones like the submariner. Will it ever be as accurate as a $50 quartz watch? Absolutely not. Neither would a $1,000,000 patek phillipe. But there are 86,000 seconds in a day and a rolex is accurate within 6. Using a spring to tell time. Both the rolex and the sebenza are more than any normal person would ever need. They're for people who admire quality, an obsessive attention to detail, and fine craftsmanship. Sebenzas are not for people that just want to simply cut things. And rolexes are not just for people who simply want to tell time.
 
kaosu04 said:
Despite popular belief, rolexes are anything but fancy high end dress watches. The majority of them are tough, durable sport watches. Especially ones like the submariner. Will it ever be as accurate as a $50 quartz watch? Absolutely not. Neither would a $1,000,000 patek phillipe. But there are 86,000 seconds in a day and a rolex is accurate within 6. Using a spring to tell time. Both the rolex and the sebenza are more than any normal person would ever need. They're for people who admire quality, an obsessive attention to detail, and fine craftsmanship. Sebenzas are not for people that just want to simply cut things. And rolexes are not just for people who simply want to tell time.
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Exactly... I was just reading one of the above posts where someone was complaining about his submariner not keeping time like a 50$ timex.... so clueless are some of these people...... My AP will never keep time like a timex, and I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a timex :D...

These are things meant for people who know about them, not cause they want to be fancy.

You can't appreciate a sebenza if you know nothing about cutlery.
 
Mine is specifically made for lefties. No extra pocket clip holes or dual thumb studs. Finding a left handed framelock is hard enough and as much as they cost you might as well buy from the maker that's been around for a long time and will provide service for the lifetime of ownership.
 
Precieved value is often a complex issue. One thing I have found true is that very few people ever have "buyers remorse" after getting a Sebenza.
Haters will hate.
 
I definitely do not have buyer's remorse after buying my Sebenza. However, I am selling it.

In reality, I can only really afford to own one Sebenza. For me, the value is undeniable when it comes to the Sebenza, yet I would rather opt to have 3 or 4 (or more) less expensive and just as capable knives used for different jobs for the same price as a new Large Sebenza. If I can only have one knife, I would have to choose something less expensive but just as capable for my needs. While I still think the Sebenzas are worth what they sell for, my own sense of value has shifted to different priorities.
 
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