When have you ever actually needed a "hydraulic feel" knife?

Every time I need a knife and reach for my sebenza, I needed a knife with that " Hydraulic Feel ". Thats it in a nutshell....!!!
 
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Oh nyefmaker, don't you understand mechanics? Hydraulic feel? Fooey! And "in a nutshell?" You can't put ideas inside a shell. That's a category error and makes people look like they don't understand logic!
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;)

The man should just sell his knife and troll elsewhere.
 
RobertK said:
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Oh nyefmaker, don't you understand mechanics? Hydraulic feel? Fooey! And "in a nutshell?" You can't put ideas inside a shell. That's a category error and makes people look like they don't understand logic!
[sarcasm off]

;)

The man should just sell his knife and troll elsewhere.
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Haha. :thumbup:


OP, if you require faster deployment you can always get Charlie Mike to grind a wave mod into your Sebenza or other knives.
I advise carrying the knife opened and held between your teeth for those especially dire situations though.
 
Well if everything CRK has is so flawless (and again, I'm not arguing it's not), how about we get our terminology correct? It doesn't feel "hydraulic". IMO, it's a faulty, silly term. It's not precise. It's not accurate. I'm arguing that dropping the term "hydraulic" and coining a more precise term would fit the brand better. It's a folding pocket knife, not the jaws of life - which are actually hydraulic.
 
I don't get it. I don't remember anyone ever saying that it has a hydraulic action, just a hydraulic "feel."
That, to me, implies a smooth feeling with a slight bit of resistance.
That's what my Sebenzas feel like.
 
I just have to say that I have had many different knives and always go back to a Chris Reeve. I don't know if hydronic is the proper term. CRK are smooth and reliable. As far as speed my regular got out of a life and death situation. The knife did not fail when I needed the most. There are flippers that are faster opening, not mocking hinderer but I had to send one in 2 times because of blade play. I sold it and bought another CRK
 
Personally I was shocked to learn that the Sebenza was not actually actually pivoted on a hydraulic system. What a total turn off that was. And furthermore, the lockup was not really a bank vault. All you have to do is push the lockbar and it unlocks. Can you imagine how insecure banks would be if you could just push the door to open them?
 
RobertK said:
And furthermore, the lockup was not really a bank vault. All you have to do is push the lockbar and it unlocks. Can you imagine how insecure banks would be if you could just push the door to open them?
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I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT :mad:
 
Fferrell1 said:
Well if everything CRK has is so flawless (and again, I'm not arguing it's not), how about we get our terminology correct? It doesn't feel "hydraulic". IMO, it's a faulty, silly term. It's not precise. It's not accurate. I'm arguing that dropping the term "hydraulic" and coining a more precise term would fit the brand better. It's a folding pocket knife, not the jaws of life - which are actually hydraulic.
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Well, do feel free to suggest a more proper term for it.
If it is better and more precise, who knows, maybe it will be used?
That could perhaps be a more constructive way to address this pet-pieve of yours...
 
"Bank vault" is a metaphor that makes logical sense. It's an exaggeration, but it works good. I like "bank vault". "Hydraulic" makes no metaphorical sense or serves as a helpful exaggeration.

If somebody else opens a knife that feels like a Sebenza, they say, "this knife feels like folding open a Chris Reeve!" Not, "this feels hydraulic!"

If some of you guys were as good at logic as you are at 10th grade sarcasm, we'd already have this problem solved.
 
Sure seems to me that you're the only one that has a problem. Rest of us are just having a good time.
 
All anyone is using a term/word to best describe how it feels to them. And I think that's a pretty darn good way to describe it. Not actually what it is. Sounds like you need something better to do besides cry about the word hydraulic for a description. Boo hoo..
 
FFerrel:

1. Please describe exactly what "hydraulics" are and why it is not an apt term for the "feel" of the Sebenza.

2. Please demonstrate your ability to coin a new term or description that you feel is more appropriate.

3. If you indeed agree with the term "bank vault lockup" your logic is inherently flawed. A vault secures something closed, not open.

Sometimes people tend to use "colloquial" terminology or "slang" on the interwebs.
 
Krav said:
If I where you, I would sell it and get something that works better for you. You'll always be thinking of the feel of it, the hydraulic feel. Maybe try something along the tactical lines.
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If I where you, I would sell it and get something that works better for you. You'll always be thinking of the feel of it, the hydraulic feel. Maybe try something along the tactical lines.
 
Plain and simple, CRKs are over-rated, unflickable, slow, improperly described knives that only deluded, incorrect, exclusively knife-fondling, fanboys carry.

Is that what you are trying to say OP?
I'm loving your attitude, bro. ;)

By the way, hydraulics are smooth, powerful, precise, but not fast. The metaphor makes sense to me.
 
Who cares anyway I just know I love the feeling when I open a crk. It doesn't matter what you call it.
 
There is no problem. As you have stated, you dislike a term that is widely used in this forum. That does not constitute a problem.
 
I carry all of my sebenzas already opened, like a fixed blade. So I can't really comment on how they open.
 
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