Whom has sold all their sebenzas?

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Just something I have been wondering for a while.

Who has carried actually carried a sebenza, or more than one, for a month, and then sold or gotten rid of it?

What I really am trying to find out is who has used sebenza, or had a couple of them to check out, and ended up NOT liking them after carrying them for a while? Not talking about handling one at a show, I mean did you carry and use the thing to see what kinda edge it holds, and how strong it is e.t.c.? Because in my opinion, anyone who has used one/carried any size sebenza for more than two weeks and SOLD it, for any other reason than needing the money, must not have used it enough. What made you sell it in search of a better production knife? For the money the sebenza is a bargain if you can get one for around $270 either size, and there are better deals than that for used ones by far. Venting tonight...

JC
 
I bought a small for $220 carried it for 9 months then sold it because I thought I needed a wood inlay. That was a mistake. I should have sold somthing else.

I have rcently discovered the small is the size for me which makes me wonder what to do with the large I have.
 
Carry my Pinnacle all the time.Carried a Sebenza for a couple of years.Do not agree with Chris Reeves and his attitude on autos.End of Sebenza.
 
I owned one and sold it. I don't see why I should like it anymore than any other knife? I like the VG10 Viele much more and have settled on it as my EDC. I settle because I have tried all otgher options. Or at least enough for me to decide. You can't get angry at folks just because they don't like a knife. People can be very strange about such a personal issue. The for sale forums are and have always been full of them. (Sebenza) It probably will always be so. It really is just a knife. Not Magic. Some like it hot............
 
I think it's important to remember that just because someone sells off their Sebenza (or Sebenza<i>s</i>), that's not necessarily an indictment of the knife. I see a similar situation among my music pals all the time.

"Man, I have to have that Brand X amp!" I'll hear a guitar-playing buddy say. "My Brand Y amp does the job fine, but that Brand X amp is the TOP OF THE LINE! And even for $2,500, you <i>never</i> go wrong buying quality!"

Then something happens and they need money. Maybe a fender bender, tax time, the family dog has to get his leg set at the vet, whatever.

Next thing you know that fancy Brand X amp is for sale on Ebay and the old faithful workhorse, Brand Y, comes out of storage and back to the stage.
 
I carried a Sebbie for about a month then sold it... I just didn't find it to be all that it is hyped up to. Many of my other knives at that time worked just as well, and I liked the Benchmade that replaced it a whole lot better, as it was easier to open, easier to close, and more comfortable to use.
 
Close. Here's Marion haiku-ized:

Had a Sebenza.
One fatal flaw: no "O" hole.
Bye bye, Sebenza.

How 'bout this:

Crowd shouts: "Sebenza!"
They expect perfection.
Hype kills the Sebbie.

Zero
 
Another fatal flaw: tip up carry. Once that bad boy opened, bye bye baby. I don't wanna be the one posting horror stories about getting sliced.
 
Nice, Zero. I've got one for you:


Home is far away.
Cold wind chatters the crisp leaves.
Chris's knife feels good.
 
Very nice, Lurker! e. e. cummings doing haiku...

I always wondered why there were so many Sebenzas on the secondary market. I attributed it mainly to three things:

* People love 'em so much they get several, only to sell the excess when money gets tight.

* People buy into the hype, and exaggerate their view of its qualities. They're expectations are too high and they sell the knife out of disappointment.

* People just don't like it. Different strokes, as usual. Now, if we lived in Red China...

I wonder which one is most accurate.

I personally don't own one, but I'd like to. It's quite difficult to form your own expectations with something as popular and controversial as this Sebenza.

Zero
 
Appropos of nothing, anyone ever met a non-knife-knut who's even <i>heard of</i> Sebenza?
 
Had the Sebenza "Zulu Trio" a few years ago. Don't have a single one now. I carried a large for about a year. I will admit they are fine knives but after awhile they just didn't "float my boat" any longer. After you try some nice customs, (Carson, Ralph, J.W. Smith to name a few), for about $50.00-$100.00 more money, Sebenzas become REALLY boring! ;)
 
Your first listed reason is the very reason I've unloaded a few. I'm a freak; the knife I carry as my primary LPU (life preservation unit) has to have backups in the instance that I lose it or it gets sent off for any type of work. I loaded up on small regular BG42-bladed Sebs, and have since fallen in love with the new steel and double thumblugs. So, alas, I sell my older smalls (mint in box and never even unwrapped) to finance new smalls with the upgrades. Here's a little non-boxed Haiku for ya (I missed the day in school when they defined Haiku criteria ;)):

Badass Knife
Magic is a relative term
Can takedown and reassemble with the utmost confidence
"Hey Mikey, just try it, you might like it"
Most underrated for the right reasons, overhyped for the wrong...
I digress, as my stomach growls for more cheddar goldfish
God save the queen


Professor.
 
I bought a small Sebenza in February of last year.
Haven't bought a production folder since, and have sold, traded, or given away ~10 others.
Hype? LMAO. Just a good, solid knife.

I also traded into a large Sebenza, and later sold it since it wasn't being used at the time. Now I regret it.
 
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