Why I love my Sebenza

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Buzzbait

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Seeing that some people have decided to flame away at the Sebenza, I thought I’d go for a more positive thread. Positive replies only please. If you don’t like the Sebenza, then try starting a thread about YOUR favorite knife, and say something good about it.

I wanted a knife with the following features.

1. Excellent cutting efficiency

2. Easy field stripping and cleaning, with a bare minimum of required tools, without voiding the warranty.

3. Strong lock

4. NO blade play

5. Ease of sharpening

6. Large blade with a pointy tip

7. Excellent customer service and warranty work

To tell you the truth, The Sebenza was the only folder I could find that met these requirements. I’m blown away by the shear utility value of this knife.

It's so much easier to say something positive. :)
 
You forgot how great it looks Buzz, yes i said it and i mean it, it's such a fine cutting tool to me my Sebbie is beautiful!

James
 
Buzz,

When I got my Sebenza 2 years ago, I did so with much hesitation. All these people on the internet kept saying how great this Sebenza was, but I couldn't tell what was so special about it. At that time, there were the large number of thread like this is now regard "why's the sebenza so great?" I ended up getting a used one and having CRK fix it up. Well, when I got it, I didn't think there was anything so special about it. But I realized only after carrying it for the good part of a year how much more use I got out of it than any of my other knives. I always went for the Sebenza. Can't really explain it, 'cept for it's a great user.

To all those who just don't get it, just get one. :) Then you can find out for yourself. Although for a little more you can get a Mayo TNT or some other custom framelock that you will be even more pleased with ;)

~Mitch
 
I was the same way, underwhelmed upon first inspection. Then I started using it. My opinion changed in a big way after some constant carry and use.

I won’t say that the Sebenza is the best knife in the world. Different people have different requirements and opinions. But the Seb is the only tactical folder that hasn’t had some bad quality that pissed me off. Some tacticals had blade play issues. Some didn’t cut well. Some were too hard to clean. Some were too hard to sharpen. The Seb has everything I always wanted in a hard use folder.
 
My Sebbies have been put up for the past month or so as I delved back into the custom market. I have come up with a few customs that I am tickled to death with. These customs have top notch fit and finish, terrific lockup (all are liner locks) and are a bit larger and heftier feeling than my Sebenza's. So why not just get rid of the Sebbies and get more customs? Because the Sebenza is still the best engineered knife I have found! Still the only knife I don't have to check for blade play or fit inside the handle when closed. It won't be too long and I figure one of them will work it's way back into an edc. Most probably the large Classic with bloodwood inlays!!

STILL LOVING THEM SEBBIES!!

of course I can hardly wait for my Mike Obenauf framelock to come!
 
Classic lines always get me...right here...;)
G2
 
Add this to the above reasons:

My large plain is almost 3 yrs. old and has seen alot of use in camping/backpacking situations. It's been taken apart and put back together by me at least a half dozen times. It locks up with the same exact precision as it did the day it came out of the box. No other folder, with the exception of some high-priced customs can come close.

Glad to be aboard.:cool:
 
I do like my Sebenza's .
Friends always ribbed me for being in love with the Colt 1911 , ol slabsides....guess I like my knives the same way.
Slab sided and built like a tank !!
 
i would love to get one (or two) Sebbies, but just can't seem to justify spending 300 or 400 $ on a usable knife like the Seb, or an Elesheiwicz (sp?) at about 400-700$. this seems (to me--my opinion only) a lot o' bucks for something carried in a pocket. i have nothing against these high-end knives, and i wouldn't mind havin' a few if they didn't cost so much. not sayin' they're not worth it, just that everyone's situation, and wants/needs/likes are different. and besides, i'd be plenty pissed if someone knocked me in the back of the head w/a baseball bat, or something, and made off w/it. (assuming i survived), but the knives would be a nice item (very enduring) to pass on to the kids (bet only when i'm dead....not before;) just my 2 sents:eek:
 
I think it's the fact that it's MEANT to be disassembled that first attracted me. Taking stuff apart has always been my forte, though I've found re-assembly is actually just as pleasurable in this rare case.

Professor.
 
I must admit at first I was a little skeptical until
I aquired a small classic, now I plan on getting a
large. Overall fit finish and blade lockup is very
impressive plus they're aesthetically appealing.
 
Originally posted by Bravado
...plus they're aesthetically appealing.
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That pic I put up there above, was made by laying my knife on my flat bed scanner, came out pretty nice for just a straight scan! but it shows the Classic style of the knife that I find very appealing as well!

G2
 
Inevitably everyone hears about the Sebenza. I’m no different. I’d heard about them being rugged knives. . .excellent edge retention. . .easy to maintain, etc.

Everyone that I talked to raved about their Sebbie.

When I first saw one I thought. . ."Wow. . .that’s a rather plain and unattractive knife !” Didn’t even take the time to pick it up. I passed on getting one.

The rave reviews kept coming. The plainness of the knife and the “sticker price” kept me away.

I had a very close friend who is a avid~diehard Sebbie fan. He kept the assaults up. . .constantly pimpin’ his infamous Sebbies. “Here, take it for the weekend. . .you’ll be happy you did !” “Wanna test drive my gray tuurd?” I always refused. Even went as far as refusing to hold one. This guy has more “super high-end customs” than anyone I’d ever met (he’s one of those guys who goes to a knife show with a jeweler lope and won’t look at a knife unless the sticker starts at $5,000) ! But yet. . .he carried his Sebbies. And you’d never catch him without one !

Any whoz. . . We go to a knife show. Within 30 minutes I had purchased the fixed and folder that I was looking for. . .I’m content ! :D I’m strollin’. . .lookin’. . .and trying not to drool on too much of the fine blade-ware. My friend is on the other side of the room. . .with his jewelers lope. LOL He’s already purchased 6 or 7 knives ~ easily worth 4 – 5 times more than my entire blade gathering at home. :) As I’m strollin’ I come upon a small display. I don’t know where my head was. . .but didn’t even realize that it was the CRK display. A old man and lady had just walked away from the gentleman manning the display. As I approach. . .the display guy offers his greetings and begins a casual conversation. Of course, the discussion turns to knives. . .and that’s when I realized that it was the CRK display. We talk for 5 minutes and the display guy gets a large plain in my hands.

I’ve been hooked ever since.

My knife gathering consists of high-end production knives (mostly auto’s) and what I call high-end customs ($350 - $2000 a piece). Of all the knives that I’ve bought and sold (SR Johnson, Brend, Onion, Broadwell, Siska, Carson, DDR, Mayo, Chew, Duncans, etc. . .) one blade that always remains in my gathering. . .my Sebenza. I carried a large plain in my duty gear for a number of years and a large Classic when off-duty.

They aren’t my sole everyday carry. . .but they are part of my soul.

Yeah. . .they’re rather plain in looks. But, their performance more than makes up for their plainness !

Still have them both and still carry both ~ religiously !

I don’t go for the decorated and wood Sebbies. . .I’d rather have a custom for that price. But, I do have a few gold coin editions.

Dealer purchased CRK’s. . .my gold coin editions and 2 Mnandi’s. :D

Secondary market purchases. . .all of my Sebbies. :D

Oh. . .I obtain knives for my enjoyment. If, in our travels, you enjoy my blade gathering and I enjoy yours ~ that's cool ! If not ~ that's cool too !

It’s never been my intention to sell any of the knives that I have gathered. But. . .shiit happens ! I'm just happy to have had some of the fine wares ! :D

It doesn’t matter what knife you gather. . .it’s that you gather. Knife gathering is what makes us knife knuts ! ;)

What a addiction ! :D
 
Great thread Buzz :).
The Sebenza is one of very few knives I have found that cuts the way I want a knife to cut. The Buck 110/112 cuts much the same, but the Sebenza just feels so much better in MY hand.

Paul
 
I like my Sebenzas for all the reasons above. The most important reason for me is that Reeve and company are left hand friendly. And I also agree with Mitch that Mayo is real hard to beat. :D :cool: :eek: ;)
 
She's neat, she's sweet, and she's petite. The one that started it all, and against which all others are measured. Set's the mark for design and quality. Sebenza.
 
Originally posted by stjames
She's neat, she's sweet, and she's petite. The one that started it all, and against which all others are measured. Set's the mark for design and quality. Sebenza.
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:D :D :cool: :cool: :D :D
 
I'm digging my Lefty large Sabenza. Tried to buy one new, but the wait was too long. Then - found one from a fellow forum member. Sent it to CRK for refurbishing and adding a second stud. Nice.

Now, I might send it in for a satin finished S30V blade. Sure, it all adds up, but who cares? I dig my lefty Seb. Carry it most of all the folders I own. (although my new Lefty Crawford KFF is giving it a run for the money). Hell, I'll carry 'em both! Yeah! That's the ticket!
 
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