IMO, each knife has its own personality. I have had many, many folding knives through my hands in the last couple of years (it's a great hobby).
The Chris Reeve folding knives have a unique personality. While each of the qualities mentioned contribute to the overall personality, it is the whole package that ultimately defines the desireability to the larger audience.
While the basic, plain Sebenza's lack aggressive decorative qualities, the simple contrast in finishes between the pins, slabs and blade all speak to the clear and distinct functions of each. In this way, they create a clear graphic communication to many users. Tom Mayo has take a similar approach in his TNT models, using drilled holes to add the decorative effect and downplaying the contrast between fasteners and scales. His work has much greater dimesional quality using shaped scales. (As one comparison of custom vs. CRK)
It comes has sort of the ultimate tool and appeals to toughness as well as utility and understatedness.
My only real complaint about this line of knives is that CRK is not willing/interested in making different blade shapes for any of the models. If they were to make something more toward a modified wharncliffe, wharncliffe, or sheepsfoot, I would be more inclined to use one.
While the Sebenza is and excellent cutter, the Sebenza is not as appealing to me as say, the Spyderco Chinook which is the knife I would prefer to carry as a big camping folder.
The Chris Reeve folding knives have a unique personality. While each of the qualities mentioned contribute to the overall personality, it is the whole package that ultimately defines the desireability to the larger audience.
While the basic, plain Sebenza's lack aggressive decorative qualities, the simple contrast in finishes between the pins, slabs and blade all speak to the clear and distinct functions of each. In this way, they create a clear graphic communication to many users. Tom Mayo has take a similar approach in his TNT models, using drilled holes to add the decorative effect and downplaying the contrast between fasteners and scales. His work has much greater dimesional quality using shaped scales. (As one comparison of custom vs. CRK)
It comes has sort of the ultimate tool and appeals to toughness as well as utility and understatedness.
My only real complaint about this line of knives is that CRK is not willing/interested in making different blade shapes for any of the models. If they were to make something more toward a modified wharncliffe, wharncliffe, or sheepsfoot, I would be more inclined to use one.
While the Sebenza is and excellent cutter, the Sebenza is not as appealing to me as say, the Spyderco Chinook which is the knife I would prefer to carry as a big camping folder.