Why so many zaan fs ?

[JNewell]

What makes the Umnumzaan tactical-looking?

I think people will differ on whether that's true, or what. I'd say nothing at all. One of my sons, who is very "into" knives, thought the blade was very aggressive looking. YMMV.

 

[Bucky]

The aggressive look some people think it has is because of the spine "ramps" and swedge. After you understand that the ramps are for resting your thumb or index finger for detail work and the swedge is for scraping and using on a firestarter, it starts to look less and less aggressive and tactical.

To me, the spine of the Umnumzaan is the most useful and well-designed spine ever placed on a knife.

 

[TLR]

The aggressive look some people think it has is because of the spine "ramps" and swedge. After you understand that the ramps are for resting your thumb or index finger for detail work and the swedge is for scraping and using on a firestarter, it starts to look less and less aggressive and tactical.

To me, the spine of the Umnumzaan is the most useful and well-designed spine ever placed on a knife.

I agree with this. Yes at first it looks a little out of the ordinary but let's be honest... it is. I bought it because with all of it's features I find the umnumzaan to be the most practical folding knife I own and have seen.

I don't think it's really "tactical" looking. My benchmade stryker and knives like emersons and zt knives and strider knives are in my opinion "tactical."

The umnum is kind of in a class of it's own.

 

[Bushman5]

Because it's not a Sebenza.

Right or wrong, for better or worse.
Choose the phrase of your choice, for most people CRK means Sebenza.

The fact that Sebenza's are such VERY good knife's makes it difficult for any new model to gain traction. Having some configuration options available for the zaan would likely be a benifit.

huh???

 

[greendestiny]

I recently sold mine to buy a left handed version. It's one of the best hard-use knife on the market imo and while looking a bit tactical, i think it's also a very classy looking knife. Maybe due to that design/machining on the handle. Sort of "executive-tactical".

I also think the large 21 looks less classy than the zaan and slightly more tactical due to the plain handle and pointy blade shape.

GD

 

[clockman]

I wondered the Same Thing Bushman 5.Im very very Confused.Wheres

the logic????

 

[DaveH]

To me one of the major points of having a sebenza is the advantage of the pivot bushing.

Umnum has thrown that away, there's already discussion about what kind of loctite to use. loctite? That used to be for lower quality non CRK knives.

 

[flipe8]

I wondered the Same Thing Bushman 5.Im very very Confused.Wheres

the logic????

The way I read it and understood to be was that people might have purchased it under the assumption it would be a leap in improvements over the Sebenza. After getting it, however, many of those buyers came to the conclusion it wasn't really the improvement they were anticipating.

 

[JNewell]

I wondered the Same Thing Bushman 5.Im very very Confused.Wheres

the logic????

Same reason people continued buying the Model T after Ford introduced its successor - and there are countless product stories that are the same. The Sebenza has a more than two decade-long track record of standing up to almost anything. It's very reasonable to choose a product with 20+ years proof of its design, materials and workmanship over anything new, no matter how innovative.

 

[J85909266]

To me one of the major points of having a sebenza is the advantage of the pivot bushing.

Umnum has thrown that away, there's already discussion about what kind of loctite to use. loctite? That used to be for lower quality non CRK knives.

:thumbup: I'm not interested in the Umnum at all for that and other reasons. It just isn't a Sebenza. I'd much rather buy a small Seb and an Insingo to go with my large.