I bought an Umnumzaan in 2011 before the pivot change and LBS was standard. It was in S30V, and frankly I thought the steel was too soft. It was a bear breaking that one in, and I just couldn't love the' Zaan, so I moved it on.
I've continued to look in every now and then, but I'd really gotten into flippers and spent most of my knife dollars there and mostly ignored thumb stud opening blades. I've got most of the high end flippers I want now, so early this year I came back around looking at the Sebenza again. I've always liked the design, and when I saw the L31 Lunar Landing model, I was in love! I like S35VN, for me it's a great all around steel. Holds an edge for quite a while, is easy to sharpen (I have all ceramic and diamond sharpening tools) and I was happy to see the bump in hardness. Hell, next to the Shirogorov's I was buying a L31 was a bargain!
I dove in, freaked a little about the lockup issue when I came back until I got her in hand and checked for myself. Zero problems with my L31 and shortly there after I asked for help deciding between a L19 and an L25 and ended up with a Tanto L 19. I freakin' LOVE the CRK tanto, and I usually don't like the "American style" tanto, being much more of a Japanese tanto fan (think Williams Blade Design, BRT Bladeworks).
I like the quality, materials and available options. CRK meets my value proposition for this kind of high-end production knife. I would like to see a few more wood inlay options, and I have a feeling if CRK makes more CF L19 or L31's, there will be on in my pocket. I'm going to try a L Inkosi with the Insigno blade next I think, then I see a few more L19's with different blade shapes in my future, and maybe a Damascus blade...
Or Two...
Maybe three...

