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Hey guys! I have a short story to tell. Granted, I could fit all of this into one sentence, but that's like just watching the last 5 minutes of a great film. Here we go!
OK, it was time for another sebenza. I've owned many in the past but they were all stonewash/plain handle. As of now I have only one small regular (new thumb ridges), which I love. I searched many places online and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So, I called CRK looking to have put together a small regular seb with a plain handle and damascus blade. Now, why a plain handle? Many reasons: I like the way the bead blast finish wears, wood or a graphic costs more and takes more time, I want it to be an EDC user and not worry about what's on the handle, and I've never seen a CRK knife with a damascus blade and plain handle.
Anyway, Heather informed me that because they're soo far behind with procuring their materials (especially damascus steel) that it would take nine months to a year for what I wanted. Of course any "custom" CRK is worth that kind of wait, but just in case I asked if they had anything already available; Heather went to get Anne and find out. Anne got on the phone and informed me they had two small classic blades unassigned to a handle, one high contrast fireball pattern and one high contrast ladder pattern, both with fine ridges.
I remembered someone here in the forums showing me a pic of their custom ordered large classic seb with fireball damascus and buffalo horn inlays; that was a really gorgeous knife! So, with much excitement, I decided to take the available fireball pattern blade. To it I added a plain classic handle and double silver thumblugs with a silver spacer. To top it off it should be here in six to eight weeks, right in time for Christmas I hope!
Now tell me, what other production knife company can do that for you?
I'm soo excited about my first "custom" CRK that I had share every detail with you guys, hehe.
My only concern is that on Devin Thomas' website it seems that the high contrast damascus is intened for etching or blueing, and since it's a combination of 1095 and nickel I don't think it's stainless. Do you guys think it will be ok as is?
Attached is a pic of what inspired me. If you are the owner of this knife please remind me of the fact, and let me know which damascus steel it is (stainless, high contrast, or high carbon) . Thanks!
OK, it was time for another sebenza. I've owned many in the past but they were all stonewash/plain handle. As of now I have only one small regular (new thumb ridges), which I love. I searched many places online and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So, I called CRK looking to have put together a small regular seb with a plain handle and damascus blade. Now, why a plain handle? Many reasons: I like the way the bead blast finish wears, wood or a graphic costs more and takes more time, I want it to be an EDC user and not worry about what's on the handle, and I've never seen a CRK knife with a damascus blade and plain handle.
Anyway, Heather informed me that because they're soo far behind with procuring their materials (especially damascus steel) that it would take nine months to a year for what I wanted. Of course any "custom" CRK is worth that kind of wait, but just in case I asked if they had anything already available; Heather went to get Anne and find out. Anne got on the phone and informed me they had two small classic blades unassigned to a handle, one high contrast fireball pattern and one high contrast ladder pattern, both with fine ridges.
I remembered someone here in the forums showing me a pic of their custom ordered large classic seb with fireball damascus and buffalo horn inlays; that was a really gorgeous knife! So, with much excitement, I decided to take the available fireball pattern blade. To it I added a plain classic handle and double silver thumblugs with a silver spacer. To top it off it should be here in six to eight weeks, right in time for Christmas I hope!
Now tell me, what other production knife company can do that for you?
I'm soo excited about my first "custom" CRK that I had share every detail with you guys, hehe.
My only concern is that on Devin Thomas' website it seems that the high contrast damascus is intened for etching or blueing, and since it's a combination of 1095 and nickel I don't think it's stainless. Do you guys think it will be ok as is?
Attached is a pic of what inspired me. If you are the owner of this knife please remind me of the fact, and let me know which damascus steel it is (stainless, high contrast, or high carbon) . Thanks!
