Would you baton a Sebenza?

I would assume that if you were in a situation where you were thinking about battoning with a folder, that said folder is the only knife you have with you. If you were in a survival situation and you battoned with your one and only knife, whether it be a fixed-blade or a folder, and if the knife broke as a result, then you would be really screwed.
 
Someone gave me the advice of disengaging the lock if you want to baton with a folder, that way no pressure is placed on the lock. Still, I would only baton a folder this way if I actually needed to for some reason. Generally the only blades I will use for batoning are full-tang, 0.25" thick blades, in other words, blades that are specifically designed for batoning.
 
when i was young and foolish, i hammered my griptilian through a 2x4. the spine deformed a tiny bit but that was it. it was basically a hammer-assisted push cut through the wood. i worked mostly on the protruding tip and used the blade as a wedge. no tension on the handle, no force on the lock
 
Negative.

I would not use a Lamborghini to haul bags of Sakrete either.

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Done it before with a Seb, no problems. Just disengage the lock and you'll be good. Usually I bring a fixed blade with me to the woods, but that one time I didn't have it.
 
expwmbat said:
------ I'd rather support individual custom makers than large corporations when I can.
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It is a privilege to have reached a point where we have a vibrant business, a great staff of 17 employees, and a company that has a world wide reputation for raising the standards bar - "pushing the envelope" - for the industry.
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Go ahead & support them.I'd hardly consider them "a large corporation" with 17 employees.:thumbup:
 
JTR357 said:
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Go ahead & support them.I'd hardly consider them "a large corporation" with 17 employees.:thumbup:
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Well, too be fair, CRK is 17x larger than your average one man band.

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If I need to baton (unlikely, but possible), I'd prefer to have a knife (gasp, it might be a folder because that's what I usually carry) that can do so. I'd also prefer that if it gets damaged it can be easily and inexpensively repaired. I'm pretty sure this is another place that a custom like the TSF excels over the CRK--I can just email Jim and send him the knife if something happens, and he can easily and cheaply repair it. That's no obviously the case with the CRK, and there have been a lot of complaints about warranty/repair issues.

But yeah--fair enough. 17 employees isn't a huge corporation, but it is a lot bigger than one guy. They also make a *lot* more knives and cannot give the same customer service.

Cheers,
Daniel
 
expwmbat said:
But yeah--fair enough. 17 employees isn't a huge corporation, but it is a lot bigger than one guy. They also make a *lot* more knives and cannot give the same customer service.

Cheers,
Daniel
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No. They can if they have several employees whose job is solely customer service. As opposed to one guy who does everything.

That's not to imply there is anything lacking in TSF's customer service.
 
expwmbat said:
If I need to baton (unlikely, but possible), I'd prefer to have a knife (gasp, it might be a folder because that's what I usually carry) that can do so. I'd also prefer that if it gets damaged it can be easily and inexpensively repaired. I'm pretty sure this is another place that a custom like the TSF excels over the CRK--I can just email Jim and send him the knife if something happens, and he can easily and cheaply repair it. That's no obviously the case with the CRK, and there have been a lot of complaints about warranty/repair issues.

But yeah--fair enough. 17 employees isn't a huge corporation, but it is a lot bigger than one guy. They also make a *lot* more knives and cannot give the same customer service.

Cheers,
Daniel
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I am not so sure how easily or cheaply a custom maker can fix a knife (titanium framelock) that has been abused. especially when they are only one or two people that are probably also in the middle of making knives for other customers.
 
CWL said:
I wouldn't baton any folder. No real need to baton a fixed blade either.
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If you ever owned a Busse FFBM you would re-think that remark. I use mine to split wood in the absence of an axe...or to make kindling. Works fantastic!

...but baton a folder...crazy talk!
 
expwmbat said:
If I need to baton (unlikely, but possible), I'd prefer to have a knife (gasp, it might be a folder because that's what I usually carry) that can do so. I'd also prefer that if it gets damaged it can be easily and inexpensively repaired. I'm pretty sure this is another place that a custom like the TSF excels over the CRK--I can just email Jim and send him the knife if something happens, and he can easily and cheaply repair it. That's no obviously the case with the CRK, and there have been a lot of complaints about warranty/repair issues.

But yeah--fair enough. 17 employees isn't a huge corporation, but it is a lot bigger than one guy. They also make a *lot* more knives and cannot give the same customer service.

Cheers,
Daniel
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You have gone from asking questions about the sebenza to making negative statements about CRKs. You seem to have an agenda here.
 
FoldersForever said:
You have gone from asking questions about the sebenza to making negative statements about CRKs. You seem to have an agenda here.
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probably justifying his purchase seeing as he said it was a sebenza he originally wanted. I have a beast and a sebenza, both nice but the sebenza sees the pocket where as the beast is in a drawer currently.
 
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