choombak
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Though I heard about the Sebenza as soon as I hit this forum a few years ago, I always thought it to be "ridiculously" priced for a production knife. Afterall, why should I pay $300 and up for a knife that does the same cutting job as any $50 knife. My benchmark of good knives started around $50, which is why it figures here. I was also very vocal about it, and considered the Spydero Sage 2 to be a "poor man's Sebenza". As my financial situation improved, the $300 mark no longer seemed too far away, and finally I picked up one... And then I went through the small, large, and large Insingo, and small Insingo, and have for now settled on the large and small Insingos' as I prefer that blade shape to the standard Sebenza. I penned the following to explain someone why a Sebenza is so expensive...
The real problem why you cannot appreciate a sebenza is you are afraid to scratch it up - after all if you paid $300 and up for it, it's going to be difficult to see it scratch (much like the heartbreak that happens when your brand new car gets its first scar). And because you admire it, you pretty much sell it off to admire something else. And never understand why they are so ridiculously priced. Now when you actually start using one, you start to become intimate with it - and appreciate all the small but significant engineering advances it packs. The engineer in me appreciates the tight tolerances that make it go back exactly the same way each time you take it down, the bushing system that ensures you can never over tighten the pivot and mess up the centering, the thwack sound it makes with the authoritative lock when opened, and the fact that this is the only knife that can be clipped to your jeans pocket single handed (most knives require some amount of initial pull on the clip with second hand due to the thickness of the jeans pocket). The artist in me appreciates the rounded spine, and the smooth feel of its body. So go on, use the fine blade, and you shall know it lives fully to its expectations and more. Oh it's such a pleasure, such joy - the Sebenza.
The real problem why you cannot appreciate a sebenza is you are afraid to scratch it up - after all if you paid $300 and up for it, it's going to be difficult to see it scratch (much like the heartbreak that happens when your brand new car gets its first scar). And because you admire it, you pretty much sell it off to admire something else. And never understand why they are so ridiculously priced. Now when you actually start using one, you start to become intimate with it - and appreciate all the small but significant engineering advances it packs. The engineer in me appreciates the tight tolerances that make it go back exactly the same way each time you take it down, the bushing system that ensures you can never over tighten the pivot and mess up the centering, the thwack sound it makes with the authoritative lock when opened, and the fact that this is the only knife that can be clipped to your jeans pocket single handed (most knives require some amount of initial pull on the clip with second hand due to the thickness of the jeans pocket). The artist in me appreciates the rounded spine, and the smooth feel of its body. So go on, use the fine blade, and you shall know it lives fully to its expectations and more. Oh it's such a pleasure, such joy - the Sebenza.
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