You guys happy with your Umnumzaans?

[RubiconSS]

I ordered an Umnumzaan and will lean toward the Star-Benza and that will be two(2) into the collection for sure.

 

[bladeCraft124]

The zaan is simply awesome. I really like the way it feels in hand. To me, it is more comfortable the the classic/21 configuration.

 

[coelacanth]

Extremely happy with mine (Star-Tac). Super smooth, too.

 

[JNewell]

It's not a Sebenza at all, but no other knife is...IMHO anyway. On the other hand, the Umnu is a fabulous knife in its own right and somewhat unique, a very worthy stable-mate for the Sebenza. :thumbup:

Nice, well built knife but didnt love it like the Seb, guess the Seb just set the bar so high for me. But I might get another in the future. The titanium scales, texture, design and over ruggedness feels awesome. I didnt really like the design of the glass breaker sticking out and the overly large pivot, also no click when engaging the lock which I love on the Seb. No doubt though its still nice piece to have in the collection.

 

[1AbominAble1]

The first Umnum I held was a friends prototype, I was immediately unimpressed with it; just like I was with the first Sebbie I laid fingers on.
Just like the Sebbie swayed my disdain( as it wasn't tacticool ) to absolute lust, so has the Umnum.
At first I was put off by the "barb" on the spine of the blade, thought that it was too sharp of an edge to be exposed when closed. I didn't care for the oversize pivot since all of my sebenza's( even the hard use one's ) have faired well through everything that I could throw at them; I also didn't like the idea of needing a special tool or having to loci tite the pivot. And most of all I didn't care for the ceramic ball being the contact point for the lock bar, it seemed like a weaker design than my trusty sebbie's and I found that it could ever so slightly flex vertically.

Being that I lust for any CRK with a tanto point I immediately purchased the tanto Umnum when it was introduced, I figured that it would sit in the safe and occasionally be fondled and put away.

BOY WAS I WRONG!

Not only was it a beauty but it is an amazing knife! I put it side by side with my large regular and found that the ergo's are surprisingly similar, I also found that it ended up knocking my small insingo out of my pocket which I thought would never happen.

The lock up on my umnum hasn't moved a millimeter in countless thousands of openings and it's as smooth as ever, even smoother than when it was new. I only took it apart once to clean, lube, and set tension shortly after I bought it and the blade is still perfect with no movement or wiggle. After well over a year of daily carry and use it shows a lot of character but would still look new after a trip to the spa. It gets used for everything from opening letters and trimming finger nails to breaking down boxes and preparing food( after a good cleaning of course ). After a light touch up on a ceramic rod it holds the title of the sharpest damn knife that I've ever laid hands on, and it holds it's edge for a pretty long time.

I'm still not a fan of the standard blade but often consider purchasing one to be proved wrong yet again by another well thought out CRK design, I couldn't be happier with my Umnum and believe it to be one of my best knife purchases of all time. I don't think I'll find anything to knock it out of my pocket, but if I do I bet that it'll have CR stamped somewhere on it.

Just wish that I could get a sweet Star Tac handle with a sexy tanto blade, now that'd be sexy!

Enjoy your new knife, it's one of the best around in my opinion.

 

[Taonari]

Having owned both knives, I agree with the comments made already. The Umnumzaan is similar to the Sebenza, but different. It is a great knife, feels substantial in the hand, is well designed, and just plain fun to use.