I agree with your points on the knives needing to be in tip top shape for this price! I do like those scales! Patiently waiting for the right CRK Sebenza to strike my fancy! Thanks for the great coverage of details!

I think they charge that high so they can pay their workers enough to do a really good job

As a fledgling machinist and knife nerd, that doppler pattern is so profoundly powerful in affecting my opinion of the knife.

I have a small collection of CRKs including a small Doppler. I'd say you pretty much nailed this overview.

I do love the mtech ad right below your video of an actually good knife

The batman mask never fails to put a smile on my face.

My small micarta tanto 21 is both my favorite and most used knife. I do not believe there is a more versatile folding knife out there. Usable perfection. Love my large inkosi too, but it lacks the special feeling of the Sebenza 21. Makes it a great beater though

My first crk was a small insingo 21 with micarta.. I wasn’t feeling the blade aesthetically but I bought it anyway because it was the only one available locally. I ultimately decided to sell the it but I’d also bought a sanrenmu 7010 to compare and I ended up absolutely loving that knife! It’s probably spent more time in my pocket than any other knife I’ve owned. And I knew I still wanted the real thing.. 6+ years later, I’m still carrying the sanrenmu and I find a new small plain 31 locally.. the one I’d always wanted so I told em to wrap it up and I’ve got no regrets. It’s basically my ideal edc knife I see it spending years in my pocket.

Good re-re-review! A couple points to throw from my experience, for what it's worth. First, with a little washer polishing (high grit sandpaper 4000-5000 grit and a strop are all I use) I've yet to find a Sebenza that cannot be given a very easy, drop-shutty flick-openable, no-wrist action. Second, the current CRK website does indeed have an easily used configure-er for ordering a Sebenza 31 directly from them with the options you'd like. Time for order fulfillment is pretty long, but you can do that now, which is cool.

So I'm looking for vintage otfs or Dalton knives at One Stop Knife Shop in Louisville and Kevin shows me some Sebenzas and I was blown away. I've never owned one but I've certainly heard of them. Now I have to buy one of these.

Hey Nick! I’d love to see a video on your CRK Mnandi after having it for a while and how your views have changed, if they have even changed lol I love the videos and will continue to watch forever! Batman Forever!

I love my small sebenza (bog oak inlays), not my favorite knife, but nonetheless, I enjoy it and glad it's in my collection. I flick mine open with no issues, and drop shutty.

Nick, kme sells a convex sharpening rod. I've yet to try it out on my crk's but I will give it a try when it comes time. You did a great job nonetheless.

I'd love to see a re-review of the Mnandi. Thanks Nick.

Thats cools you work in acoustics and sound research Nick! Im into guitar amps hahaha, just getting into fancy knives, your channel is a great resource. Best wishes

Lots of comments about the thumb studs, maybe I can clear a bit up about them. The thing about the Sebenza is that it's so tightly fitted that any downward pressure on the stud causes the action to bind. That, combined with the pointy stud, leads to a really bad first impression for most knife guys, since we're used to pressing down on the top of the stud for friction while opening the knife. The trick to opening the Seb is to press sideways against the side of the stud, it'll glide right open with zero discomfort. (I find the easiest way to do this is to use the top side of your thumbnail.) I think they made the stud pointy on purpose to discourage people from trying to open it the "normal" way. It's a hard thing to get used to at first, and it's compounded by the fact that these knifes are really stiff when new, but after a few weeks of carrying a Seb it becomes second nature.

I love, love, love the insingo blade.

I think the seb is one of those knives that lives on without a shabazz effect positive or negative, its too much of a classic and well known and loved to have any one persons opinion affect it

I look at knives, any knife, as something that generally needs to be fine-tuned to suit my personal physical and mental requirements. This usually involves the application of some kind of tool and abrasive paper. I don't feel like my CRK Inkosi is something I can manipulate in this way, at least not conveniently. My Emersons, Benchmades, Spydercos, etc, on the other hand, are mostly easily adapted to suit my personal preferences. This gives me a lot of satisfaction and, in the end, greatly enhances my use and enjoyment of these knives. Does it stop me from carrying and enjoying my Inkosi? Of course not, but does it keep me from carrying it and enjoying it's company every day? Yes, as a matter of fact it does. That esteemed everyday carry position goes to a few of my other old beater friends that bear character marks from several trips to my workbench.

I could listen to this guy all day