Hello all,
I just received my new Sebenza and upon inspection I found 3 things of which # 2 and # 3 make me a little uncertain:
1. my grip shows inside the "code" B 99 on both grip plates near the lanyard hole and I noted that there is a about 1" long lowering 1/16" deep of the outside grip material under the clip, I think in order to make the locking piece of the grip a little thinner. Is this normal as I havent seen it on the Sebenza I handled and that one was from the summer of 99.
Now for the more anoying findings:
2. And this bugs me a little, there is a noticable difference in grindlines between the right and left side of the blade. The side with the blued "nob" has a very straight grindline ( the part that's not grinded has a straight line) that ends about 1/8" nearer to the point then the grind on the opposite side which has more "belly" to it ( the none grinded upper part is more curved and the end of the grindline ends about 1/8" further from the point of the blade)
Also looking at the start of the grind ("near" the pivot point) one side is grinded to about 1/16" closer to the pivot hole then the other side (with the nob) and looking strait at the edge one can clearly see the difference in the grindlines/ angles.
Guys as these blades are handground is this normal? and does it fall in the tolerance
level of CR's blades.
3. While carressing and fondling my Sebenza in the evening (doesn't everybody do it) sitting on the couch with some low level indirect light falling on the blade I noticed some purple/brown color blotches on the last inch near the point of the blade on the edge side. One doesn't see them clearly in "normal" light. I tried but they didn't rub of with some WD-40 or Triflon oil and I didn't want to use polish paste on it because this could ruin the pebble finish of the blade.
I (hardly)/don't notice them in normal light but don't know if this is normal or not.
By the way it's the sharpest knife I ever had but I just like to know if the things I noted are "to be expected".
Regards, Nimrod
I just received my new Sebenza and upon inspection I found 3 things of which # 2 and # 3 make me a little uncertain:
1. my grip shows inside the "code" B 99 on both grip plates near the lanyard hole and I noted that there is a about 1" long lowering 1/16" deep of the outside grip material under the clip, I think in order to make the locking piece of the grip a little thinner. Is this normal as I havent seen it on the Sebenza I handled and that one was from the summer of 99.
Now for the more anoying findings:
2. And this bugs me a little, there is a noticable difference in grindlines between the right and left side of the blade. The side with the blued "nob" has a very straight grindline ( the part that's not grinded has a straight line) that ends about 1/8" nearer to the point then the grind on the opposite side which has more "belly" to it ( the none grinded upper part is more curved and the end of the grindline ends about 1/8" further from the point of the blade)
Also looking at the start of the grind ("near" the pivot point) one side is grinded to about 1/16" closer to the pivot hole then the other side (with the nob) and looking strait at the edge one can clearly see the difference in the grindlines/ angles.
Guys as these blades are handground is this normal? and does it fall in the tolerance
level of CR's blades.
3. While carressing and fondling my Sebenza in the evening (doesn't everybody do it) sitting on the couch with some low level indirect light falling on the blade I noticed some purple/brown color blotches on the last inch near the point of the blade on the edge side. One doesn't see them clearly in "normal" light. I tried but they didn't rub of with some WD-40 or Triflon oil and I didn't want to use polish paste on it because this could ruin the pebble finish of the blade.
I (hardly)/don't notice them in normal light but don't know if this is normal or not.
By the way it's the sharpest knife I ever had but I just like to know if the things I noted are "to be expected".
Regards, Nimrod