I started the
1YC with this knife:
Wilson Combat Large Inkosi on
July 30th 2021. It was my
first try. It ended on
July 14th 2023.
Now for some context.
Due to various circumstances, I took a break from knife collecting as well as various forms of social media including this forum around the time I said I started the challenge. Hence the post to this thread just now. I also sold off most of my collection during this time. Like many others with a decent collection, I rarely carried any one knife for more than a short period of time (a week at most). Every knife had its pros and cons but when it came time to thin the heard, I wanted to keep one that was the most well rounded and one that I gravitated to the more. That is where I landed on keeping the Inkosi. It was not my most sentimental or rare knife in the collection but being honest with myself, it was the one that I could rely on the most.
I didn’t sell all of my collection but I did tuck the rest away in light storage. I expected it to be way harder to stick with just one knife but honestly, it wasn't that hard. For the past 2 years, I’ve used it for all the typical day to day cutting applications. As per the thread’s challenge rules, I did use other purpose built knives such as my larger kitchen knives. If I had any gripes about carrying just the Inksoi, there would only be one - the constant need to resharpen that S35VN blade.
I wasn't sure how long I would be out of the knife scene but at almost 2 years, I’m
slowly getting back into it. The knife that ended the 1YC? The Sebenza 31 in Magnacut (pictured above). I previously had a fixed blade in Magnacut shortly before I left the scene in 2021. Around that time, Tim Reeve announced that they were testing Magnacut with the Sebenza and I really wanted one. However, since they weren't yet in production and I was on my way out, it never happened.
Over the past 6 months or so, I started to creep on one of my favorite sites, Recon1. More specifically, I was starting to watch the Chris Reeves come and go. Every time I saw a Magnacut show up just as quickly as it got sold, I kept telling myself that the Inkosi was all needed. Having collected some CRK inlays in the past, if I was to get one, it was going to be a plain. As I’m writing this and thinking back on it, I’ve just come to realize that I’ve never owned a plain… Huh.
Finally, after having an all around bad day, this plain Sebenza in Magnacut just happens to drop on Recon1’s site. Aside from the gold hardware versus the blue, it was the exact configuration I wanted - large, drop point, and double lugs. On any other day, I would have told myself the usual and closed the browser but after the day I was having, I decided that picking it up was was the pick me up I needed.
While I wouldn't say I’m back in the game, I am super excited to see what happens when Chris Reeve’s tried and true platform meets a 63-64 RC Magnacut steel.
Ron G. 
