The Chris Reeve Knives Umfaan ........ A Small Review

Great to see this one stickied. I've probably checked it 1k times and will keep coming back to it.

 

All bg-42's... could not be happier



Not to start a conversation and a history links thread, but obviously I purchased lanyard pins for the larger of the two, butany idea of whether they made a lanyard pin ever for the umfaan?

 

And here's a picture to give people an idea of what it looks like in a person's hand who wears extra-large gloves. Perfectly usable and exactly what I was looking for.

 

Congrats! The Umfaan is a great knife

 

My 2001 Umfaan,Maple Leaf, with my 1998 Small Sebenza Damascus, Decorated, for comparison.
The leaves are a dark copper color.

 

There is currently an Umfaan for sale on Edgematters.uk

This one:

 

That was a cool "lanyard hack" idea! To leave the lanyard tied in the takedown pics. There have been a few times that I didn't take apart a knife because I didn't want the hassle of trying to re-tie the lanyard exactly as originally done.
I also have a Umfaan (zig zag model) that I was reluctant to take a peek inside because the lanyard is so small that I was afraid my big clumsy hands would never be able to make the lanyard look right again.
Thanks for the idea!
Also I agree with your very good review of the Umfaan. Thanks for taking the time to post that.


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I thought I knew what I knew. Now I'm thinking maybe I don't know at all.
What year was the "Sun & Spear" umfaan made? I got one here on the forums with a birth card of 2000, saw a post where someone said they had one from 1999, another post showed a picture of one with a 2004 birth card, another was posted with a 2002 birth card. Other than the UG's of course, I thought the designs changed each year.

What prompted this question was that I took mine apart this morning for a lube job as it was just a little stiff, did not come with the maintenance records., and I knew it had some age on it. It was pretty dry. I lube it up and now it is slick as goose grease. Amazing!

 

Now you have me curious!



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The Umfaan was discontinued before 2004.