Umnumzaan pics

Being a Wilson gun owner, I get the appeal of a WC CRK... what I don't get is why the Monkey grip, or Wilson is roughly twice the price for essential the same knife....
 
bart1 said:
Being a Wilson gun owner, I get the appeal of a WC CRK... what I don't get is why the Monkey grip, or Wilson is roughly twice the price for essential the same knife....
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It's because they're in high demand with little supply. Especially since Wilson Combat just discontinued the Star Tac and Starbenza. I don't know if it's permanent or just to catch up on backorders though, time will tell.
 
Just took this out of the mail box. Previous owner my have a different idea than I do on what excellent condition -like new means…I’d call it very good-excellent. Couple light snail trails on the scales and some rub /fade on the clip. Blade has cut something that was left on the edge. All in all I’m happy with what I paid in todays market.
Thinking seriously of rocking this thing for a while. Quite the step from the mnandi but then again I bought my mnandi with the proceeds from my last ‘Zaan!
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CHNeal said:
Just took this out of the mail box. Previous owner my have a different idea than I do on what excellent condition -like new means…I’d call it very good-excellent. Couple light snail trails on the scales and some rub /fade on the clip. Blade has cut something that was left on the edge. All in all I’m happy with what I paid in todays market.
Thinking seriously of rocking this thing for a while. Quite the step from the mnandi but then again I bought my mnandi with the proceeds from my last ‘Zaan!
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Just do it already :p
 
CHNeal said:
Just took this out of the mail box. Previous owner my have a different idea than I do on what excellent condition -like new means…I’d call it very good-excellent. Couple light snail trails on the scales and some rub /fade on the clip. Blade has cut something that was left on the edge. All in all I’m happy with what I paid in todays market.
Thinking seriously of rocking this thing for a while. Quite the step from the mnandi but then again I bought my mnandi with the proceeds from my last ‘Zaan!
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Nah, that poor thing is hammered. Send it to me. ;-)
Seriously though... It is a nice one. You need to buy that monkey zaan now, just put up on the exchange.
 
Ok so here she is, cleaned and lubed, lanyard removed and N Norvox kit installed. Not only didn't the last owner understand condition he/she did not believe in lube for knives. This thing was so dry it might have been degreased and of course I didn't realize until taking it apart the grease and locktite didn’t arrive in the box. Oh well such is the secondary market.
The one thing I do notice that I was not aware was an issue with the ceramic ball interface…I’m getting a bit of lock stick? Anyone have any suggestions on this?

Anyway cleaned lubed and ready to go to work with me tonight, I admit to being a bit excited.
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IDhorace said:
Nah, that poor thing is hammered. Send it to me. ;-)
Seriously though... It is a nice one. You need to buy that monkey zaan now, just put up on the exchange.
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No thanks on the monkey for me. I may be the only guy in the world that doesn’t care for it! Of course I had a Wilson star-tac and a star-benza and didn’t care for those either. I think they come perfect from CRK. I am the same way with guns and flashlights…just kinda an OEM kinda guy, boring perhaps but hey I’m old.
 
CHNeal said:
The one thing I do notice that I was not aware was an issue with the ceramic ball interface…I’m getting a bit of lock stick? Anyone have any suggestions on this?
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Mine had a bit when new.
it went away as the ball polished a path in the tang.
I don’t recall my Inkosi having any though.
 
Of the three main CRK models (Sebenza, Inkosi and Zaan) my Zaan was always third up. I have made a deliberate effort the last few weeks to giving the Zaan exclusive pocket time. While I don’t think it will replace the Inkosi as the most comfortable in my hands, I have really appreciated the harpoon style blade and the handle profile.

Pics:

https://imgur.com/a/5Ac2jKJ

https://imgur.com/a/jrKUAiu

https://imgur.com/a/81RjSD0
 
CHNeal said:
The one thing I do notice that I was not aware was an issue with the ceramic ball interface…I’m getting a bit of lock stick? Anyone have any suggestions on this?
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This is normal. I’ve had it on all mine and I’ve owned quite a few. You want a little bit of stick. It means there is friction between the blade tang and ceramic ball. If there were none you’d have a lock that could slip very easily.
 
I lucked out recently and picked up a second new to me Umnumzaan that's actually in new condition. Now I can send my beater Zaan to the motherland for a spa treatment. This will be the first time I send something to CRK.

First thing I did was took out the lanyard pin, put in a second spacer, and made the clip tighter. It's amazing 🙌🏻20211113_105609_compress69.jpg
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Probably going to grab one of your backspacers for the new pivot.
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I keep revisiting this thread wishing I could have another ‘Zaan. I keep buying and selling them because the length makes it illegal in the city I live in and I don’t need a knife I can’t carry.
I got some advice to check out the XM-18 harpoon spanto as a legal to carry here replacement for the ‘Zaan. Took a couple months but I’ve got one coming but I really wish it was the CRK love!
 
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