Hoping the Centofante 4 wharnie makes a similar comeback someday. I'd be happy if it came out in Cruwear and FRN, as I find Seki CF (at least on the ZDP Caly) a bit slick.
Hoping the Centofante 4 wharnie makes a similar comeback someday. I'd be happy if it came out in Cruwear and FRN, as I find Seki CF (at least on the ZDP Caly) a bit slick.
My fingers are crossed with you ! Dan
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Hoping the Centofante 4 wharnie makes a similar comeback someday. I'd be happy if it came out in Cruwear and FRN, as I find Seki CF (at least on the ZDP Caly) a bit slick.
I might be wrong but it doesn’t look like a hollow grind to me. In that case it’s a no go for me.
Marius
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Looks like a Sabre grind to me
The regular production model has a hollow grind. I would assume the same here but not 100% sure.
Also Indiana knives description states hollow grind
Have a C3 and C4 and love them. I'd buy more C4's if they get a revival. The Centofante is a great EDC, light, cuts wonderfully. I really like everything about this knife (except 1 thing)...
...$265 for a small, relatively standard, Seki knife? What a joke. The Yen has never been weaker, making this a high margin knife just based on currency exchange.
The latest spyderco price hikes have firmly put me in the "Only-Buys-Used" category now. $260+ for a small, nothing special knife is ridiculous. $350 MSRP is insulting.
(by nothing special I mean CF and Cruwear are not cutting edge materials these days, as they were in years past. In fact, they are common on good quality mid-market knives for half the price. I love both CF and Cru and the Centofante, but still not spending $265 on a small, standard material knife, especially from Seki. the $300 Rex121 or 15v I understand - the materials are insane to deal with. Im amazed demand is still there with MAP these days. I hit my breaking point with the last round of price hikes)
Also the reflection appears to look like a Sabre grind. The reflection is even across the grind. Hollow is concave so a bright line should follow the concavity. The SpyMyto was stated a Hollow but ended up being FFG so I wont trust the website until someone holds it and confirms hollow.
Im only opening my wallet for the most-extra-special-est spyderco's these days. The Native Chief Salt is my only want at the moment, and hopefully that pricing is still pre-MAP hike. if its over $250, I'll pass on it as well.
Overall I'm bummed this is over $200. Otherwise it would have been a real winner at $175ish street price.
Has anyone else noticed that, in the pictures, it appears to be flat ground, rather than hollow ground, much like the BHQ M4 Poliwog was?
Man I really hope not.
I'd also like to know which factory is making this one? I'm wondering if it's the same that did the last Ayoob run.
my guess is that it is the same factory. all of the more special knives stamped from seki in the last few years have come from that factory. many of them are plagued with qc issues and imperfections, despite their relatively steep asking prices.
You legends. When I saw this, as a lefty I knew it would be an instant buy for me.
Then I saw Indiana knives don't ship to Australia
I wondered if there could be another way and came to the forums... and blow me down if DLT aren't getting some too. You beauty :)
another special run out of "seki"...? that's an easy pass for me, even though it's a model i'd love to have. good luck to you all though.
