The Sebenza's I have handled have all had minor Horizontal Blade play, as well as Bi-Directional Horizontal Blade play at the pivot, As if the knife were a jackhammer when opened. The blade would move back and forth.
Not to argue here, but....Django wrote: Knives are not meant to be pried with. If you pried with a Sebenza, the blade might break after a while. The same is true for ANY Spyderco. Almost ANY knife for that matter, excluding those built for a secondary function of prying (Strider, very thick knives, for example. These often turn out to be bad cutters as well.)
You are the first person, I've ever read to refute that claim. Thanks for the different perspective.Jimd wrote:But I've handled quite a few Striders that were 1/4" thick that cut to the point of being scary. Try out their Mark 1 and let me know what you think....it's a huge knife that's deceivingly light/maneuverable in the hand, and it literally could hack off an arm with one or two swings. Absolutely scary.
Unfortunately, Striders are blanketed into the category of "Really thick prybars that don't cut". Completely false.
Not trying to argue here, just setting the record straight. :)
Yep, thanks for the extra insight.zenheretic wrote:You are the first person, I've ever read to refute that claim. Thanks for the different perspective.
He seems to thrive on controversy (his own, self-created drivel), just to rile everyone else up. As for knowing the quality of knives, I disagree with nearly everything he says or claims.Django wrote:Yep, thanks for the extra insight.
Looks like Vincent has backed out of this thread. Can we continue normal discussion now :confused:
J Smith wrote:Some how I think this is a load of
BS
I own 3 Sebenzas have owned a few more and handled even more.I have NEVER found one with any blade play what so ever.
Id hope you dont live at home, you are like 40.
I've been in real-world situations, and had job assignments that definitely put me in harm's way, as have many other members here on these boards. And now someone who's never put his *** on the line, except to cross the street to get a burger at Wendy's is calling me a "Mall Ninja" because I own a couple Strider knives???
Trust me, son...I'm no mall ninja, and neither are many of the other folks here. Many of guus have "Checked off all the boxes", "Seen the elephant", what have you. Mall Ninjas....that dissts me.
Looks like this has turned into another knife-bashing thread. What a shame we can't have a civil discussion without the name-calling coming out.
Thats not even that bad of a cut, Ive cut myself alot worse by mistake with my Military. 30 sutures.J Smith wrote:Striders do cut very nicely.I have a ranger green SNG in my pocket right now.
Heres a pic from the PT stabbing I got last year 3/4 of the blade went in,the doctor even had a comment on how sharp the knife was.
since when do I care about the post count, Take em away if you would like.
I have been a reader of this forum for a long time, I think it is a shame one person can stir up so much ****, he supports Spyderco to the end, but he knows nothing about knives.
Now this is just my opinion, but I think he does what he does here, stirs up **** as a game, not so much to bash other knives. I believe he is trying to get the kind of responses he does from people, maybe if no comments where made to his post where made would be a better way to handle this kind of thing, looking back 6 to 8 months ago all he was concerned with was getting his post count up, stirring the pot allows him to make many senseless replies.
I have 4 Sebenza's, about 30 Spyderco's, they are both great knives, I dissagree with Vicent with what he said about the Sebenza, it is a opinion thing, I would put the Sebenza as the best folder I own, a little better then the Microtechs I have. I have thought about getting a Strider, the local shop has carried some in the past when they where a hot item, but they only carried the tiger stripe style, the big heavy ones which I did not like and they was priced between 600 to 950, most of them was custom ground blades from the guys that own Strider, I did not know that Strider made smaller knives since the local shop never carried them, I never followed up online to see what Strider did make, I just assumed they was all big heavy tiger stripe knives, that is what I get for assuming.
If you are so drasticly concearned then please get the atenntion of Kristi, Joyce and Sal and have me banned or see what they say, I wont come back, just as I dont on other forums.J Smith wrote:Yeah he does this on here because he knows he will not be banned.
He has been banned from every other knife forum.
Best thing to do is not to feed him.
Thats not even that bad of a cut, Ive cut myself alot worse by mistake with my Military. 30 sutures.
"What name calling?" How about Mall Ninja!Vincent wrote:
Id hope you dont live at home, you are like 40.
Im going to stick with the Mall Ninja, Because there is zero need to spend that kind of money on a knife that does a lesser job. But this is my Opinion.
what name Calling?
and you know that Ive never used a Sebenza HOW?Jimd wrote:"What name calling?" How about Mall Ninja!
And Vincent...you've never owned a Strider (or a Sebenza), never used one...so how, even in your warped sense of "Reality" (YEAH, RIGHT!), can you count yourself even remotely qualified to judge, when you've never used one???
Once again, when you call those of us around here who've put our asses on the line in the service to our country "Mall Ninjas", you tend to irritate people very much.
Mall Ninjas do not have Special Operations Sniper backgrounds with training from some of the best personnel in the world. Frankly, I hope you call someone like that a Mall Ninja in person one day, and get the lesson that's due you.
Mall Ninjas are punk kids who frequent the mall, knife shops, etc., get all kinds of "cool guy" gear that they'll never use, because they still live under mommy and daddy's protection and have no real job.....like you, Vincent.
I'm sorry your life is so pathetic that you degrade yourself to the "thrills" of stirring crap on this forum by trashing other people's reputations and knives. What a pathetic existance! You have my sympathy.
Perhaps one day, you'll......no, no chance. :rolleyes:
Where did you get that BS from anyways? Also, you say you've never used a Sebenza or a Strider. Handling one in a store where a guy disassembles them in order to cause blade play is not considered using one. Go back to flicking your Paramilitary, maybe you'll drop it on your foot." wrote: Im only 20 and havwe alot of room to grow. and of corse I live at Home with my Mother, the average child stays untill 26
Django wrote:He's been banned from Blade Forums about 8 times all under different account names. Yet he claim's he doesn't "come back." He does this purposefully, as soon as he gets banned he just makes another name to stir up more controversy.
Let's just let this thread die. Vincent is obviously a dumb person who will stop at nothing to bash anything and everything that isn't Spyderco. After you pass the age of 18, you are not considered a "child" any more, not to mention TWENTY SIX.
Where did you get that BS from anyways? Also, you say you've never used a Sebenza or a Strider. Handling one in a store where a guy disassembles them in order to cause blade play is not considered using one. Go back to flicking your Paramilitary, maybe you'll drop it on your foot.
Not like I have to prove anything to anyone, least of all YOU. I have the certificates and the skill, and that's enough for me.Vincent wrote: Special Operations Sniper backgrounds with training from some of the best personnel in the world
Because nither do YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I wouldent want to..
