FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS: Sebenza or Inkosi? Which Chris Reeve Small is for you? 

Peter Galione LoL it was a tough decision for me too between both of those and I chose the Inkosi. It's fantastic.

Three years ago I bought a small insingo and two years later a large sebenza. Both are outstanding knives, very happy with them.

Instablaster.

Try once, buy twice😉

I will say that if you like your pocket knives to be on the small side then a large is definitely not for you. Although if you have large hands like I do, the large will absolutely fit like a glove and be an extension of your hand. I throw a large in my pocket everyday and forget its there tbh. I have an Umnumzaan too which everyone said would be huge, it isn’t though. Pretty much the same size as a large Sebenza and feels the same in hand aside from a couple ergo changes. Both feel great and if you get one, you’ll probably buy the other shortly after. It’s a disease and I need to cure it by getting a small Inkosi lol.

Cost cutting measures once Chris was separated from the company...get a Hinderer with a bowie blade

+hovan2yourknives only because of the possibility of the grooves never being in line. I've handled a large sebenza - if ai ever go back It'll be for that

I've been back and forth on the two for several weeks going through dozens of reviews. I just placed my order for the Inkosi Insingo. Based on all I've reviewed if one can get their hand comfortable with the Inkosi ergonomics it is a clear winner. Lots have said the small Inkosi ergonomics are no issue and others say if you stick with it your hand gets comfortable with the choil design. Most that are critical of the ergonomics gave up on the model on day 1. The idea of dated technology for nostalgia sake really does nothing for me. I ended up with the Natural Micarta but debated a lot on whether the CF version may be better. After finding a fair amount of criticism about long term blade centering with CF I made my choice on the micarta inlays. Hopefully I'm not disappointed. Your comments encourage me.

@@teseglet hey friend so I just read your comment two years later and I am in the same predicament you were in and I made the same decision you made except I did not get an inlay on my titanium handle for the small inkosi.. can you give me an update on your decision and did you make the right decision do you love it or hate it?

@@BuffaloNickel9 I ended up with a small micarta Inkosi and a large Sebenza with Spalted Beech inlay with Damascus blade. Both sit in a drawer. My EDC ended up being a Shirogorov Neon Zero. With that said, my Sebenza is definitely a much more clunky operator than the Inkosi.

Just basic shit. Lol

Barely. I have a small Inkosi with a Insingo blade and a replica of the small Sebenza with a droppoint blade. The blade on the Inkosi is ever so slightly thicker and the primary grind on the Sebenza is a little bit taller, plus the OG has a deeper hollow grind than the Inkosi (my Green Thorn replica Sebenza has a flat grind, or at best an extremely shallow hollowgrind). If you're really interested I'd say you need to try before you buy. I was expecting the small Sebenza to be better for me but actually the Inkosi suits me so much better. Mind that either one will take a little bit of 'breaking in' (I felt the pointy thumbstuds were a bit of a pain, but once I figured out the right angle of approach it's really not an issue).

Hell no. As someone who puts their knives through hell I can say bearing are shit for long term use. I understand the want for an easier opening but bearing are too prone to collecting debris. As you wear in the knife the washers become more smooth. Hell you can even polish them if you dont have the patience.

🤔I too tend to prefer the action on bearings. But I still prefer washers. And you can get the same excellent action with a blade running on washers combined with an axis-lock, a compression-lock or a shark-lock.

I agree. Or at least, I think I do🤔 I have a collection of about 200 folders and only a handful of them have more than 1 fingergroove. Yet those that do are definitely among the ones that have the best 'ergos' imho. Those would be all of my Byrds and Spydies (excepting the Tenacious, which still has pretty good ergos), the CS Mini Recon 1, the Giantmouse Ace Biblio, the Manly City and the CRK small Inkosi. Come to think of it ... allmost every one of my favority knives have at least one pronounced fingergroove😖

do you think the anthropologist Margret Mead's strange behavior of late can be explained by a private marijuana addiction?

Definitely not the same knife, floating stop pin, universal washers, different blade grind, pocket clip not on lock bar.....

+adhair hahah truth, I am a ridiculous human

Maybe I'll send some calipers for you to review?

In Gratitude I Am also the benchmade 765 is a great competitor with a few minor annoyances

Ew why

I have both and far prefer the Inkosi. It's a fixed version of the 25.

Are you sure o; that? I read an article where he said th e inkosi was the culmination of everything he has learned in his 30 years of knifevmaking.

Wasn't that the Umnumzaan?

Chris Reeve was still there when they designed the Umnumzaan and Sebenza 25

The sebenza is certainly more classic in design and lineage....still enjoyed the feel of the inkosi and want one

Yes, given the same materials, if you pay your workers a living wage, you will of course have to charge more than if you only pay them 2-3 bucks an hour. Pretty easy math. Cheap labor is the one and only reason China sells so many products around the globe.

Chinese have been making knives for thousands of years. Western business people go to China and buy cheap stuff to sell back to us to make a profit. If you would see the Artistry that the Chinese keep for themselves it would make you understand. $5,000 USD is cheap for Bonsai scissors in Asia made from a master like I said you have not seen what they are capable of. Ancient samurai sword makers would heat the steel and then plunge it through the body of their adversary over and over again thinking that it would enhance the magical powers of the sword but little did they know that they were adding carbon

James : I didn’t say they couldn’t or didn’t make good stuff. I was only commenting that even if a knife were made to the exact quality standards using the same materials, of course the one from China would be cheaper because their labor cost is very much cheaper than other industrialized nations. Like I mentioned, simple math.

@@James-ke5sx Why are you comparing Chinese products to Japanese? Are you just mentioning things made in Asia in general?

@@Portalpotty Asia and general have been making knives etc for thousands of years way longer than Western knife makers. I get tired of hearing people in the west saying that things made in China are cheap. the same with Japan. Both of these countries have been making excellent quality knives in the far past here in the West we have no idea have some of the high-quality stuff that we never see. I still have one single butcher knife that I bought 30 years ago made in China and it's still Sharp I only use a steel to hone it

as opposed to what?