Hey MegaronKnives - EXCELLENT ANALYSIS AND REVIEW! I don't have a Chris Reeve knife yet, but I definitely want to get one in the future. Your video did a great job of comparing/contrasting many of the important and even subtle differences between these knives. This IS very helpful, because I'm still not sure if I should start with the Sebenza 31 or the Umnumzaan - you gave me a lot to consider. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I subscribed to your channel.😎👍
This is by far the best comparison video of 4 CRK knives I have seen... Brother, please work on doing more of these types of videos... You are awesome! George ( Los Angeles)
Awesome video! Thanks for helping to explain all the differences between the models. I was thinking about getting an Inkosi, but might end up getting a Sebenza instead.
As someone who got a LG31 first and then inkosi, i MUCH prefer my inkosi. The ergos and pivot are a lot better for me personally. But whether you go sebenza or inkosi, i highly recommend the insingo blade. I got that on my inkosi and i find it more useful for daily tasks than the drop point my sevenza has
Love my small Sebenza 21. I have a ladder damascus with natural micarta inlays. It’s what I carry as my “gentleman’s knife.” It definitely feels small though. Looking to find a Zaan now to try something different! Maybe after that, CRK will have magnacut Sebenza available…
That´s a really nice choice for a carry. The magnacut CRK will probably be really hard to get. Hopefully they make a bunch of them. Very interesting steel.
As mentioned before - I have got an CRK Large Inkosi (PJ) for about half a year now daily in my pocket. I recently came across the opportunity to buy a CRK Large Sebenza 31 with unique graphics and silver double thumb studs - still not sure about to get it or not as I really like the sturdyness of the Inkosi by now...
🙏🏻 Finally! Awesome video, which I think should have been on RU-vid for many years - 'cause it is really difficult to get into the different specs as a nooby. Fortunatelly I have my Large Inkosi (PJ) for halft a year now and can agree, that the break in period takes quit a while. Thank you for the detailled review and information! Keep going! 🤘🏻🔪
Definitely go with the small sebenza over the small inkosi. I have medium sized hands and the finger cutouts on the small inkosi were way too small for me.
Thank you for sharing your opinions. I had already been leaning towards a sebenza but what I am still on the fence about is inlay vs plain. And possibly damascus vs s35vn. Small side note, I'm not usually a tanto guy but the umnumzaan wears it well.
Small Inkosi for me. I’ve had both large and small Sebenza, small Inkosi, as well as a Zaan. I got a small Inkosi a few years ago, but sold it after a month, honestly, not because I thought it was too small, but forums and video reviews kinda talked me out of a knife I liked prior to watching the reviews, after I bought it. So what’s changed? I bought a new one a short while ago based on missing the one I sold a while back. So once the noise of other owners dissipated, I found myself wanting one again, proving I had outside influence. Now that I have one and carry and use it daily, I really enjoy it. But like you said, I also fall into the Techno 2 crowd, so it does make sense. I have larger knives, such as an XM-18 3.5 and a few Medfords, but as nice as they are, there is something to be said for a small Inkosi being as stout as it is, yet disappearing in your pocket. I find that the small Inkosi is enough for anything you might encounter, shy of camping/survival tasks, but in those moments, hopefully you have a fixed blade to compliment your folder, regardless of what it is. I do find the handle at the minimum limits of my medium/large glove size hands (I’m in between those sizes). I can fit all 4 fingers on the handle though. It’s really just a preference thing. I’ll give up size for carry comfort. I don’t find myself looking for more blade or handle. It’s personal preference though.
Damn man didn’t even know you started a RU-vid channel... YouR accent is awesome 😎... it sounds Jean Claude Van Damn giving the Review! 😂 So I’ve owned all except a large Inkosi.. but have held it. I’m glad you did this video.. I think a lot of ppl will find this useful! They all do well for me but the small inkosi is too small for most...
Metal conducts temp. I have neuropathy so metal is extra hot cold or bitey. Even a normally abled person can appreciate the extra grip and warmth of a micarta inlay not to mention the look.
You did an excellent job on this video. I am not in a position that I would be choosing a CRK knife, but this video would be a great help (I would pick the 31). Thank you.
@@megaronknives3032 I used to have a small 21 a few years back - a very fine knife indeed. Right now I am attracted to different designs, but sooner or later I will most likely get a CRK again.
I have the CRK Sebenza 21 large Tanto, I absolutely love it. It has replaced all daily carry, I still like my Spyderco PM's but the CRK is always in the pocket.
Liked and subbed. Thank you for the awesome comparison. I currently have a zaan and I'm in between a sebenza or inkosi insingo. Planning to try to get an inlay version.
Thx for the vid. Tho I’ve never had to use loctite on a 21 or 31, nor should you. Those have the a pivot bushing. Umnum and Inkosi do not. Hence the pivot being able to come loose.
They hold up better over time than any other folder i have, the Sebenza is still my favorite yes, but if you like the harder use knives i would go with the Umnumzaan. Sebenza is the best overall thou.
@megaronknives3032 the Zaan with the cool blade shape never appealed to me and right now, jts more of whether i want to get a Sebenza or Inkosi... I've been reading the that the Sebenza is plenty hard use enough if that's true and that the Inkosi is just a little bit overbuilt.. so right now I'm trying to decide on which one to get.
@@Laglagpaddy Get a Sebenza 100%, i bought my Inkosi first bc i was in the same dilemma as you are in right now and i think the Sebenza is just a better knife. It cuts way better, the screws and everything are long lasting and the handle is more ergonomic. i would never seell my Sebenzas but i would let my Inkosi go easily.
Hallo Lukas, ich kaufe nix, was ich nicht aussprechen kann... deswegen habe ich mir das Terävä Jääkäripuukko schenken lassen. Wer schenkt mir ein Umnumzaan oder ein Mnandi? 🙄😉 I'm a small or mid size knife guy... meistens. Diese ganzen Reeve Messer auf einem Tisch nebeneinander liegen zu sehen, ist irgendwie surreal. Gratuliere dir zu diesen stabilen Wertanlagen. Ich komme morgen mit einem José da Cruz um die Ecke... für die Werte auf deinem Tisch, könnte ich vermutlich mehr als 150 davon bekommen 😂. Mein liebstes Lieblings Reeve ist ein Fixed...und zwar das Ubejane. Das gab es mal für ca. $300,00... mittlerweile wird das teilweise im vierstelligen Bereich offeriert. Die Reeve Klapper machen mich optisch nur latent an...die würden in meinem nicht vorhandenen Safe landen. Uha... solche Washer habe ich noch nie gesehen. Interessant. Wenn ich mir eines aussuchen müsste, würde ich vermutlich das Umnumzaan nehmen. Beim Sebenza hat mir Chris Reeve einfach zu sehr bei Sanrenmu abgekupfert 😂😉. Danke fürs Zeigen. Liebe Grüße Joe
Hahaha. Da gibt es einige bei den skandinavischen Messern. Das kenn ich. Schaut gut aus. Klassisches Skandi mit modernem Twist. Ist gekonvext? Oder Flach? Ich schenk dir bestimmt kein Umnumzaan. Hahaha. ;D Es ist nicht so wie es scheint. Verkaufe grade viel. Auch die habe ich nur für kurze Zeit alle gemeinsam hier. Daher das Video, solange es noch geht. Das Ubejane war noch aus der Zeit wo sie Hohlgriffe und Lederscheiden hatten. Super interessantes Messer. Nahezu unverkäuflich, nur zu einem sehr hohen Preis. Das ist die richtige Wertanlage. Ja vierstellig kann i mir vorstellen. Das ist so schade, weil eigentlich gehört es in den Wald und irgendwo durchbatoniert. Stell dir vor du baust ein Messer das nie jemand benutzt. Ich kann ein Chris Reeve nicht sammeln. Das ist ein User. Klingt voll schräg, aber wenn man eins hat versteht man das. Messer sind zum Benutzen. Alles andere ist schräg in Wahrheit. (Super Thema für ein Video ;) ...) Hahaha. Sanremu is King ;D Grüße Joe.
@@megaronknives3032 So wie ich das sehe, ist das ein normaler Scandi. Als der kurze Flachschliff wurde beibehalten. Aber ist vollkommen OK so. Wahrscheinlich einer der besten bzw. härtesten Stähle, die ich zuhause habe. Ja, das mit dem Benutzen stimmt schon. Wobei ich ehrlich zugebe, dass ich gar nicht alle nutzen kann... oder eben nur für kleinere Aufgaben. An vielen erfreue ich mich einfach nur. Aber es ist definitiv ein interessantes Thema.
@@jmknives Das ist jz die Frage ist der normale Skandi flach oder ursprünglich konvex. Darüber wird schon länger in der Messerszene debattiert. Ja stimmt schon alle kann man nicht ganze Zeit benutzen. Deswegen wollte ich immer eine kleinere Sammlung.
@@megaronknives3032 Über den Scandi habe ich mir diesbezüglich noch keine Gedanken gemacht. Ich kenne ihn nur in flach (also bei Mora und Co.). Und meine finnischen Traditionsmesser sind auch alle im flachen Scandi geschliffen. Muss ich mich mal schlau machen. Wieder was gelernt👍.
I've been so back and forth on whether to get a Sebenza or not. For the money it should be sharp. Buck 110 in S30V is and the Para 2 "Crucarta" is razor sharp!
Hmm well there are a lot of different kinds of sharp. CRK´s come with a polished convexed edge so they don´t fell as bity as a flat toothy edge from Buck or Spyderco. As you resharpen it, you can always change it to Flat edge, so i would not worry about that. They are great knives, just really expensive right now. Like everything.
None of them, save your money it's a $100-150 knife with a massive internet hipster and brand name tax added. They're just not special knives and they're made with the shittiest, laziest type of lock possible. To be fair though nobody that buys these things is in any danger unless their hand looks like a sheet of printer paper.
the small-sized decision should have a huge caveat regarding blade shape: drop point? definitely sebenza. but insingo? the small inkosi is much better. it has more belly and is thinner behind the edge.
@@megaronknives3032 only the Insingo blade! the drop point is thicker, but the Insingo, despite being shorter and of thicker stock has both much more belly and is thinner behind the edge. i don't know why the Insingo blade geometry varies so much between the 2 models :/
@@praetor47 Ah ok get it, only handled the Drop point so far and was not aware of that. Thank you for the info! The probably wanted a tank and a slicer.
None of these is a really good flicker, spydieflicking can be done, but it´s very difficult. The Sebenza can not, because it only has one thumbstud on the frontside. Hope this helps.
I gotta be honest dude I absolutely for the life of me could not tell the difference when you said it between S35VN and S45VN. Sorry man but that was driving me crazy. My limitation, but still.
@@megaronknives3032 na dude its my limitation not yours, but possibly one shared by a lot of your other viewers. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks for making the video. I still dont know which one I want first, But I definitely want to get a CRK large folder someday!
@@MattH-wg7ou I will take note of that. Thanks for telling me. I had to try all of them before i knew which one i like best. Try to get them in hand in a store if you can. That always helps :)
You can flick them after while, especially if the pivot gets a little bit looser, but CRK´s are really not meant to be flicked, they are slow rollers and that´s part of the enjoyment you get.
I have many high end flippers (rosie,rask,morpheus) that are really fun to flick. But they won’t flick for a long time if i use them in the environment i use my crk’s in. Crk’s are meant to be used anywhere! That’s what makes my umnumzaan the only knife i’d keep if i had to keep only one in my collection.
None of them! Way overhyped.. way to expensive compared to other brands. Unless you think that tiny bit of fit and finish superiority is worth 250 bucks more than a knife with the exact same material
I disagree, starts at them making longer lasting and better quality screws, a longer living lockbar, bigger longer lasting washers with cutouts, so you don´t need to oil as often and a hollow grind, so you get an overall longer lasting knife with superior built quality. And it´s kind of the original titanium, frame lock folder, so it´s a piece of knife history as well.
