Why I don't need another Sebenza, and why I just bought another Sebenza 

I'm pretty sure the "mistake" of the hand anodizing on the tree is supposed to be the moonlight reflecting on it, but I could be completely wrong

If we just go by "need", we would all have one $40 knife!

Nick: “DON’T GET INTO WATCHES” Also Nick: hey Slicey want some watches?

A couple of years ago I thought a $500 knife was ludicrous and I never wore a watch. Today I watched this video with my paisley sebenza in my pocket and my explorer ii polar on my wrist. With love- Damn you Nick!!!

I’m all for purchasing something that brings you a little bit of joy! That’s a very nice piece. I’ve also found myself eyeing decorated Sebenzas. You’re definitely helping me justify an order.

Me several years ago, "I like knives but who ever needs a knife over $200?" Me last week, "Ohh my Sebenza came in, let me order this XM-18. *click click click*"

If nothing else, it shows you still have enthusiam for this hobby and haven't burnt out yet.

Your night sky Sebenza is a beautiful cutting tool. The variation in engraving depth, proportion, and colors give the illusion of depth and transparency as not to hide the knife underneath, something I really appreciate. I'm not a knife collector (yet), but a well thought out precision tool brings a smile to my face every time I pick it up. If this knife makes you smile Nick, then it was worth every penny. I purchased a ZT 0562ti yesterday. It's way more knife than I'll ever need, but I have a feeling it'll be worth it :)

I just have to say, your channel has brought about a reawakening of my love for knives. I bought my first benchmade for 110 about a month ago and thought, thats as far as this goes. So I bought a ZT0707 last week, ah well, thats how it goes.

They didn’t “miss” anodizing those tree branches. The moon is supposed to be lighting them up. Knives of that caliber dont leave the shop with blatant mistakes.

I came for the reviews, I stay for the puns. 🤓

As I wrote in my comment on Metal Complex's vid of today: Happy to be crazy about crazy knives! That's one of the reasons I come to these channels. You guys make me feel a bit more normal...

This is one of my favorite patterns. I just got my first Sebenza (black Micarta inlay) and I will be keeping an eye out for "this little sky"

I just merged my watch collecting with my knife collecting, and forwent the purchase of an updated Brietling Aerospace Ti to fund an entire year of knife purchases. Just caught a snap release of a Sebenza and pulled the trigger (and that followed my snatching up a Jeff Park Customs MiniBones). Stay safe, and thanks for all you do for the community..

You are a good person. Always helping your fellow creators and you are becoming a knife god..... keep pumping out content.

I really like when the EDC Multiverse enables great gear swaps and deals like the Omega/CRK sharing between such awesome people/reviewers like you two gents 😀

Great vid Nick. I think its exactly what the channel needs. I think a lot of us can relate to this

Right there with ya Nick. Been carrying around my sebbie for over a year, and just couldn’t shake the thought that I needed to try the Inkosi also. So now I have each. WORTH it.

As a Buddhist I had a chuckle and highly appreciate your little bit of wisdom there about real inner joy not coming from material items 😉......it's a beautiful scene on the knife

Thats a pretty knife. I just got my first sebenza as a gift from my father. I remember being a small lady, and when I got into knives, the sebenza was his grail knife. Since he has 1 or 2 and come to find out, he ordered me a small 21 too, dual thumb studs, micarta inlays. I love it.

It’s good when a knife reminds you that despite being jaded by the hobby from time to time, there’s still one or two that’ll get the juices flowing. Congrats!

That sebenza goes so well with your custom bugout. Both are beautiful. I wish someone would make scales that are all out, excessive, and gorgeous for the waypoint.

Quite the beautiful piece. I'm not really into the artsy knives myself, but I can definitely respect the work that goes into them. Maybe I too will come around to them someday. Who knows. (Recently my dad gave me this old Seiko of his and now I'm trying really hard to resist getting "into watches")

This is perfect for you nick coming from slicey to you! I love Crk! I currently carry a large 31 in pouch in left pocket! Daily!

Great video. Thank you.

Man, I totally agree AND understand your nocturnal Sebenza purchase. GOOD JOB

WHAT ?!! No night shot of the moon ? Awesome piece 👏

I’ve two Sebenzas, a small 31 pj and a large 31 black micarta, and to me, they are just great go to work knives. Not particularly flash, just good solid knives. I’m in the U.K. so the cost more like $500 and $750, but that goes with the territory. Not my most expensive, but certainly up there- and I think they’re worth every penny!

I'm pretty new to this hobby, but a left handed version of that would be pretty close to my grail knife. I love mountain scenes, and the extra details are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

I came on RU-vid because I made a plan to make a knife you can hold sabre grip or punch dagger grip with no moving handle. Then I thought: now there's something novelty enough to be a candidate for stainless Damascus! So I wanted to look at knives made from it and saw a Sebenza in Spirograph!!!!! Man, I never wanted a Sebenza more. The KnifeCenter exclusive Sebenza really grabbed me, earlier this Summer, but it's more than sold out! They're made a few hours West of me. I'd love to have that hard to find, hard to get one! I'll live without it, but not like I'm gonna hide my eyes from them!

One day I'll be able to afford a sebenza. For now i just watch videos about them from my favorite content creators. Thanks for sharing

‘Don’t get into watches! But if you do happen to, check this one out! ‘. ‘And this one!’ And so on lol. It’s very pretty. Have thought so since last year. Thanks for sharing.

Oddly enough my first grail was a terminator praetorian genesis t, I absolutely love it, and of all the knives I’ve owned it has the sharpest edge out of the box. With a couple passes on a strop it can cut space and time.

I'm still applauding brother. Best RU-vid clip I've seen in ages! Your a funny man Mr Shabazz. Next time your in the land downunder look me up! Love to have you and the Mrs over for dinner. Mix in a couple of real beers and let the games begin .

I had a sebenza 31 sometime in 2020 from Blade Hq and it was an absolute pos out of the box. It had play in every direction and they wouldn't fix it. Ended up modding it so it wouldn't have any really for the person I sold it to 3-4 months ago. A litte over a week ago, I got a large inkosi tanto with natural micarta inlays and it's so much better for what I do & it's actually holding up. It's such a great knife so far!

Nick, just started watching your reviews, took your advice and picked up the Ferrum Forge Stinger, good call. Also got the small Sebenza 31 with the Chain mail, sort of against your recommendation but I wanted it. Both came the same day and I had a bit of a Timex conundrum. The Ferrum, for the price, is a great knife, like a Timex. The Sebenza is a solid knife, but is it worth the price, kind of like a Rolex, one doesn't do any more than the other. Truth be told the Ferrum was sharper out of the box and I had to knock the top off the thumb stud on the Sebenza and work the action to get it smooth. Not sure I would get a second one. Keep up the great work.

Nice! That’s the scene I hope to get on a large Sebenza some day.🙂

Same reason I have 4 different versions of the Koenig Arius. It's one of the only knife models that I consistently get excited about. Those of us that have been buying, selling, and trading for years understand how easy it is to become jaded in this hobby. I'll spend $1000 on a new knife and have the excitement wear off by the time I get it out of the box. I've learned to stop chasing the next new thing (for the most part) and focus on the designs and models that have proven themselves (to me at least).

Dang, now these are sold out everywhere and secondary market prices have gone up 🤔

Gorgeous, I want one! I have a small Inkosi, I wish I knew this existed before I bought it!

🤣🤣🤣Nicolas... excelente video amigo. Been purchasing that way as well, just a need for the channel. Where might all this lead to? The heck if I know 😁👍

Nice! Spreading the watch "bug". Question for you, what are the 3 must have grail knives of today? Is CRKs still one of the 3? 👍👍 & a 💎!

I too have a need to own this knife. I am on a few waiting lists as I can't find one for sale. (do you know where I can get one?)I do like my Hinderer half track and my Quiet Carry Waypoint. Just like the Sebenza night sky I just needed to own them.

Very nice custom-like scene. I never cared for that crude ancient Egyptian knife you had that you seemed to love. This one is kinda cool and the moon is what sells it. Congrats!

I live in Boise and go to the Idaho Knife Association show every year. Chris Reeve Knives is a major sponsor. Most years I come home with a new CRK knife. Every year I come home with some new knives. COVID-19 restrictions might have saved me some money this year!

The small, plain sebenza really is my favorite edc knife.. the short story goes as such.. my first was a small micarta insingo.. it was great but I just wasn’t really feeling the blade shape. I bought it because it was the only one available locally. I also order a sanrenmu 7010 at the same time to compare. I ultimately decided to sell the crk but my girlfriend at the time actually threw it out on me before I could complete the sale. Insingo gone. However, I still had the sanrenmu and absolutely loved it! I carried it for the next 6 years despite having a pile of “better” knives handy. The sanrenmu was just about perfect. So years later, relatively recently, I found a new small plain 31 with the drop point locally and snatched it up. Zero regrets! It’s just the knife I always wanted and I look forward to years of it in my pocket. I’d wanted a plain drop point for the get go.. but I decided to try the insingo and I thought of the inlays as a consolation prize of sorts. Great knife but it just wasn’t the one that spoke to me.. although I still like to think that it’ll turn up some day. Maybe when I’m moving or something.

I pulled the trigger on a large 21 from Amazon spur of the moment after drooling over them for years. There is only one dealer that’s sells CR on Amazon so you know who sold it to me. I digress, lol, it turned out it was made on my 50th birthday and is now my most prized possession !

Don’t forget your video on the plastic sebenza!

That's a gorgeous knife. I'm glad you got that for yourself.

I have the new sebenza 31 with ebony inlays and I have to say it's the nicest knife I've ever handled. I'm not a richy boy so it went into the safe where it can dream of being used. If I ever get something better I'll use it. Until then I'll use my benchmade and spyderco knives

Got a small 31 with polished magnacut blade coming tomorrow Can’t wait Gonna keep this one I think I learned my lesson I’ve had quite a few and I always sell them besides that one I lost. THAT SOLAR SYSTEM UG RAINDROP DAMASCUS woulda stayed a keeper

This is really gorgeous. Plus it’s a doubleheader. I must say if there was a Sebenza with MC Escher I would be raiding the savings account.👍

I like watching your channel and I have grown to like Spyderco knives and I still think most of them are still ugly. The Para 3 is one of my favorites. I have 14 Spyderco, 9 Benchmade, 3 ZT, 5 Bikers, 30 Kershaw, 2 Civivi, 1 SJRB, 18 Cases, 6 CRKT, and a total of 86 knives. But no CR Sebenza's and probably won't ever have one over $200 for a knife is above my limits and the mountains and stars kindof look corny to me. I do like listening to your comments and you know your knives and I like that. Thank you James A.

Nick I love you for that link to the past reference

Give it away Nick......LOL Have Mercy.....thank-you for being honest in the review.

Very cool ,enjoy 😊

That’s awesome!!! Beautiful piece! You should get more knives for you and not just for channel! Great content btw! Huge fan and i started going back to watches because of you ... so thanks for that! Haha

Broooo that has been my dream knife for years, that exact inlay!! I am still saving for it I will get it for my birthday.

Chris Reeve Knives is a perfect example of good business practice. Some complain that he doesn't compete in today's market because you can get more for your money. I would argue that even though fancier knives do exist, the time he spends nailing down the design creates a timeless piece. From the handle shape to the blade grind, the Sebenza is a very functional work of art. Instead of dropping a new knife then forgetting about it so he can come out with another, Chris refines his designs over time and makes a smaller variety with each design being well conceived and purposeful. This does a few things: It brings us a mechanically reliable knife and it keeps his products serviceable while keeping his overhead down. This also keeps his brand highly reputable and desirable. Broke a blade on your 20 year old Sebenza? No problem, he has a replacement since he hasn't had to redesign it. He got it right the first time and hasn't dropped the Sebenza for a different model. I wish more companies would follow that MO. The most reliable cars are the models that have been out the longest, for example. Unfortunately, we seem to demand the new sexy thing. I want refined and proven more than I want new and fashionable, leaving space for advancement of course. Nick, the custom grinding on that Sebenza is beautiful.

"Please Excuse Me, While I Kiss THIS Sky"! We all started with, "Oh, hell no!" when we first saw the price of a Chris Reeve! Now, um, I, um, like it, so, i can, um, justify... You're right we are all idiots!!!!

Can you do a review on the Kizer cormorant and the Kizer sway-back?

Hey nick, thought I should point out the part of the trees without the anodization is actually intentional and supposed to show the light coming off the moon

The Dark knight needs a Dark sky.

omg i loved that lttp reference; bless!

Good video. Do NOT go down the Rockstead knife rabbit hole. And good luck with warranty/sharpening returning to them. The knives are grails but get ready for a roller coaster ride.

Nice snag buddy!

What a beautiful knife. A Sebenza is very much in my future.

I have had 8 CRK's come thru my collection but only 1 has remained, my Nyala FE. As much as I've tried enjoying their folders they just don't give me the joy other more modern folding knives do. I want my experience using a blade to be effortless. To feel like the blade is an extension of my hand. Other makers have evolved and filled that need while CRK is stuck in the solid construction phase of the knife industry's resurgence.

You pulled Slicey in and in turn he pulled me back in. Just hit #20 today. Thanks a heap. Just kidding. Went from knives to watches. Needed a break, just too much stuff coming out too quickly. Collectors overload. Just saying thank you, it is bringing me much joy. 2 great hobbies you can enjoy and use on a daily basis. Doesn’t get any better. Come to think of it your the culprit that pulled me deep into knife collecting in the first place. Thanks again. Now you have proof that you affect people globally. Keep it coming but please don’t come up with anymore hobbies, my bank account can’t take it. Enjoy the CRK.

I said the same thing about Chris Reeve knives...after I bought my third one. I love all of them. Small Sebenza 21, Mnandi and the newly acquired Impinda.

Lots of examples of Night Sky have the moonlight reflection on the trees, nice knife. My passion is Martin Guitars, I mean do I really need more than one. lol

There are so many good knives out there at the same price point as the Sabenza that you could get more knife for the cost. That being said, I will be buying a Sabenza soon.

This knife has been on my list for so long I just can't get myself to do it but it's getting harder to resist

Have they made one with a design on the back as well?

Holy sh...t!!! I've seen so many sebnza videos, heard so many about it and never liked it. This is the very first Sebenza I rally-really-really like. Congrats on getting a real masterpiece, you evel watch villain!

Hi nick what system did you use to sharpen this bad boy

My “I want this, but don’t need it purchase” was a Visconti London Fog fountain pen, but it still brings me tons of joy. Btw Nick, I will happily buy your Doppler Sebenza if you post it up for sale on Patreon 🤞

Congratulations. I saw that for sale by Slicey Dicey, but didn't have the funds.

I had a Sebenza 25 for a while, just to see what all the hubub was about. It was a nice knife, and I could really appreciate the build quality. But I didn't keep it, nor buy another CRK. I couldn't get over the chalky texture that felt like it was leaving something on my hands, and with my little girly hands and soft thumb, I couldn't open it easily with one hand. The thumb stud was too sharp and the detent was too strong. So I passed it on to a collector who was overjoyed to have it.

When and if I get a Sebenza, the Night Sky or the Lunar Landing are my top wants

I was mesmerized by that knife. I love CR knives. Do I want that knife? What do you think? Will I get that knife? Only if the price is right. Throw in a little Bob Barker there. No I don’t have the kind of money it would take to get that Sebenza. Plus I like the bed I sleep in. You figure it out from there. Thanks for letting us have a glimpse of “it’s a beautiful thing”.

This is the only Sebenza I want. I have a couple WC CRK but love the doppler 21.

Damn that’s nice!!! 🔥

I went from saying "I'll never spend that much on a knife" to snagged the first Large Sebenza 31 I could find - and oh, by the way, I would have thrown ANOTHER $600, no questions asked, at a Morning Sun Sebenza if I found it right next to the Massacar Ebony one I purchased. I have quite literally committed to the idea that AS SOON AS I see a Morning Sun large sebenza available, I am picking it up without hesitation. CRK is just doing this amazing thing that is so intangible to most people. It transcends most peoples' logic.

Nick, the blade while closed looks like a flying saucer!!

You and I have very different tastes... most of the time. But that might just be the best looking knife I've ever seen. I wish I had the kind of money that would put that in my pocket!

I just experienced the sebenza 31...I’m sold!

What is it with watches fountain pens and pocket knives?

I always need another Sebenza! 😄

didnt get a chance to watch the video but came to give it a like and comment because of the title. i cant stop buying chris reeve knives. When the wife asks, we have 3 sons, i need 6 sebenzas.

I did the same with my xm-18. Never thought I would spend over 400 bucks on a knife, but here we are. Feels good. Hahah

I have a 2014 large seb. Build quality of crk is the gold standard. The problem is that the company has not evolved to meet the desires of high end collectors. For that kind of money, we want not just great basic knives. We want flippers, creative designs, steel variety, and newer grinds and blade shapes. CRK isn’t delivering in that regard.

Mine is 100% the Spyderco Subvert. That knife is so incredibly huge, has a gaudy orange scale, and a blade shape that I find reminiscent of a cancerous kidney... And yet I love it perhaps most in my collection because it stands in for a full custom from Black Snow that is truly outrageous.

Hey Nick, I don't own a knife with titanium scales, I like the zt 0562, should I pull the trigger on the 20 dollar upgrade or just get the carbon fiber, I was hoping to see some hinderer knives like the Jurassic slicer back in stock.... but the zt should work in the meantime

+10000 reviewer points for the A Link to the Past joke

The 'Nite Sky' is to die for. It's my grail too...don't have it, but WANT IT SO BAD!

Oh man I've been looking at that moonlight sebenza since I was 16

any thoughts on the 'lock-rock' issue some people have with the 31?

You should review the spyderco bug

Thanks to you my first grail is a Norseman!🤣