When faced with the same decision I did what any knife nut would do... I kept both and purchased a Zaan. :D

Tough choice. I like the looks of the Sebenza.

I just went through the same exercise and kept my Sebenza! Enjoy the bushing system and like the more neutral grip.

I have the Inkosi with the standard blade and it's great, like the adjustability and the larger washers.

I have both too in the same exact configuration. I prefer the Inkosi. It's easier to dissemble and the larger washers on both sides of the blade feels smoother. I wish it was in the insingo blade shape though.

Agree wholeheartedly regarding the new inlays

Knifejoy is great! I've always had great experiences with them. I trade my pj sabenza for a microtech stitch and it was heavily used. I started missing it and went to buy another and ended up with the umnumzaan and couldn't be happier. I would be very happy with both and definitely a hard choice. I would obviously go with both but if you could only pick one I would take the sebenza 31.

This video is perfect timing for me. I was just thinking about the same thing.

Couldn’t decide so I pulled the trigger on a large Inkosi and went with the small demascus Sebenza for formal events. I don’t see any formal events in the future so it’ll probably sit NIB to be stared at. Damn, now I’m thinking if I should’ve went with the large Inlay Sebenza and the small Inkosi…🤷🏻‍♂️. Got to love America and the first world’s problems. Thanks for all the contents you make. Keep up the good work.

@tihollis

2 жыл бұрын

The small inkosi is smaller than the small inkosi. You made the right move

I wish I could just get some hands on with some crk's so I could get a feel for which knife\config I liked before I spend all that dough

I love love love Knifejoy!! Congratulations on the affiliation. I would have to go with the Sebenza, but then again I haven’t held either and still consider a Sebenza to be a grail knife for myself!

hi, I own this milled clip, my thought is it works better on my Inkosi then on my Sebenza 21, probably because they canted the pocked clip on the Inkosi and new models like the 31, its a grate clip though, thank you for showing us.

I like a good rambling. 👍🏼 obviously you need both !! Good luck trying to make a decision

Just keep them both. Over time add an Insingo blade version and an Umnumzaan. Why not? You’re a knife enthousiast and spreader of the enthusiasm. You can have more than 1 CRK.

My Small Sebenza 31 is in S45VN. Date of birth says April 27th 2021, so it's only the really recent ones that have S45VN on the smalls at least. The larges might all still be S35VN though.

I hope you kept them both. I kept both of mine. My Incosi is black micarta tanto and my 31 is natural micarta drop point just like yours. I’ve EDC’d the Incosi for almost a year and picked up the 31 inlay a few months ago. The 31 is slicier than the Incosi but I use the tanto blade of the Incosi the same way you do, using that second point to puncture tape and cardboard in a very controlled manner so you don’t slice the merchandise. But the 31’s smaller hollow grind and thinner blade stock make slicing much easier, so I use it when cooking at home.

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

I have so far.

I have 2 small 31's one in Damascus and one in S45VN. I also have a large tanto inkosi and I just ordered a Zaan. 🙃

I'm not a knife collector. I've carried a hinderer and a spyderco pm2 for the last several years. I just got a sebenza 31 large and I love it. Such an amazing knife. I'd love to get another one but I think this one will probably be a daily carry. Probably be one and done for a while.

I bought a large and small 21 before they were gone because I prefer the titanium against steel with flat against flat rather than flat against ball.

I dig the look of the Inkosi but for me the Seb would be a better all around knife.

Sounds to me you like the tanto better. Keep the inkosi. I prefer the thinner blade of the sebenza, and I prefer the 21 over the 31. Down the road when s45n comes out you can buy another 31.

My vote is for the Sebenza, but that's only cause I love the pivot bushing system on the Sebenza. It just makes it so easy to get the same feel every time after disassembly. Also the single micarta inlay looks incredible to me (I would have gone for the black micarta, but that natural micarta looks great in person).

@ConsciousKing10

3 жыл бұрын

I must be doing something wrong. Got my first CRK recently, a 31 small lefty PJ DP sebenza. I keep seeing people say that you get the same action every time because of the bushing pivot system… but if I tighten my pivot crew real tight… the action is super stiff. If I just barely snug it up, it’s much smoother. Also, I found that my pivot and blade stop sleeve pin screws keep backing out after lots of fidget openings, so I’ve had to use loctite. But the pivot screw definitely seems to need tuning for me…. Maybe since it’s only 2 weeks old I need to break the washers in more. Watched a Tim Reeve video on the Facebook group, he said they started shipping loctite with the 31’s because since they hardened the blade lock face for the ceramic ball and switched blade stop pin sleeve steel to something hardened and heat treated, the vibration from things hitting upon opening is enough to jostle the screws loose after a while. And I find this true on pivot and blade stop pin..

Of course the answer is both, but if you twisted my arm I would go with the more classic look of the drop point blade for a one and only CRK. Now the Umnumzaan tanto , that's a must!

Personally, I'm all about that Sebenza 31; in fact, the left hand version of that exact knife is my "grail knife". For me the decision is primarily because I don't love the finger groves or split inlay, and it's 100% possible to reconfigure the Sebemza to have dual thumbstuds. For you, however, i think the decision was made the moment you said that you love CRK's tanto blades. Everything else is either equal or close enough that I think for now the Inkosi is the better pick for you (at least until the Sebenza 31 is available as an S45VN Tanto).

Going forward, I don't think I would buy a CRK knife that wasn't an Insingo blade. I just love those.

Prefer the sebenza and the drop points hollow grind is just fantastic to use and look at

Just purchased Tanto my eyes went immediately to the Tanto in the case - that’s different unique the blade shape alone is so much more unique especially the CRK tanto - the sabenza just seems to average a blade shape that been around for a long time- not a double thumb stud hits the stupidly of knife designers for me as well- why should one have to buy another thumb stud - fun video fun problem to have- where’s a good place to buy the deep carry clip please ?? Looked amazing

Keep em both!!! Or keep the Seb and get the inkosi in a small. I love my small inkosi for light, gentleman carry, shorts, church, etc.

Good video keep both

I think you should keep both and use them as size comparison knives so you can justify it

One possible nice thing is that the Sebenza doesn’t need Loc-tite, however you can thumb front roll ( that make sense?) the Inkosi…….. good luck!!

Have a 21 tanto and prefer that blade to the tanto as found on your inkosi, which seems blunter. (?) If the inkosi had an insigno blade I’d be all over it, but for now I have to go with the classic 31 there. I have one of those as well and love it. BTW, convex (Appleseed cross section) is by far my favorite edge, and you can still maintain that by hand without a slack belt grinder. FYI, an extra thumb stud is worth $50 as that’s what Reeve charges. P.S., rambling is excusable as you’re making a big decision. 🤔😉

Easy for me. Love the tanto . If only the tango had the sebenza inlay

I’ve had both and in order, it is ; 1- zaan, 2- large inkosi and 3- large sebenza 21. I’m not a fan of the 31 at all. I feel like it’s inferior to the 21.

Which did you choose? Also were is the community vote?

Hmm, first thought is, keep both. But if that isn't possible....dang, uhh...Inkosi. That tanto...beautiful. Oh and I like the video type/style, ramble on!

Video for next week: "The Wife or The Boy? Decision Time! Which do I sell to keep both CRK's?" I'm no help at all on this question. Visually, they are pretty much identical. And I've never handled either. So...You're on your own.

I liked the video. I like the Sebenza more. You didn't mention that the Sebenza has the pivot bushing and the Inkosi does not. That matters a lot to me.

Obviously, you need to keep both. You can scrape up $500 bucks somewhere else... The micarta is the correct choice as well. Only thing I would have changed here is to of gotten an "insingo" blade shape instead of the standard drop point. One tanto, one insingo, both in micarta, and get $500 somewhere else...

If I couldn't keep both I would keep the Inkosi but just because I love that Tanto. Most likely though, I'd keep both.

Got to get a sebenza 1 day. Never even held 1

Keep them both!!!

Do you use them? If so which do you think feels better for you in use? And can you sharpen both? Lots of questions but my vote would be the 31

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I use them (or will. The 31 is new) and I covered the sharpening thing in the video.

@kevinfitz3721

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey i guess thats what I get for not watching through haha

The vid was helpful but I'm still unsure.....wanting to pull the trigger on a CRK purchase and it's exactly between those two knives. Love the both but the inkosi with the finger cruves has me worried. 80 bucks for a pocket clip!!! I freak out on the price of the price of normal aftermarket clips. Lol

My inkosi has been way more solid, and has required way less fiddling with, than either my large or small 31

Keep both put up the house......you know priorities

I like the blade on the Inkosi, but that inlay on the Sebenza.... That's tough man.

I said, screw bills. and kept both my large Tanto Inkosi and large drop point Sebenza 31, both the plain model. I ended up selling my small Sebenza 31. I had a Sebenza that was a tanto and I just don’t like the blade shape. The Inkosi just does a better job with the tanto blade.

Hard to choose between these two. I'd keep the Inkosi here and get a 31 with wood or Damascus down the line.

Can you front-flip the large 31? I know I can pull it off on my small 31

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

I can, but I never do. I did it on my small all the time. It was much easier.

If you sell either of them I think you will regret it and just end up buying another again. Just keep the ones you have.

The Inkosi, very nice!

Have you tried switching the blades?

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Won’t work.

I will never have either of these, but I’d go Inkosi if I could afford it!

Keep both and buy an Umnumzaan

Keep them both! it's to close to call.

keep both

Keep the 31 and sell me the inkosi that would be fantastic 😀seriously I would buy it

Inkosi is my favorite knife. I wish they made a Damascus blade for it or some cool designs on the scales like they do for the 21 & 31. Who makes the clip on your Inkosi?

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Lynch NW

In the end, he kept them all.

They definitely make a tanto Sebenza

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Not in the 31 yet.

Keep both they're different knives 😄

I do like the single inlay better than the two piece inlay. Hard choice. The Inkosi hasn't been on my watch list...maybe it should be. The Umnumzaan and Mnandi are on my list of must haves.

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

I wish I loved the Zaan, but I just didn't bond with it in the long term.

@Abby_Normal_1969

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey - I think I can empathize. I have some knives that I know at a cognitive level are awesome. But I just don't love them like that. Great comparison and contrast, btw.

Inkosi for me no doubt this blade shape is wonderful

Both my sith friend🙂👍

I say sale the tanto just for the sake of sharpening

Keep the sebenza 😀

If it were me I would keep the Sebenza, sell the Inkosi, and buy an Insingo Inkosi. Then buy a Tanto Umnumzaan. But that’s just me.

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Not into the Zaan. Had one in a Tanto.

@zachg3669

3 жыл бұрын

That’s fair I would keep them both then!

@NathanKrick

3 жыл бұрын

I think the channel needs a CRK with an Insingo blade, in addition to the tanto and drop point, just so you can show all three and compare to other blade styles.

For whatever it's worth, to me it sounds like you're trying not to admit to yourself that you like the Sebenza more (but I do too so my own bias might be clouding that).

I'm gonna pick up a Sebenza after they switch them to s45vn. To hell with tantos!

Both are fantastic, but not a fan of that tango version…like the other blade shape. Either is on my short list to get (just not a tango)

It's easy sebenza

Congrats on the KnifeJoy affiliation! Great group of folks there. They take a lot of my money! In fact, I got my large micarta tanto Inkosi from them

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Go get another one! (With my link of course...)

@Jaedous

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey as soon as they get my large drop point inkosi in black micarta, i will! Gotta comple the set

I vote for the sebenza...

They do make tanto sebenza’s just not 31’s

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

I know that;

@MR.MR.DESIGNS

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey ah sorry in the video you might’ve just forgot cause you said they don’t make tanto sebenzas period. You should get one and compare the tantos!

Quick, sell me your ad 20 so you can keep both! If you can't keep both my vote is for the sebenza.

Yep Zaan! Lol

Keep them both. But..... If you gotta choose, go with the sabenza. When you think Chris Reeve you think sabenza.

31

Stop thinking. Inkosi tanto rules all.

When it comes to my collection I seem to find myself in a perpetual state of `semi penury’ and always scratching for ways and means to add pieces to the collection. I’m sure I’m not the first person to say `keep both’ and be damned with the consequences but unfortunately that’s not the world we live. I love em both but in my mind, the Sebenza just edges out the Inkosi by a hair’s width 👍😄 just saying.

Sell them both, buy your house, then buy them later when they are S45.

So many people talking about blade steel. Ive yet to see anyone actually use a Sebenza.

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think you’re paying attention then. A lot of very beat up Sebenzas out there.

Said you can't swap clips but the inkosi and sebenza use the same clip

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Not with the Lynch. Two different ones on his site.

@hyssean12

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey that's odd. Try a ripps garage tech. They make a nice clip. It's not deep carry though.

@hyssean12

3 жыл бұрын

I just looked and the clip fits all large models. 21 31 inkosi and umnumzaan. The mounting spots are exactly the same on both knives.

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyssean12 When I got this a year ago there were different ones. Haven’t looked since.

@hyssean12

3 жыл бұрын

@@SliceyDicey well I have had sebenza and inkosi for a while same exact clip and mounting area. There are different ones one for small knives and one for all the large models. No worries man was just curious . Thanks for making the videos love watching them !!

Sebenza is the obvious choice. Far better lines. Admittedly I’m a sucker for a drop point blade but there is no contest here. Or keep the Inkosi and send the Sebenza to me.

The only thing holding back the Inkosi and Sebenza from being the ultimate pocket knife is the blade steel. Give me 20CV or M390!

@Cahwai

2 жыл бұрын

i don’t seem then ever moving to M390/20CV or using it.

@Plunz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cahwai You're right. They are already testing the waters with Magnacut and I wouldn't be surprised if they made the move over to it entirely eventually.

Own both. Go Inkosi.

Inkosi handles Sebenza blade.

Would be an easy decision for me…the Inkosi blade shape is fugly.

And th winner is...? :)

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

Still have them both.

I’ll make the decision for you…keep the Sebenza.

Don't really know why but that Inkosi blade reminds me of a humpback whale.

Sebenza all the way for me. More slicey and i prefer the ergos. The second finger groove in the Inkosi just doesn’t work for me Sebenza, Umnumzaan and then Inkosi for me personally

Feel free to hit me up to sell me your AD-20 then u can keep both chris reeves!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@SliceyDicey

3 жыл бұрын

No.

If you have to sell one, sell the Sebenza. You love that Inkosi and the tanto is sooooo good.

I vote screw bills.

Inkosi! Problem solved!

Inkosi, hands down.

Inkosi

Don’t like the Inkosi dual scales. Don’t like the Sebenza single finger grip. Don’t prefer the Inkosi tanto. Don’t prefer the Sebenza drop point. Hopefully you sold both and bought an Inkosi with an insingo.