greyling22
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So I'm looking at the spyderco southard http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=788 and the large sebenza (used). They are about the same size, weight, materials, and ballpark price. I'm looking for yet another light use EDC.
The sebenza's that I have handled are very solid, and lock up like tanks, but they don't flick open. at all. The southard has a ball bearing system in it and looks like it flicks right open with the flipper. I have no sebenza or spyderco dealer nearby so I can't compare them head to head.
has anybody handled them? how do they compare? which would you pick? etc.
Throw ego, cachet, bragging rights, value, country of origin and price out the window. I don't really care about those things. I just care about the functionality of the knife. Lets pretend they are both made by Gerber and cost exactly the same and there are no other options. Which knife actually seems like a more useful blade to carry around, slice fruit, and open boxes?
The sebenza's that I have handled are very solid, and lock up like tanks, but they don't flick open. at all. The southard has a ball bearing system in it and looks like it flicks right open with the flipper. I have no sebenza or spyderco dealer nearby so I can't compare them head to head.
has anybody handled them? how do they compare? which would you pick? etc.
Throw ego, cachet, bragging rights, value, country of origin and price out the window. I don't really care about those things. I just care about the functionality of the knife. Lets pretend they are both made by Gerber and cost exactly the same and there are no other options. Which knife actually seems like a more useful blade to carry around, slice fruit, and open boxes?