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DAMASCUS STEEL |

tremely long time.
It popped arm hair* as well as the
Boker and sliced ahi almost as well—
almost because the Sebenza blade is a
bit thicker. Its slight convex edge cut
with little resistance, and then the hol-
low grind offered no resistance until
the grind topped out and the spine
dragged a bit. It slashed the hanging
silk scarf with ease and penetrated to
the hilt. During the anchored necktie
cut I could feel the edge hit the tie,
then nothing—just a cleanly severed
tie. Equally, the silk-tie draw cut was a
breeze, as were the seat-belt and ratch-
et-strap cuts.
The Sebenza’s was the only edge that
was able to shave after the cardboard
cut—there was no need to touch it up
on the Tri-Angle Sharpmaker. Strong
construction and the ability to do deli-
cate cuts as well as tough ones make
this a world-class folder. It’s pretty
much top of the class, too.

VERY GOOD USER
The Santa Fe Stoneworks Damascus
Kershaw Leek is almost too pretty to
use—almost. The scales are gorgeous
and combined with the handsome da-
According to the author, the mascus blade make for a knife you’d
edge of the Sebenza blade is not
toothy, seems fi ne grained and give your mate on a special occasion.
gets deep into a cut very easy. It shaved arm hair but pulled a bit
and the edge felt a little toothy. Since
the edge still felt kind of toothy af-
ter I worked on it a bit with the Spy-
derco sharpener, I suspect that’s how
the maker wants it to be. The folder

By cutting thicker slices of the ahi
tuna, the 114D did the trick.

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