Any other production companies offer free sharpening?

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glocker199

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I have more Benchmades than any other brand and I love their LifeSharp service. Just wondering, do any other production knife manufacturers offer free sharpening?
 
interesting. What happens if you loose your knife in shipping just to sharpen it? Will they pay for a new one?
Do you pay insurance when you ship your knife? That would cost you $10-20 and I am sure BM does not reimburse your shipping cost. So is it truly free?
 
Cobalt said:
interesting. What happens if you loose your knife in shipping just to sharpen it? Will they pay for a new one?
Do you pay insurance when you ship your knife? That would cost you $10-20 and I am sure BM does not reimburse your shipping cost. So is it truly free?
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I send them Priority mail with insurance and the most I've spent for shipping was around $8. Benchmade will sharpen it, clean it, replace the screws and clip if requested and ship it back UPS on their dime, all in less than a week.
 
jc57 said:
Kershaw does. You pay shipping to them.
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That's good to know. I've got an Outcast that's getting pretty dull and I certainly wasn't going to try to sharpen that giant slab of recurved D2 myself.
 
I think Cutco also offers free sharpening. Not sure if they'll sharpen KA-BAR tho, they might I mean...they own it.
 
Spyderco and Buck will sharpen for you, but they do charge a small fee to cover the return shipping. Spyderco is $5, which covers up to 4 knives at one time. Buck charges $6.95 per knife.
 
glocker199 said:
I send them Priority mail with insurance and the most I've spent for shipping was around $8. Benchmade will sharpen it, clean it, replace the screws and clip if requested and ship it back UPS on their dime, all in less than a week.
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So it is more of a refurbish. Not bad
 
Cobalt said:
So it is more of a refurbish. Not bad
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Exactly. I just sent in a few.....they were sharpened, very well, all screws and hardware were replaced, new clips and all knives came back clean & tuned beautifully!!
Including shipping times, I had them back in less than 2 weeks......only paid shipping to them which was less than $10.
They will notify you when the knives arrive by the person doing the work. They will notify you when they ship back.
The best CS in the business!!
This is one of the reasons I very rarely hesitate buying a BM second hand.
Joe
 
Not straight production. Closer to mid-tech.
But Brous Blades will sharpen & (within reason) repair for free, and all it will cost is the initial shipping to them.
 
ZT and Kershaw, Chris Reeve, Microtech. Hinderer charges $15, but that is for the return shipping. I believe Emerson will do it for free, but their website encourages self-sharpening.
 
glocker199 said:
That's good to know. I've got an Outcast that's getting pretty dull and I certainly wasn't going to try to sharpen that giant slab of recurved D2 myself.
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I really think you should learn how to...

It's really not a "gift" or "talent" you just gotta sit down and put the time into it.

Like most things worth doing, you'll get out of it what you put in.

I certainly couldn't imagine relying on shipping a knife out when it got dull.
It would get expensive, I would have no access to the knife for an X amount of time, and sharpening is fun, even recurves..
 
JR88FAN said:
I really think you should learn how to...

It's really not a "gift" or "talent" you just gotta sit down and put the time into it.

Like most things worth doing, you'll get out of it what you put in.

I certainly couldn't imagine relying on shipping a knife out when it got dull.
It would get expensive, I would have no access to the knife for an X amount of time, and sharpening is fun, even recurves..
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I sharpen some of my knives, mainly smaller carbon steel blades. Just don't have the time it takes for things like that outcast.
 
cda555 said:
ZT and Kershaw, Chris Reeve, Microtech. Hinderer charges $15, but that is for the return shipping. I believe Emerson will do it for free, but their website encourages self-sharpening.
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Self sharpening? What an odd idea.:eek:
 
I like good customer service and have heard only good stuff about Benchmade there are a few others Kershaw comes to mind as a great example. I have to say though I would never send a knife I've away just for sharpening.
 
Paul_Atreides said:
I think Cutco also offers free sharpening. Not sure if they'll sharpen KA-BAR tho, they might I mean...they own it.
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True, Cutco does have "free" sharpening but, IIRC, they charge 5 bucks for shipping and processing.

Personally, I will never make use of their customer service. A few years ago, I called Cutco about a replacement pocket clip for their #1891 lockback folder. The clip is the exact same one used on the Ka-Bar Dozier. It can be set up for right or left hand carry or removed completely by the user. When I called Cutco they told me that I had to ship them the knife to replace the clip. When I ask why, I was told, "For safety reasons." I declined.

Also, my wife's aunt feels that Cutco is the cat's meow. She sent her knives back east to be serviced by Cutco and only some were returned without any explanation about the missing knives. To the best of my knowledge, the issue with the lost knives was never resolved.

Rotten customer service, poor quality products, questionable marketing and outrageous pricing are all solid reasons to stay away from Cutco.
 
I can resharpen my knife in about the same time that it would take to wrap it up for shipment.
Pretty well tells my opinion.
 
I have sent two CRK's in for spa treatment and they did a great job but have never sent a knife off for sharpening only. This may sound a bit crazy but I truly enjoy sharpening my own knives. This is however an acquired skill that only comes from effort, determination and lots of practice.

When I first got started I watched tons of videos, read every piece of advice I could find on the subject, fell prey to a lot of sharpener systems marketing that caused me to spend lots of money and still couldn't do any good at it.

Then one day on the advice of a friend I bought three bench stones a course diamond, medium stone and a fine stone, I then went to Goodwill and bought all the plain edge kitchen knives they had and started sharpening them every day still not making a lot of progress.

Then I bought a Sharpie and started marking the edge which made it a lot easier to determine the angle the whole time sharpening those old knives everyday. They started getting sharp and I would dull them up and go at it again. After a good year of doing this I started developing muscle memory for angle and pressure applied.

It didn't come easy for me but now after sharpening knives literally thousands of times not bragging but I can sharpen any knife by hand with fantastic results. I guess because of putting so much effort in to learning I get a smile on my face every time I turn a dull knife into a hair popping sharp tool.
 
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sabre cat said:
True, Cutco does have "free" sharpening but, IIRC, they charge 5 bucks for shipping and processing.

Personally, I will never make use of their customer service. A few years ago, I called Cutco about a replacement pocket clip for their #1891 lockback folder. The clip is the exact same one used on the Ka-Bar Dozier. It can be set up for right or left hand carry or removed completely by the user. When I called Cutco they told me that I had to ship them the knife to replace the clip. When I ask why, I was told, "For safety reasons." I declined.

Also, my wife's aunt feels that Cutco is the cat's meow. She sent her knives back east to be serviced by Cutco and only some were returned without any explanation about the missing knives. To the best of my knowledge, the issue with the lost knives was never resolved.

Rotten customer service, poor quality products, questionable marketing and outrageous pricing are all solid reasons to stay away from Cutco.
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WOW, that's a bummer. Guess I'll not be shipping them any of my Ka-Bars :(
 
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