To the best of my knowledge, Benchmade doesn't mail out replacement springs. You have to send your knife in.
I've had three Omega springs break, and have replaced all three with guitar string. So far they appear to work just as well as BM's stock springs, and I believe them to be made of a higher quality metal.
Disassembling your knife will void your warranty. Because I have taken my knives apart, if I send them back to BM they will charge me $20 for "reassembly".
It's up to you whether sending your knife in is worth the time and money.
Disassembling your knife will void your warranty. Because I have taken my knives apart, if I send them back to BM they will charge me $20 for "reassembly".
No, they charge you if you mess up at putting it together (wrong way, you're not able to, ...) And if you broke something while messing up disassembly and reassembly they'll charge you for this stuff, too.
It's no problem to take your knife apart IF you're able to put it back together. And they dont mind you using custom scales either.
@ Bryan: One of my omega springs broke too and I just bought some ''spring steel wire'' (diameter of 1mm) for like.. 2.5 EUR incl. shipping and used that... It's been working great for.. 4-6 months. It doesn't look perfect but works just as good as any of my other omega springs.
knifekits.com sells springs. You need to know the inner diameter of the coil and you can get them in different strengths
These are for autos, but I am not sure about the kind that are used in assisted openers.
Really? Even if you put it back together properly? How would they even know?
Really? Even if you put it back together properly? How would they even know?
They'd never notice. At least, they didn't with me.