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UPDATE:After spending $5 on shipping, Spyderco received the knife. At least according to the USPS tracker. Problem is, they received it on May 2nd. 14 days ago. 2 weeks. It took my knife a day and half to get to them, so I highly doubt it's been on it's way here for long. I am very disappointed once again. I will be calling them today to get an update. I surely hope they include some candy and my shipping cost in with the knife.
After a mix up with my new address dealing with USPS, two weeks late and my Spyderco Manix 2 XL arrived. Of course, I was so excited to finally hold it and play with it. But once my excitement simmered down, I was incredibly disappointed in it. Call me crazy, but when I shell out $100+ on a knife, I want it to be near perfect. Especially when dealing with a companies reputation like Spyderco's.
I am not a Spyderco fanboy but I know that they are one of the best manufacturers around. From what I know about them, they generally always deliver great products. I am currently convinced that this was simply a mistake and rarely ever happens.
In these pictures you will see that my Manix 2 XL came with one perfect liner, and the other one looking like it was crushed and pressed. Companies like Kershaw sell knives with MUCH less defect for a discounted price. I paid full price, and I expected a flawless product.
Notice the mangled edges on the left liner's jimping.
Closer up. I wish I had a better camera to give clarity.
Notice the quarter-like edges on the base of the liner. I think it looks cool, but having it on only one convinces me its a defect. Also notice how much sharper the jimping is on the left liner.
The left liner has smooth and uniform jimps*(Individual jimping? New word ;D) While the right liners jimping is larger, uneven, and also bent down.
Here you can see the jimping on the right liner is smooth and near perfect. On the left liner, the jimps are too aggressive in sharpness and all bent in different ways.
So there's perfect, uniformed scalloped jimping.
Here's the bad one. Looks like sharks teeth (and feels like them too
)
So there you go, a Spyderco that lacked fit and finish to a very high degree. I have not spoken with Spyderco yet, but I will tomorrow when they are open. I am hoping they will send me a new knife because I have had this thing in the mail for long enough and I would like to get a satisfactory product the FIRST time. Don't let this effect your opinion of Spyderco too heavily, all companies have situations arise occasionally. But I do hope that Spyderco pays a bit more attention to knives heading for the market, or raises their standards on what is acceptable. I do hope this was just an honest mistake.
After a mix up with my new address dealing with USPS, two weeks late and my Spyderco Manix 2 XL arrived. Of course, I was so excited to finally hold it and play with it. But once my excitement simmered down, I was incredibly disappointed in it. Call me crazy, but when I shell out $100+ on a knife, I want it to be near perfect. Especially when dealing with a companies reputation like Spyderco's.
I am not a Spyderco fanboy but I know that they are one of the best manufacturers around. From what I know about them, they generally always deliver great products. I am currently convinced that this was simply a mistake and rarely ever happens.
In these pictures you will see that my Manix 2 XL came with one perfect liner, and the other one looking like it was crushed and pressed. Companies like Kershaw sell knives with MUCH less defect for a discounted price. I paid full price, and I expected a flawless product.
Notice the mangled edges on the left liner's jimping.
Closer up. I wish I had a better camera to give clarity.
Notice the quarter-like edges on the base of the liner. I think it looks cool, but having it on only one convinces me its a defect. Also notice how much sharper the jimping is on the left liner.
The left liner has smooth and uniform jimps*(Individual jimping? New word ;D) While the right liners jimping is larger, uneven, and also bent down.
Here you can see the jimping on the right liner is smooth and near perfect. On the left liner, the jimps are too aggressive in sharpness and all bent in different ways.
So there's perfect, uniformed scalloped jimping.
Here's the bad one. Looks like sharks teeth (and feels like them too
)
So there you go, a Spyderco that lacked fit and finish to a very high degree. I have not spoken with Spyderco yet, but I will tomorrow when they are open. I am hoping they will send me a new knife because I have had this thing in the mail for long enough and I would like to get a satisfactory product the FIRST time. Don't let this effect your opinion of Spyderco too heavily, all companies have situations arise occasionally. But I do hope that Spyderco pays a bit more attention to knives heading for the market, or raises their standards on what is acceptable. I do hope this was just an honest mistake.
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