Who offers replacement blades and allows disassembly?

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I have always carried traditional folders or Spyderco products, but I had a couple damaged tips this year while doing fairly mundane tasks with my older knives. I have no problem putting my knives to good use, but it always makes me sad to damage a blade. As far as I can tell, Spyderco unfortunately doesn't offer to sell replacement blades, and changing the blade on an old slip-joint presents its own challenges.

Which leads me to my question. Which manufacturers will sell a replacement blade to you? Who allows disassembly without voiding the warranty? I understand that I likely won't be able to change the blade at home due to fitment issues, but it would be nice to disassemble a knife for cleaning.

Who fits the bill? CRK?
 
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CRK not only says it's okay to take their knives apart for cleaning and lubrication, but they also have a video to help you... should you have any questions... These Sebenzas (my favorite) are wonderful knives, and once you put them back together, the centering is spot on...every time.
CRK also offers a special "grease" for their pivot areas, included with new folders, and offers it for sale on their website to those who want to try it out.
 
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I know for a fact that Zero Tolerance and Kershaw will do a blade replacement and they have no problem with you taking the knife apart. I think, but can not 100% for sure say, that DPX and Southern Grind do as well. I know Benchmade will replace a blade for you but if you take the knife apart it will void the warranty.
 
Disassembly warranty voids are fuzzy sometimes and most of the time (not all) it is damage incurred during disassembly that will void the warranty, not simply disassembly.
So know what you're doing or send it in.
 
Benchmade does not allow the knives to be taken apart. For instance, they once told me that they could not replace my poor-performing 154cm blade with one of their super-steels, as that blade-steel was the major thing that separated my rather common model from their "gold" model...
In that respect, I can understand their point.
 
CRK, Hinderer, ZT, and Spyderco are all good on this front. With CRK and Hinderer probably being the best, as they actually encourage you to take apart their knives.

Benchmade's warranty will be voided if you disassemble theirs, but their blade replacement policy is pretty stellar even in that case. Just $30 and they'll put a new blade in any of their knives.
 
Emerson's warranty supports disassembly, and they will sell you a replacement blade.
 
The only thing with benchmade is their blade replacement is odd. If you have a griptillian with m4 they put 154cm.
 
The majority of Buck models don't come apart, but with their famous forever warranty you can send a knife to them and they'll do their best to repair the blade or replace it if necessary.
If they don't care weather or not you're the original owner I doubt they'd care if you took apart say a vantage or marksman for cleaning and maintenance.
 
of the ones I know -Hinderer and CRK
Strider also, but with a few caveats-if you take it apart and put it back together wrong, they may charge you to correct it and you may have to wait awhile for a blade if they aren't doing that model at the time.
If taking apart and replacement blades were my primary criteria for purchase, I would go CRK.
The Sebenza is what I am most familiar with
It is super easy to disassemble and reassemble
Customer service is great
and if need be you could send them a bag of parts and they would put it back together for you-only charge is shipping.
 
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