yablanowitz
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You do realize this thread has been dead and buried for three years, right?
People come across old threads all the time bro.You do realize this thread has been dead and buried for three years, right?
Everyone's entitled to an opinion. Personally, I would not purchase any knife if I thought there was a "good chance" of breaking a blade, regardless of whether replacements were available. I might even be less inclined to trust a knife whose manufacturer felt the need to sell replacement blades. Had a really cheap FB snap at the hilt, back when I was a kid, but I've carried a pocketknife damn near every day for almost sixty years and have yet to break a blade.I don't know how many people break blades or worry about it but if there was a good chance of breaking a blade and making your knife a throw-away, you probably wouldn't pay as much for it as you would a knife from a brand that would support you with repair parts.
Everyone's entitled to an opinion. Personally, I would not purchase any knife if I thought there was a "good chance" of breaking a blade, regardless of whether replacements were available. I might even be less inclined to trust a knife whose manufacturer felt the need to sell replacement blades. Had a really cheap FB snap at the hilt, back when I was a kid, but I've carried a pocketknife damn near every day for almost sixty years and have yet to break a blade.
Dude, I'm a spyderco lover and that is a legitimate argument. When you pay a few hundred dollars for a knife, it's nice to know that if you get a little aggressive and damage the blade that you can start over. I appreciate benchmade's policy on this. I love spyderco but honestly I think this policy really sucks. All other knife makers I know do it. Hell, Chris Reeve even does it. It's part of what you buy in when you buy a knife knowing the manufacture can always make it right even if I have to pay a few dollars ($20 for benchmade) to pretty much get a new knife.
Exactly.
What idiotic things are people doing where they need new blades?
I use my knives, and have even done the occasional stupid thing with them, and I have yet to need a new blade.
Kids these days (obligatory "old man" moment).
I hope never to need it though, I take good care of my blades.
Exactly.
What idiotic things are people doing where they need new blades?
I use my knives, and have even done the occasional stupid thing with them, and I have yet to need a new blade.
Kids these days (obligatory "old man" moment).
Dunno, sharpen a lot? My black millie(first spydie) already has a slight recurve near the tang. You can also take a look at Yablanowitz's s90v millie.
Yes, they do. The question is why they decide to chip in their two cents on a subject that was a dead horse before they joined. Other knife companies do this. Wootles for them. Spyderco can't afford to. Deal with it.
Dude, I'm a spyderco lover and that is a legitimate argument. When you pay a few hundred dollars for a knife, it's nice to know that if you get a little aggressive and damage the blade that you can start over. I appreciate benchmade's policy on this. I love spyderco but honestly I think this policy really sucks. All other knife makers I know do it. Hell, Chris Reeve even does it. It's part of what you buy in when you buy a knife knowing the manufacture can always make it right even if I have to pay a few dollars ($20 for benchmade) to pretty much get a new knife.
Neither of those require a new blade though.
Dunno, sharpen a lot? My black millie(first spydie) already has a slight recurve near the tang. You can also take a look at Yablanowitz's s90v millie.