A duo of modded Sebs!

I would like to make a few comments about the after-market modification of any knife made by Chris Reeve Knives. I completely understand that once the knife has been purchased, it is the owner’s right to do whatever he (or she!) wants with it. What I want to make very clear, though, is that any modification will void the warranty on the knife. We are occasionally asked to service a knife that has had third party work done to it and we charge appropriately for this.

I know there have been a few of our folding knives that have been modified into automatics. Two are mentioned here, but I believe there have been others. I want to state very adamantly that, as a company, we disassociate ourselves completely from these knives. We have never made automatics and will not do so for a very specific set of reasons. Automatics are illegal in the majority of states and under a wide variety of circumstances; the shipping of these knives is restricted by a slew of postal regulations; our industry is under enough threat already and I will not be party to giving the anti-knife lobbyists any further ammunition. The recent attempt to reclassify one hand opening knives as assisted opening, and the issues facing retail stores in New York at the moment are graphic illustrations of the threat to our industry.

These modifications to our knives bring them into the automatic category and I cannot state strongly enough that, not only are these knives out of warranty, we will not service them in any way. We simply will not accept such a knife in our shop.

Chris
 
Thank you for the clarification on your warranty and for the information you've provided. I understand the concern, but as stated, the knife is officially my property and I completely understand that I have voided the warranty on this knife. This knife is not carried or used in any way, but is simply a part of my collection. It's one of a kind and it's rather special to me. The only time it ever comes out of it's box is when I go somewhere that people can appreciate it. I would never try to send this knife into CRK for any reason. Again, I appreciate you taking the time to post this.

Unfortunately the DA in NYC is just devastating the knife community as a whole, but especially in NYC. I don't live in NYC, but I do live just outside. It is extremely unfortunate what is happening right now, but in no way am I trying to fuel this fire by modifying a knife in my collection. I was just trying to have something one of a kind.
 
Tony, those are both sweet. You know though, I think I'd prefer them if the blades were swapped. I think it would match up better.
 
freq18hz said:
Tony, those are both sweet. You know though, I think I'd prefer them if the blades were swapped. I think it would match up better.
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Can't swap the blades. One is a Regular and one is a 21. The 21 had to have the blade slightly reprofiled by Butch so that it would fit in the handle correctly with the leafspring. Also, the very base of the blade on the D/A had to be flattened so that the leaf spring has a contact point in which to push the blade out of the handle.
 
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