BM 943 Broken Omega Spring

Its the grind lines, the edge has one side that is really high while the other is fairly small...Causes the actual edge to curve towards the tip which is annoying when sharpening and does not look very good.

-Alex
 
I read what you wrote wrong the first time. If they have a blade I'm sure they would replace it but they might only have combo edge. I don't think they will actually regrind it. If they can't replace the blade then they might offer you a newer knife. Call and see what they say.
 
bigbre said:
Its the grind lines, the edge has one side that is really high while the other is fairly small...Causes the actual edge to curve towards the tip which is annoying when sharpening and does not look very good.

-Alex
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Call Benchmade, they have a phone number. They will respond to emails eventually, but a phone call is much much quicker.
 
Oh wow, I had anticipated that it would probably be two or three weeks if I sent it in, but not a month.

Looking at the knife parts it looks like a fairly simple job to do on my own, and as was said, I can get quite a lot of wire/spring for cheap. The cost of shipping to benchmade and the time lost looks a little too steep for that to be my first choice.

Thanks again for all the advice on the piano wire solution.
 
Just wanted to give an update. I went out and bought some guitar strings, and after unwinding the E string I bent two pieces into a rough shape of the original omega springs. After a bit of adjusting the length (always cut a bigger piece than you need, you can only cut more off, not more on) I got it to a tension close enough to what it used to be.

I'm pretty happy with the results actually, it only cost me about $7 and I was able to fix it in about 20 minutes. And now I have plenty of "omega springs" in case they break.

Once again, thanks for all your help guys.
 
I had a broken spring on my 940 years ago..just sent it in and they fixed it up.
I would like to try to make one next time just for fun though...couldn't be very hard
 
Cynic2701 said:
Just wanted to give an update. I went out and bought some guitar strings, and after unwinding the E string I bent two pieces into a rough shape of the original omega springs. After a bit of adjusting the length (always cut a bigger piece than you need, you can only cut more off, not more on) I got it to a tension close enough to what it used to be.

I'm pretty happy with the results actually, it only cost me about $7 and I was able to fix it in about 20 minutes. And now I have plenty of "omega springs" in case they break.

Once again, thanks for all your help guys.
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I'm really glad the guitar string works well for you. Good job Cynic.
 
Cynic2701 said:
Just wanted to give an update. I went out and bought some guitar strings, and after unwinding the E string I bent two pieces into a rough shape of the original omega springs. After a bit of adjusting the length (always cut a bigger piece than you need, you can only cut more off, not more on) I got it to a tension close enough to what it used to be.

I'm pretty happy with the results actually, it only cost me about $7 and I was able to fix it in about 20 minutes. And now I have plenty of "omega springs" in case they break.

Once again, thanks for all your help guys.
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Way to go! :thumbup:

Let us know how they work after a few months. The .025" piano wire replacements I made are still going strong.
 
Keith, I'll be sure to give another update after a couple of months. The only thing I anticipate is probably some corrosion, as I'm not exactly sure what kind of steel they are made out of. Hopefully they don't rust very quickly, though broken, Benchmade's omega springs had no noticeable corrosion; I think I simply had fatigued them until they broke.
 
Call them, they never email back.
Just send it in and they should fix it right up.
 
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