Broken Spring

[TheJon]

I have an old 373 that has a cracked spring in the main blade, not worth it to send it back in to the mothership.

So I'm gonna take it apart. Should I

A. Remove the main blade all together and go spey and sheepsfoot.

Or

B. Swap the main blade onto the speyblade spring, and go sheepsfoot and clip point

Also as a side note this is one of the first times I've ever seen a cracked buck knife spring. I don't blame them at all and it's rather impressive that it seems to be a rare occurrence

 

[plb]

Sounds like a fun project to make a 2-blader out of it. It sort of reminds me of the 2018 Bladeforums Buck 301. But, the nail nicks would be partially, or completely hidden if you moved the clip to the spey blade spring. Moving the clip to the sheep and the sheep the spey would also end up with nail nicks being obscured. You could try to flip the 2 good springs, end for end and get a configuration that works. I'm not sure if you would run into geometry problems with fit being off - walk and talk might not be right and back springs not flush on the spine, and possible blade rap if the kicks are filed too low.

I would bet you could have a functioning knife if you just left the sheep and spey in place and removed the clip and broken spring altogether. It would look kind of sad though, in my opinion.

 

[eveled]

I would wait until I had something else to send in.

If you can take it apart, try to make a new spring. Or find a donor knife with a broken blade.

 

[DavidABQ]

I say send it back to the mothership for a replacement spring.

 

[Buck Knives Inc.]

Send that in to me so we can get it fixed.

 

[Bluf6]

Send that in to me so we can get it fixed.

That’s fantastic!

 

[MolokaiRider]

Send that in to me so we can get it fixed.

Outstanding customer service.