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Button lock wear?

Whould you return the knife for a BM Anthem or send it to warranty?

  • Get Anthem

    Votes: 14 27.5%

  • Send it to warranty (High Risk of Seizure in Canada)

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Simply return and keep the money ($550)

    Votes: 36 70.6%
  • Total voters
    51
unwisefool said:
Yeah I guess, that's up to you. Maybe he can send you a spare button part. Between the two I would have chosen the anthem, it's a nice knife.
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Seems like you didn’t finish your sentence lol. But i highly doubt he’ll be sending part. If it the eventually it fails, i may be able to fix it by grinding the wear out and then rechrome the grounded part with hard chrome.

I work as a machinist in a hardchrome plating shop.

But it may void the warranty
 
I had thought about saying spare button too but if it's part of the lock on a custom knife then it's probably not a plug and play part.
 
Danke42 said:
I had thought about saying spare button too but if it's part of the lock on a custom knife then it's probably not a plug and play part.
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Maybe, but if they are machining these there should not be that much variance I would think. Oh well, OP seems happy with the explanation and the theoretical life of the mechanism, so that's all that really matters.
 
Danke42 said:
I had thought about saying spare button too but if it's part of the lock on a custom knife then it's probably not a plug and play part.
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Its not a custom made knife. Its a midtech, so i believe all parts are standard for all knives.
 
unwisefool said:
OP seems happy with the explanation and the theoretical life of the mechanism, so that's all that really matters
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To be fair, im somewhat still have a mixed feeling about it. But, ill test the theory from the knifemaker. But if it does fail, i may be able to fix it somehow. Unless he is generously willing to send parts across the border.
 
unwisefool said:
Ok, I'm not trying to start trouble, but there are a number of other button lock knives that don't exhibit that much wear even after a few years of use. But his explanation is that his is superior because it's designed like that? Interesting.
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Yea I had the same thought.

I have 6 Button lock flippers. The oldest is a Protech Cambria, bought in fall of 2017, which doesn't have a single ding in the button, and neither do my more recent Protech button locks, the Mordax and Malibu.

I have two Spartan Pallas button locks, one of which does have a gouge in the button, because I was prying with it, put too much force on the tip, and the lock slipped. 100% my fault for pushing the design past its limits. I disassembled it and rotated the button, so the gouged out part of the button wasn't near the lockup, and now it's like new. That button hasn't rotated on its own since the spring of 2018. Looks like the button on the Sumo has rotated quite a bit since you received it. I just hope it doesn't rotate and land on an already damaged section of the button when the OP goes to use it.

My other button lock is a Rod Olson custom, that has had no issues since I bought it a year and a half ago.

P.S. it's really hard to take close up pictures of button locks with just my phone and the lighting in my house, otherwise I would have included some.
 
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RealVendetta said:
I'm not on the fence. I reread the email and it actually got worse the 2nd and 3rd time around. Good to know someone who puts Psalms 23 on every knife doesnt exactly turn the other cheek. No Hoback knives for me. Sorry you are going through this.
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Well guess that email didn’t turned the way he wanted haha, in term of bad press
 
This is a knife forum, where people discuss knives. Big ego’s and “cause I said so” attitudes can stay on the big social media accounts.
That email from him was totally passive aggressive and should have been humble and part of the discussion here.
“Big heads” don’t get my business.
I’d return the knife and get a nice WH buttonlock.
 
What an unsatisfactory reply. He complains about OP asking a forum for advice first, then claims that it's not a problem because it was designed that way, and sprinkles in some shots about some people not having as much knowledge as him (despite his knife being the thing that's not right).

OP, just return the thing and go get that anthem you wanted. This is how JH handled something relatively minor; think about how he'd be to deal with in the event of a larger issue.
 
I posted a thread here because im having some anxious and hard time getting an answer from him. I just wanted some advices before getting his response.... never in a million years, i thought, i would offended him... you guys just swayed my decision on keeping it
 
All I know is that my $100 Launch 1 doesn't have that problem. So I don't see how he can say that it's, "normal".
 
The_Knife_Man said:
My initial gut said keep if you like it; they can fix it later if need be. After reading the reply, I'd say return it and get something else.

I feel you... you posted here for advice and not to bash the guy. He seemed to have dug his own grave.
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Ill go with your second option then. :D
 
Kmikaz3 said:
Im kinda affraid getting some kind of retribution... i know now Jake is reading this thread... :(
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Don’t worry about retribution...you had a legitimate concern and just asked what other knife collectors and users thought. I never took your original post as anything but an honest question.
JH should get his own membership here. My thoughts only.
 
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