FIRST: i love spydies. got about 10.
BUT:have to tell you this. about 5 years ago i talked to a cop who had a spydie and loved it. bought a delica (my first spyderco and true love). I had always liked knives but had never experienced anything like this knife. cut cans in half to create makeshift drinking vessel for my dog. it did everything. finally after about two years of steady use (and after i had about 6 more spydies to give myself somthing to carry while it was gone) i returned it for sharpening. sent the knife and my 5$. all i said in my letter was "please sharpen my trusty delica."
(NOW REMEMBER, I'M ATTACHED TO THIS KNIFE.)couple weeks later i get a NEW knife in the mail saying that mine had a "manufacturing defect."
well, i telephone of course and am told that the old steel was brittle (at-55)and lacked an indent for the pocket clip. i say, "no problem, just send my knife back." guy says, "well, it's been destroyed."
"destroyed?" i say. "yeah, it's broken if half and in a buried bucket of concrete." (i'm not kidding, he said this) i say ok, uhhhh, thanks.
now i'm angry. i email spyderco. get one of those automated responses (thank you for contacting spyderco...).send another message saying "forward this to the boss sal." no response. i let it go. now i'm sitting here and i'm thinking that i should AT LEAST tell people that they can send their most cherished knife back to spyderco and might not get it back. sorry to share what is probably a disappointing story with you about our beloved spyderco, but i think if you return your knives, you should make clear that you want to be contacted before they do anything drastic with your knife.
BUT:have to tell you this. about 5 years ago i talked to a cop who had a spydie and loved it. bought a delica (my first spyderco and true love). I had always liked knives but had never experienced anything like this knife. cut cans in half to create makeshift drinking vessel for my dog. it did everything. finally after about two years of steady use (and after i had about 6 more spydies to give myself somthing to carry while it was gone) i returned it for sharpening. sent the knife and my 5$. all i said in my letter was "please sharpen my trusty delica."
(NOW REMEMBER, I'M ATTACHED TO THIS KNIFE.)couple weeks later i get a NEW knife in the mail saying that mine had a "manufacturing defect."
well, i telephone of course and am told that the old steel was brittle (at-55)and lacked an indent for the pocket clip. i say, "no problem, just send my knife back." guy says, "well, it's been destroyed."
"destroyed?" i say. "yeah, it's broken if half and in a buried bucket of concrete." (i'm not kidding, he said this) i say ok, uhhhh, thanks.
now i'm angry. i email spyderco. get one of those automated responses (thank you for contacting spyderco...).send another message saying "forward this to the boss sal." no response. i let it go. now i'm sitting here and i'm thinking that i should AT LEAST tell people that they can send their most cherished knife back to spyderco and might not get it back. sorry to share what is probably a disappointing story with you about our beloved spyderco, but i think if you return your knives, you should make clear that you want to be contacted before they do anything drastic with your knife.