Charging for repairs?

Dude- if the G10 you're using gets damaged from dropping it on the floor so badly the whole scale needs to be replaced, I'd start buying your G10 from somebody else. Sounds like it's not much good. The only synthetic handle material I ever used that would do that was Dymondwood :barf:

I've used G10 a fair-bit, and in my experience it's some very tough stuff.

Or maybe your client should complain to his employer that they need a safer floor!!! :)

-Nick-
 
He said it took a pretty hefty fall, and I don't know what the damage actually was. In my experience, G-10 tends to "crush" sort of easily. I dropped my Spyderco Military on the sidewalk the other day (not a very heavy knife, maybe a 3 foot fall) and it landed straight on its butt. Big ol' dent from that. Also, the G-10 on the knife in question is 0.063" thick and it's textured, so maybe the fall took out the texturing or something. It came from Halpern.
 
Chiro-

Then again (and I'm NOT accusing your customer of this) you have guys like some of those that work with my dad.

One of them dropped a tool off the "decking" around the hopper at the dispatch mill. To make a long story short, this is essentially a cat-walk about 45' over the concrete.

The guy dropped a hand-power tool of some sort (I think a drill maybe) off the platform, and and then when it broke, he said, "Huh, it just fell on the ground...weird it broke."

:D

-Nick-
 
As far as sharpening goes, all of my knives have a lifetime (my working lifetime) sharpening guarantee though the customer pays postage both ways. His knife goes back looking as close to new as I can make it. When it comes to repairs, I stand behind my work. If a customer breaks a blade using it as a prybar I'll regrind it but he doesn't get a new one for free. Anything other than abuse and I will make repairs or replacements for free. I get to learn something from it and with any luck prevent similar damage in the future.
 
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