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It's been a while since I've posted so I hate to make this my first post in a while but here we go...
I purchased 7 knives for groomsman for my upcoming wedding. I decided on Spyderco because they consistently have fantastic QC and it's a knife company that I personally love.
I ordered 5 Ladybugs (various colors and steels) and they were fantastic. I also ordered 2 Chicago's. I wanted to keep all the knives at 2 inches or less for legal carry for practically anywhere they might go/travel and I just think small knives get carried more. And boy was I disappointed in those Chicago's.
I've had sharp Spydie holes before. I've smoothed them out myself before. No big deal. They weren't dangerous, just didn't like the feel. But this wasn't a sharp Spydie hole. This was a stamped out hole that just never got reground. This thing had a burr on it that protruded to a sharp point that I only realized after the thing cut me. I was annoyed but figured hey, it happens. I checked out the other one after losing 12 pints of blood (possibly a small exaggeration [emoji6]) and guess what? Same thing. I called up the dealer who I ordered from and he checked out his remaining stock to find out all of his had the same issue. Are we not checking blades out of Taiwan fellas?
I'm really glad I checked them over before I gave them away. That would have been a bummer. I'm especially glad that my dealer happily took the return and made it a painless process (minus the cut).
So if you're in the market for one of these, I'm thinking a bad batch got out and you made need to check them over. And Spyderco, I still love yah. But I'm a little annoyed.
I purchased 7 knives for groomsman for my upcoming wedding. I decided on Spyderco because they consistently have fantastic QC and it's a knife company that I personally love.
I ordered 5 Ladybugs (various colors and steels) and they were fantastic. I also ordered 2 Chicago's. I wanted to keep all the knives at 2 inches or less for legal carry for practically anywhere they might go/travel and I just think small knives get carried more. And boy was I disappointed in those Chicago's.
I've had sharp Spydie holes before. I've smoothed them out myself before. No big deal. They weren't dangerous, just didn't like the feel. But this wasn't a sharp Spydie hole. This was a stamped out hole that just never got reground. This thing had a burr on it that protruded to a sharp point that I only realized after the thing cut me. I was annoyed but figured hey, it happens. I checked out the other one after losing 12 pints of blood (possibly a small exaggeration [emoji6]) and guess what? Same thing. I called up the dealer who I ordered from and he checked out his remaining stock to find out all of his had the same issue. Are we not checking blades out of Taiwan fellas?
I'm really glad I checked them over before I gave them away. That would have been a bummer. I'm especially glad that my dealer happily took the return and made it a painless process (minus the cut).
So if you're in the market for one of these, I'm thinking a bad batch got out and you made need to check them over. And Spyderco, I still love yah. But I'm a little annoyed.
The guys that clamped a real ball and chain to my leg then giving the key to my wife came close to a well deserved beating when they started telling my wife to make me beg. 
She couldn't help but notice that it wasn't the right time to do that to me. 
