Cold steel warranty?

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greg1

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I was batoning some wood and when I was finished I noticed the knife's edge was quite wavy. When you look at the knife with the blade directly facing you, you can see a side to side wave along the blade.

Does cold steel warranty against this sort of defect? I'm not sure how to correct it myself, and I feel the blades integrity has been compromised...

I'm new to knives to fill me in please. Thanks!
 
Dpends on how long you have had it. I suspect you have had it for less than 5 years so they should replace it.
 
The warranty on the box clearly states 1 year warranty, and it is against defects in materials or workmanship. I doubt that a rolled edge (sounds like what you describe) is considered a defect in material or workmanship. That kind of thing is usually a user created scenario. What kind of knife were you using and what exactly were you hammering through?
 
It's because you were batoning wood. Don't do that ever again and you shouldn't have that problem. :thumbup: :D

Just funnin' ya...
 
:P It's a new CS Recon with Triad Lock. I got it as a survival knife and I needed to Baton the wood because I was in a jam. My life wasn't on the line, but I was stuck in the woods over night and it would have been a very cold evening if I didn't use the knife in this way.

In my opinion, I didn't use the knife too rough. I wasn't batoning it like a mad man. I took my time and tried to be as gentle as I could. haha.. But seriously.

Just some info... The blade is still sharp as hell. So I don't know if its rolled? Wouldn't rolled mean it's dull?
 
Probably too thin behind the edge. Seriously doubt CS would replace it. Just use it. Should still work fine.
 
The recon 1 is not very thick at the edge, and has a hollow grind as far as I know, therefore not very suitable for batoning, and plus, it is a folder after all.
anyway, can you post some pics of that edge ?
 
A rolled edge is the term that is used to descibe what you said your edge looks like. I really do not understand why people do not think ahead when going into "the woods". When I go hiking I always pack 2 fixed blades, a couple folders, and a small hatchet or saw. I can appreciate you were in a tough spot, but a small fixed blade like a ESEE4 would be ideal. Just a thought.
 
Not only is batoning a folder a bad idea, but if you do, just try to take off slices of the wood. There is no reason to try to split wood in half. That's too much pressure on a folding knife. I've batoned, but I use a fixed blade, and again, I don't need to split the wood in half. Take off smaller pieces from around the edge.
Didn't you say the edge was wavy, as opposed to rolled?
Either way, maybe you should see this as a lesson, learn more about knives, and their limitations, and by all means get a good fixed blade knife for your next outing.
 
I don't know why anyone wastes time and energy batoning wood. I've spent a lot of time in the bush and I've never done it once...
 
timberweasel said:
I don't know why anyone wastes time and energy batoning wood. I've spent a lot of time in the bush and I've never done it once...
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I know what you mean. 12+ years of many backpacking trips, never did it once. I only heard about it from Youtube videos and Internet forums.
On my first backpacking trip, at age 18, I could not get a fire started. It had been raining for days, and nothing was dry. If I had a knife, and knew more, maybe I would have batoned to get to dry wood. A hatchet could have also worked.
Otherwise, I've only batoned in my back yard, and just to try it.
 
greg1 said:
:P It's a new CS Recon with Triad Lock. I got it as a survival knife and I needed to Baton the wood because I was in a jam. My life wasn't on the line, but I was stuck in the woods over night and it would have been a very cold evening if I didn't use the knife in this way.

In my opinion, I didn't use the knife too rough. I wasn't batoning it like a mad man. I took my time and tried to be as gentle as I could. haha.. But seriously.

Just some info... The blade is still sharp as hell. So I don't know if its rolled? Wouldn't rolled mean it's dull?
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Botoning with a folder? IMO that should be fixed on your bill. Sure you needed in in whatever scenerio, but I dont think the company should foot the bill because you were unprepared. Suck it up and and pay to get it fixed or just live with it. Next time bring the proper tools for the job.
 
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Ask Cold Steel. They can answer you...and their answer is the only one that matters.
 
timberweasel said:
I don't know why anyone wastes time and energy batoning wood. I've spent a lot of time in the bush and I've never done it once...
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Been hitting the outdoors for 32 years, learned batoning as a technique in the 1980's but have never needed it once.

Unfortunately, batoning has become popular as something for people to do outdoors in place of learning any real woods skills.
 
CWL said:
Been hitting the outdoors for 32 years, learned batoning as a technique in the 1980's but have never needed it once.

Unfortunately, batoning has become popular as something for people to do outdoors in place of learning any real woods skills.
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you should come up north and show me what real woods skills you would recommend to start a fire with logs frozen solid...

I don't understand the "I'm too cool for batoning" attitudes that come out as soon as something related is even mentioned.
 
timberweasel said:
I don't know why anyone wastes time and energy batoning wood. I've spent a lot of time in the bush and I've never done it once...
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Yeah, I don't understand it much myself. Seems fun enough, I guess, but not overly practical. Whatever works for folks, I guess...
 
I just sent back a American Lawman that had the most uneven grind in history and they sent me a brand new one pretty quick (I realize that's not exactly the same thing as described by the OP, but it has to do w/ CS warranty). I didn't notice the uneven grind when I first got it from the dealer b/c it was still very sharp. When I held it up w/ the edge facing away from me, I could see that it was practically a chisel grind at the secondary bevel. I explained it to the CS warranty dept and they sent me a new one after I sent it back to them.

I was pretty happy with their customer service. I corresponded with someone in their customer service department over e-mail several times b/f sending it in and while I was waiting for the replacement. The big downside was paying for shipping back to them and waiting a couple of more weeks for the knife.
 
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