Does Anodizing void the warranty?

[MRaymond]

Hi all, Can anyone here confirm that Anodizing the TI handle slabs voids the warranty? Just anodizing, not polishing, scotch brighting, etc.

 

[Fooj]

Hi all, Can anyone here confirm that Anodizing the TI handle slabs voids the warranty? Just anodizing, not polishing, scotch brighting, etc.

While a forum member may have an answer with some level of confidence, I would encourage you to simply call or email CRK. That way, you will have a high confidence answer . . . and they're great to get to know as well.

 

[MRaymond]

Ok, I spoke to Angela (I think??) at CRK. She confirmed that Anodizing doesn't void the warranty, she said that it doesn't void the warranty and if I don't like the anodizing, they can refinish it (spa treatment) to "close to new". So that is the answer I got.

 

[jacobwilson99]

That's awesome.

 

[Haze]

I'm a little surprised to hear that anodising the knife doesn't void the warranty but it is a splendid show from CRK to let people do that.

 

[jwolf90]

That's very good to hear, I must say I was expecting a voided warranty reply.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

That's very good to hear, I must say I was expecting a voided warranty reply.

+1

Im glad they let people do it now I might get one anodized.

 

[MRaymond]

I was surprised too. I think everyone should be careful and make the call yourself before you take my word for it, (just covering my behind). I think the key is that anodizing doesn't really change the fit of the scales as sanding or other grinding would do. It just changes the color.

 

[Fooj]

Note that CRK anodizes via a room temperature electro-chemical process. I'm guessing that Angela's comments were relative to that method. I'd be surprised if she was including in her statement anodizing with heat . . .

 

[MRaymond]

Good point Fooj. I don't know much about anodizing but if an electro-chemical process is what CRK uses, I assume that is what Angela was referring to.