Does Kershaw Do Blade Upgrades?

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I've heard that Buck, in the recent past, would replace the blade on a 110 with a new one of high grade steel, for a nominal fee.

Will Kershaw do this? I have a Whirlwind with 440a steel. I see the new ones coming out with Sandvik steel. I'd like to try the new steel without getting a whole new knife, since I know that I really like the whirlwind (except for the steel).

I wonder how much it would cost?

Thanks,

-John
 
Jaundice said:
I've heard that Buck, in the recent past, would replace the blade on a 110 with a new one of high grade steel, for a nominal fee.

Will Kershaw do this? I have a Whirlwind with 440a steel. I see the new ones coming out with Sandvik steel. I'd like to try the new steel without getting a whole new knife, since I know that I really like the whirlwind (except for the steel).

I wonder how much it would cost?

Thanks,

-John
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As a rule they don't do steel upgrades because they don't do sales to individuals, just distributors.
 
Look around on e-Bay and you should be able to find some Sandvik Whirlwinds for quite a low price. No need to bother with blade upgrading.
 
Thanks, fellas. Bummer, I was hoping.

Messersmith; I wasn't clear on that from reading the posts in the Buck forum. It sounded like the service was discontinued for a period of time, to resume in mid-'07. However, I didn't see an update as to whether it had resumed.

-John
 
mintstick said:
Look around on e-Bay and you should be able to find some Sandvik Whirlwinds for quite a low price. No need to bother with blade upgrading.
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No 13C26 Whirlind's made to date, the change over will be made soon though.
 
Jaundice said:
Messersmith; I wasn't clear on that from reading the posts in the Buck forum. It sounded like the service was discontinued for a period of time, to resume in mid-'07. However, I didn't see an update as to whether it had resumed.

-John
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It's not very clear in the Buck forum sticky but the general understanding seems to be that blade changes are history.
 
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