Emerson warranty question

swimmerdude1127

swimmerdude1127

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Hi all, have a quick question on the Emerson warranty. From what I've heard, it's one of the best warranties in the business.

So, let's say I have a knife that orginally had a wave on it, but the wave was sanded off. If that knife has a problem with the lockup (which in no way was affected by sanding the wave off), would the warranty still be honored? I can understand not honoring the warranty for a lockup issue if I did anything to affect the lockup... but was just confirming my warranty would still be good if I got rid of the wave on an Emerson.

Thanks for your input.
 
are they not own by benchmade?? I just wonder if that is the case do they have the same rule with the warranty that benchmade has?? unless you are a police officer or in the US miltary you have no warranty. that is what I have read on these boards.
 
Ummm....No, Emerson is NOT owned by Benchmade.

I believe your warranty is void, unless Emerson did the work removing the wave.
 
richard thurman said:
are they not own by benchmade?? I just wonder if that is the case do they have the same rule with the warranty that benchmade has?? unless you are a police officer or in the US miltary you have no warranty. that is what I have read on these boards.
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If they were owned by Benchmade their QC issues would be pretty much non existant.:p
 
Their warranty states that it only covers the original owner and is only good as long as the knife hasn't been modified or pimped. However, I've heard of them covering things anyway at their own discretion so talk nice, I guess? I should also add that there are a few tricks that one can use to rejuvenate a worn lock. I bought a used Karambit with a very worn lock and had a knifemaker do a couple of things to it that brought the lock back. It only cost me $10 and of course it "re-voided" the warranty, which was already voided for a second-hand knife anyway... and I didn't feel like passing myself off as the original owner (though I don't imagine they check).

Actually there are three things you can try, in order of increasing difficulty: Change out the stop pin to one with a slightly larger diameter, "dimple" the liner lock itself in a vice, about halfway back, being careful not to thin the material too much. That will lengthen the lock by a smidge. (Best to have a knifemaker or a sheet metal worker do this since it's easy to mistakenly widen the lock rather than lengthen it if you don't know what you're doing.) Finally, you can have the lock carbidized. That adds a small amount of material and also wears better than the original Ti. Others may have more suggestions.
 
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Call EKI, and get the answer straight from them, rather than having us speculate :P... But be sure to report back with the answer, because I am curious.
 
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