Horrible quality control for the vantage

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I bought a Vantage force pro
I was liking the knife a lot, the design, the s30v seemed to hold an edge as expected, and last night thought to check the liner since it had an early lock-up. I didn't check the liner before because I thought that after a period of opening the knife repeatedly, any snag on the liner's edge would wear away and the liner-lock would be "broke in." So I gave it a few months and last night I spine whacked it on my laptop, the lock failed and cut my index knuckle pretty good. So I tried again with gloves and it failed again repeatedly.

That wasn't frustrating, because I knew all I had to do was grind away a bit of the liner touching the blade tang and it would be fine. But when I tried to do that one of the screws fastening the g-10 to the liners stripped away, so I couldn't disassemble the knife. I had to get a drill bit and gouge out the screw. One of the other screws on the opposite side fastening the g-10 also stripped out when I tried to disassemble it again so I could fit the washers better after reassembling it from the first disassembly. Now at this point I felt the knife was garbage. Bad lockup? Okay, that is wrong but it can be rectified, but screws stripping out left and right and now can't fix it and will have to wait on Buck to send in more screws, which may very well also strip out, well, that is an embarrassing product failure.

I tried your company as an alternative to Spyderco since Spyderco is now engaging in predatory pricing and is basically screwing over its customers thanks to the company being gaslit by their echo-chamber forum. I was so disgusted that I rammed the whole vantage through my table grinder. Cold Steel is the next stop.
 
So you had no issues with using the knife with the lockup but decided to spine whack it then decided there was an issue and stripped some screws taking it apart? You could have contacted Buck first and explained that you felt the knife was defective because it will close when you hit the back of the blade on something. Not sure what they're response would have been? My personal experience has been that I've never needed tested a single folder by whacking the spine and I've never had one fail for any of my cutting needs. Maybe I'm just a risk taker that way?
 
I decided to take apart my laptop to tinker with it. When I was done, I put it back together, plugged it in, and it burned my house down. I’ll never buy that brand again!

The insurance adjuster told me “just because it has screws doesn’t mean it’s to be taken apart.”

Moral of the story, if you’re not happy with it, seek qualified, professional service.
 
Badhammer said:
So you had no issues with using the knife with the lockup but decided to spine whack it then decided there was an issue and stripped some screws taking it apart? You could have contacted Buck first and explained that you felt the knife was defective because it will close when you hit the back of the blade on something. Not sure what they're response would have been? My personal experience has been that I've never needed tested a single folder by whacking the spine and I've never had one fail for any of my cutting needs. Maybe I'm just a risk taker that way?
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Good to see the circle-jerk brigade on the march.

I could have "contacted" Buck to let the know that their knives don't work, but I'm busy and don't feel like waiting on a company to fix what should have already been fixed before the product left the factory. The time wasted on them is worth more than the cost of the knife.

Spine-whacking is basically a necessity to check the integrity of a lock. Why wait until the blade cuts your fingers off?
 
MT_Pokt said:
I decided to take apart my laptop to tinker with it. When I was done, I put it back together, plugged it in, and it burned my house down. I’ll never buy that brand again!

The insurance adjuster told me “just because it has screws doesn’t mean it’s to be taken apart.”

Moral of the story, if you’re not happy with it, seek qualified, professional service.
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Thanks for your circle-jerk spasm, sorry I offended your Special Company.
 
That's not typical of Buck, although I have not disassembled my regular vantage. I guess the best thing is to send it back to Buck to repair, they have great CS.

And just an FYI, you might want to tone it down a bit. Some of the regulars here seem to make a sport out of gang raping new posters that they think are rude or otherwise obnoxious and they will dog pile on you very quickly.
 
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panoz77 said:
That's not typical of Buck, although I have not disassembled my regular vantage. I guess the best thing is to send it back to Buck to repair, they have great CS.

And just an FYI, you might want to tone it down a bit. Some of the regulars here seem to make a sport out of gang raping new posters that they think are rude or otherwise obnoxious and they will dog pile on you very quickly.
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Sorry, Buck is garbage.
 
panoz77 said:
I warned you, I'm guessing you aren't planning on sticking around?
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I knew Buck had a reputation for poor quality control, but I was willing to give them a chance because "made in the USA." Sure enough, Buck is garbage.
and I'm not sorry I offended you by pointing out the fact that Buck is garbage. Take it or leave it.
 
Judging all Buck products from one bad one is a bit premature. Is this your first Buck knife ever? Do you have experience with Bucks warranty? It's pretty solid and so is Bucks quality. Sounds like you need to upgrade to something you thing more suits your quality standards.
 
By the way, you are not offending me or anyone else (well maybe Buck), but I am a fan of Buck and have many Buck products. The few that I have had issues with were fixed. One in particular was a Buck Rush assisted open where the spring weakened and would not fully deploy the blade. Sent it in and they fixed it for free. Cost me like $3 shipping to have it fixed.
 
Yes buck has poor qc on the vantage. But they have a good warranty. If they don't offer resolution through warranty then u know.

But that's the reason I haven't bought one. I searched reviews and noticed. Also seen a few at the knife shows... Same issues.
 
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