How often have you used your warranty?

I haven't broken any knife that I can remember.

Of course, I only use knifes for cutting, not prying, hammering, or chopping.
 
Only snapped the tip on a Bark River Pro-Scalpel II, but I was prying with it. 100% my fault.
 
The first time I used the warranty on my Benchmade 710, I snapped the spring lock on the axis. They sent me a new one.
Recently on my Kershaw Blur battoning after snapping off the clip, I tried to clarify where I can buy a new one, but the response I received only a month, and this time I really broke the knife and threw it in anger ...
 
khtima said:
Recently on my Kershaw Blur battoning after snapping off the clip, I tried to clarify where I can buy a new one, but the response I received only a month, and this time I really broke the knife and threw it in anger ...
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You were batoning a folder?
 
I've never used my warranty, I treat my knives as I do my other tools. No throwing them around, no leaving them in the rain, no asshattery in general. Crazy concept isn't it! :D
R.A.T. said:
You were batoning a folder?
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Some folks need not have any knives...
 
I have broken a couple of kitchen knives, but they are fragile compared to a knife built by ESEE.

I don't anticipate needing to cash in on the warranty offered by ESEE.

Just because ESEE will replace the knife, doesn't mean they shouldn't be cared for.

JGON
 
I didn't even break the old Ontario RAT knives. These new Rowen ones are holding up well, too. And if you have seen my reviews, you know I don't baby any of them. So far, zero warranty claims, but it's nice to know ESEE will honor their warranty if one should fail me.
 
Never.

Broken a few knives, went out and bought another one.

Moose
 
Once for a kydex sheath that i put in the dishwasher on the wrong setting after deer and hog hunting. I tried to buy one but esee just sent me a new one. i try to not abuse my equipment. Never used a warranty for anything else.
 
never used a warranty , I did break a walmart winchester one extremly cold morning in a rush chain was wedged into hook on a post couldn't get it out tried prying and broke it <way before I had a knife addiction other broken knife had gerber keychain multitool backbar was a piece of plastic very litle pressure cutting and that was the end of that . ,but like most men way to lazy to do that paperwork def. Not worth time
 
I sent one of my knives in to be reground under warranty once. The edge geometry was FAR too thin from the factory and the steel had bent beyond my repair ability while I was carving wood. They reground it as thick as they could - no questions asked, great customer service - but the same thing happened shortly after I got my knife back. Still too thin. I returned it and got my money refunded for that one.

A good warranty is one of the major selling points to me when I'm spending more than a few bucks on a blade.
 
I've used the warranty on one of my Victorinox SAKs after one of the plastic scales broke off. They put two new scales on the knife, replaced the missing plastic toothpick and sent it back to me.

I had the scale on a Spyderco go wonky and the pocket clip slipped in it's little plastic socket. They replaced that whole knife if I remember correctly.

Other than that, nope... no warranty claims.

SP
 
Thank you, it was great to get so much feedback, and to hear your guys' thoughts and experiences.

And to clarify, I never intended to abuse the ESEE warranty. I'm not Noss; I take no pleasure in devastating a beautiful knife such as the ones ESEE puts out. I only wanted to illustrate the reassurance I felt because of the warranty.

Another point I'd like to make is that a warranty means nothing in the back country. But the fact that ESEE makes their knives as idiot-proof as they do is a reassurance all its own. =D
 
Delkancott said:
However one the clip screws broke off inside the threads and I still haven't managed to get it out if anyone has any ideas...
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what are the clip screws on that knife threaded into?

if they're threaded into aluminum scales, you should be able to use some plasticine modeling clay to make a dam around the broken screw and then put a few drops of Nitric Acid on it. you're probably going to want some modeling clay stuffed in the back side, or completely disassemble the knife so the acid doesn't leak thru and eat any other parts.

IIRC, Nitric will eat carbon or stainless steel, but won't eat aluminum. i've seen it used to remove broken taps from aluminum parts.

don't know what it would do to CF or G10 scales, or titanium.

in a short search the smallest Left HAnded Drill Bit i can find is 1/16" which will be too big for these screws, but if you can find a smaller one, AND the knife has flat scales you could chuck the LH bit in a press and carefully tru to drill the broken screw out with light pressure. sometimes the bit will grab the screw and back ip out.

a NUMBERED mit set has buts in smaller increments than a normal index, and i've drilled out M5 bolts using a numbered set and a hand drill. but that's MUCH largerthan pocket clip screws.

a Dremel, with a set of small, pointy diamond bits might work, but it's going to take a lot of slow, careful grindage.

if you take apart the whole knife, you can use regular drill bits to drill the broken screw out from the back side, and it may unscrew the broken screw and push it out.

if you have Loctite on the threads, you may need to use a soldering iron or a heat gun on the broken stub to soften it (the adhesive, not the screw) :rolleyes:

on larger bolts it's possible to TIG a nut onto the broken stub and the heat shock often loosens up the threads and makes it easy to back it out.

on larger bolts it's also possible to try and turn it with a sharp punch. not likely to work if it's tight, and then there's screw extractors which sometimes work, and sometimes they break and really fuck things up.
 
R.A.T. said:
You were batoning a folder?
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Normally I use an ax to do so, but this time with me was just the knife, in the beginning I tried to just break the branch, but without a knife it did not, had to use a Blur. Ultimately, I believe that you need to help when needed. I had to freeze? but do not use a knife to battoning)))?

RevDevil said:
Some folks need not have any knives...
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Friend, I think you know me ill to make such conclusions. You can sit there and blow off the dust with a knife, a knife, you can use and have fun. I hope you are using knives ... I was about 30 folding knives, I broke all 1, and broke during the work, he helped me to make a fire when I was freezing. And how would do you ??????
 
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I like to think that I use the ESEE warranty everytime I pull the knife out of the sheath.

I know that whatever task I start in on, ESEE & Rowen put enough time and commitment to quality into the knife that the odds that it may fail are infinitesimally small and if something catastrophic were to occur - they'll make it right.
 
I wouldn't warranty a folder that a baton was used on ;)
 
never! I've even used the blade on my RC 4 with a ferro rod and that didn't do sh!t to the blade......Damn the knives are tough!!!!!
 
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