I knew there was a reason I bought one

amroc

amroc

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Back in August, I purchased a Korth Stinger #127, with bright orange and black G10 handles, and the IKBS system. After a few weeks, it got some vertical play to the blade. It almost felt like when flipping the knife (it's a flipper) the stop bar got moved back some. I stopped carrying it and sent an email to Rick Lala, the maker of my knife. He said he was more than willing to fix it for free, and I would need to ship it to Brazil.

She just arrived home yesterday. She's comfortably sitting in my RFP, with a badass new clip on it, too! Rudy Lala made a carved skull pocket clip. The problem is fixed entirely, there is now no play in any direction, and she's sharp as hell!

I'll post some proper pictures when I have time to tonight. And when I have my real camera. A cell phone camera doesn't do her justice.

Now, do any of you guys have any good stories about custom or even factory make knives that were fixed for free, or repaired? Not just your simple "My omega spring broke," but a "My knife was fine, then it had a real screwup, what happened?"

Greg
 
I have broken a few Buck folding knives in my day, and the factory and Joe Houser came through like none other. Benchmade is also very good about repairs. I have only sent knives to them for tune ups, and one time they did not repair it like I thought they should have. After a short period I was speaking with someone in charge at BM and they sent me a brand new knife and let me keep my old knife as well.

I broke a Cold Steel recon tanto with Carbon V steel on a camping trip. I contacted them and spoke with a lady who said to send it in even if it was past the 5 year mark, "we stand behind our knives" was the next thing out of her mouth.


John
 
My SnG developed some vertical play after a few months. I sent it in and it was fixed, no questions asked. I had to pay for shipping to Strider, that is all. Its been 100% solid for the couple years since then, and is probably my main EDC.
 
I had an old (1970's era) Case two-blade Hunter, that I traded for in high school (1984). It was almost worn out when I got it, and by 2004, this knife was done; thin blades, loose pivot joint, one soft spring, loose shield, pitted bolsters.

Long story short, I sent it to Case, and they re-bladed it for me. It's amazing - looks like it was made this year, but still has that 'used-by-grandpa' look to it, too. When I pulled it out of the box at work, my co-workers were as stunned as I was. Everyone loved it. Case left the same springs in it, apparently they were able to leave some extra material around the blade tang so the spring would be a little firmer. Or maybe they re-heat-treated the spring, I'm not sure, but they're both great now. The knife has one of the best polishing jobs I've ever seen done on any knife.

It's a family heirloom now.

thx - cpr
 
I have a Kevin Wilkins Avalon, and I caught the clip on a door frame, and bent the living snot out of it. I almost cried. I E-mailed Kevin Wilkins (He lives in Germany, for those that don't know.), and he quickly sent me out a brand new clip and extra screws, just in case for free!! The clip on my DDR Trigger Express snapped off, and I mailed the knife back to DDR, and he replaced the clip, and sent me an extra one, all at no charge. I had a Strider PT (some of the first ones that came out), and it had blade play. I sent it off to Strider, and they sent me back another new PT, all it cost me was shipping it to Strider.
 
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