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Trying to decide between the Spyderco Kapara or Benchmade Fact. Held a Fact today at Cabelas but can’t find a Kapara in a shop anywhere near where I live. Really liked the Fact. Suggestions please.
In my opinion, that's a pretty sleazy thing to do. You're making them eat the cost of dealing with a return just so you can fondle a knife you don't intend to keep. And if the packaging has to be damaged to open it they now have a "used" knife to sell. The only time I return knives is if there is a defect.Buy them bought from a dealer that will accept returns. Keep the one you like best and send the other back.
I think the Kapara is amazing, with fantastic ergonomics, better materials, and a more useful blade shape/grind. Mine had a good action out of the box and has only gotten better. It carries great.
As this is the Spyderco part of the forum, I’ll bet I can guess what you’ll hear.
The Fact I checked out was well built (can’t speak for all of them) but struck me as a novelty knife; long and dagger-like. It’s ergos were ok in my hand, but not by any means great.
Fact is cool but I agree Kapara is more useful.
Fact strikes menas one of those knives you’ll buy and carry a few times thinking it is good for self defense. Then after abit of rolling the streets never needing it you will switch it out for a better cutter and never carry it again except that one odd time you get paranoid.
These are the reasons I haven't bought a Fact, despite it being a really great looking knife that feels nice in the hand. I don't want to start getting into novelty knives or carry aggressive knives that are clearly for self defense purposes and nothing else. It's a cool knife though!
In my opinion, that's a pretty sleazy thing to do. You're making them eat the cost of dealing with a return just so you can fondle a knife you don't intend to keep. And if the packaging has to be damaged to open it they now have a "used" knife to sell. The only time I return knives is if there is a defect.
~Chip
Would you mind if the dealer was Amazon?
If you can't find a dealer to compare the knives, would you expect him to buy the knife blind and then keep it if he didn't like it? Don't think that's fair either.
I own lots of knives. I started collecting them as a kid and I’m 60 now. I still have many of those knives I paid $1.50 for. I have Benchmades, Spydercos, ZTs, Chris Reeve, etc. I’m partial to Spyderco. I’m a 28 year retired LEO and left handed but have always carried my knives on the right as my firearm is (still) on the left. A knife is a dandy firearm retention device! I am as good with a knife and a pistol with either hand and have been an instructor for many years. I’m going to call some more places tomorrow in search for the Kapara. I do like the Fact, but I know if I buy it I will still want the Kapara. Well, the retirement check will roll in tomorrow anyway....
Thanks for the input guys.
Yup, makes no difference. I also don't return things to Amazon unless it's defective or the wrong product.
I'd venture to say that the majority of us are in the same boat, I haven't been in a decent knife store in a decade. I do my research, if I get it and don't like it that's my fault and I'll sell it here on the exchange.
~Chip