Loose lockup Calypso sprint run

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ArmedOkie

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My calypso sprint was purchased new a year or so ago and saw light duty edc use for a while. It began developing slight up and down blade play, and now I don't use it anymore. Its not horrible, but it's there, and this is not a cheap knife. Is it to do with the riveted construction? Will spyderco be able to fix this? I'm pissed. Cant get a straight answer from them, just a generic email reply to send it in.
 
Well, they can't tell you what's wrong without looking at it, can they?
 
And honestly...neither can we. "Slight" isn't really a measurement, and without precise details or having the thing in our hands, all we can do is speculate.

There are really only two courses of action available: send it in to Spyderco or don't.
 
Very well, I shall ;)

The question, however, remains. Have you ever heard of a spyderco working loose quickly without heavy abuse? Are modern riveted knives known to do this compared to a bolt/screw design?
 
No, it has nothing to do with the construction method. The Japanese maker responsible for the Calypso builds excellent knives most of which use that same method, or a similar one. If you got a lemon, you got a lemon, it cam happen with any construction method or maker.

As for what Spyderco can do about it. Assuming it is defective, rather than just the slight vertical blade movement common on midlocks, Spyderco does not normally repair defective knives. They replace them, if they have the same model or a newer version of it in stock, or issue a store credit for MSRP at their online store if they do not. The Calypso was a Sprint Run from several years ago, so it's unlikely that Spyderco still has one laying around to replace it. I have no way of knowing for sure but, if I had to guess, I'd say a credit at SFO is the most likely outcome if they consider it defective.
 
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