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To recap: Greg says my NIB 187 DPT is fine, great knife, but it is not centered, feels rough, no warranty, makes me pay shipping back, after his wife Amy said it's warranty because they fired the guy that made it. I said screw it, fix it myself, threw it in the safe.
My buddy who works for Sandvik, wants a new knife, his birthday is coming and he is at the house this past weekend. We try not to give each other extravagant gifts. He has got stars in his eyes for the " no-warranty from Medford" DPT 187. I was going to fix it, but he gives me some cash to offset the cost, it's his problem now.
We cruise around DFW, like two one-eyed cats in a fish store, checking out Rifle Gear, Cabela's, House of Blades. Per the Medford instructions, he opens and closes the knife periodically to break it in.
Saturday evening the "DPT 187, you're anal retentive, works great knife" starts to lock up at the pivot. After some incredulous eye-brows and expletives, we get out a 10x loupe my buddy uses for checking carbide. The knife has three washers on the offset side and two on the close side of the pivot. The material is galling up. We had to put some "CLP break-free" oil on the pivot to get it working again.
Later that night, my friend is surfing parts on a knife makers supply website, lol. Glad I gave it to my buddy.... but I did think about sending the knife back to Medford with a picture of my middle finger.
Bring on the trolls!
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...edford-Knife-and-Tool?p=15760216#post15760216
To recap: Greg says my NIB 187 DPT is fine, great knife, but it is not centered, feels rough, no warranty, makes me pay shipping back, after his wife Amy said it's warranty because they fired the guy that made it. I said screw it, fix it myself, threw it in the safe.
My buddy who works for Sandvik, wants a new knife, his birthday is coming and he is at the house this past weekend. We try not to give each other extravagant gifts. He has got stars in his eyes for the " no-warranty from Medford" DPT 187. I was going to fix it, but he gives me some cash to offset the cost, it's his problem now.
We cruise around DFW, like two one-eyed cats in a fish store, checking out Rifle Gear, Cabela's, House of Blades. Per the Medford instructions, he opens and closes the knife periodically to break it in.
Saturday evening the "DPT 187, you're anal retentive, works great knife" starts to lock up at the pivot. After some incredulous eye-brows and expletives, we get out a 10x loupe my buddy uses for checking carbide. The knife has three washers on the offset side and two on the close side of the pivot. The material is galling up. We had to put some "CLP break-free" oil on the pivot to get it working again.
Later that night, my friend is surfing parts on a knife makers supply website, lol. Glad I gave it to my buddy.... but I did think about sending the knife back to Medford with a picture of my middle finger.
Bring on the trolls!
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