My Spyderco Cricket just chipped... what do I do?

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FliGuyRyan

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My Spyderco Cricket just chipped when it shouldn't have. What do I do now? This is my first Spyderco, and I don't want to make it my last, but does Spyderco have a good warranty like Kershaw?

Thanks,
Ryan
 
Contact Spyderco and ask.

If they won't fix it, I'm sure you can fix it on your own with some time and effort.
 
What chipped it FliGuyRyan? Can you give us an idea how bad it is chipped? If It's not bad sometimes sharpening it out is the best option, other times not. Joe
 
I contacted Spyderco and they just gave me a link to their warranty page. I will probably just file it down since less than a millimeter broke off the tip. It just won't have the claw that it had before.

So much for getting a replacement... guess I'll be more careful with this VG-10 next time.
 
Pictures help, but since you mentioned that it is the tip, I would say Spyderco is not going to cover that kind of damage. Like you said, you'll have to be more careful next time.
 
You broke the tip of your knife wedging it into a leek. That is not a chip or a warranty issue. You may get something done about it but I wouldn't fix it if I owned Spyderco.
 
Let this be a testament to those who would forget to think before they act.

THINK... my lesson is learned, but hard to swallow. Glad it wasn't that bad though.

Have you ever chipped a knife?
 
Only a couple hundred. It happens to me quite frequently, and I know better than to blame the knife.
 
FliGuyRyan said:
My Spyderco Cricket just chipped when it shouldn't have. What do I do now? This is my first Spyderco, and I don't want to make it my last, but does Spyderco have a good warranty like Kershaw?

Thanks,
Ryan
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The thin tip of a cricket shouldn't break when you wedge it into something?



FliGuyRyan said:
I opened the package up and pulled out the Damascus Leek to discover it wa now the sharpest knife I own. I was pumped until when I tried to loosen up the main pivot screw, the part that the screw goes into turned on the other side along with the screw.

So... not only can I not loosen the screw, I can't get the screw loose to take it apart and lubricate and clean it... AND change the Damascus blade to my titanium handled FrankenLeek with the Random Leek blade and titanium handles.

I emailed New Graham Knives, and haven't heard back yet, but I'll call tomorrow...

To top it off, for some reason, I stuck the tip of my Spyderco Cricket into the gap to try and stop the turning and broke it's tip off (hence my other thread)...

What a day...
Ryan
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To top it off, for some reason, I stuck the tip of my Spyderco Cricket into the gap to try and stop the turning and broke it's tip off (hence my other thread)...
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The Cricket is a great knife but the point is VERY fine, to ever attempt to claim this as an warranty issue is at the least misguided.
 
Send it to me. It can't be fixed. I'll throw it away for you.:D.:D.

Dann Fassnacht
c/o General Delivery
Aberdeen, WA 98520
 
It stills works and is fine overall. I just need to grind it down so that it's a regular flat blade on the end instead of a claw.

Lesson learned...
 
Boy, what is it with Cricket mishaps and guys named Ryan?

(I'm in the same boat, Ryan...you can find my thread elsewhere and read up when you have time.)

And if Glockman hadn't beaten me to the punch, I'd have suggested the same thing since mine just went to the big Sharpmaker in the Sky.
 
The Spydie Cricket has a tip pretty much like the Civillian; which makes it kinda like a "last ditch weapon"... Meaning, that you never use it for anything except for defensive purposes. Anything harder than a melon facing the tip of such a blade, is not goin' to be good practice for the tip.
Havin' said that, any Talon/Claw like hooked blade tip (especially on a folder) is probably inherently it's shapest point but also it's weakest.
If the tip has broken off, it no longer has the signature S-curve. And no amount of work is goin' to bring it back into shape. Sell it off on E-bay and get a new one!
 
GIRLYmann said:
The Spydie Cricket has a tip pretty much like the Civillian; which makes it kinda like a "last ditch weapon"... Meaning, that you never use it for anything except for defensive purposes. Anything harder than a melon facing the tip of such a blade, is not goin' to be good practice for the tip.
Havin' said that, any Talon/Claw like hooked blade tip (especially on a folder) is probably inherently it's shapest point but also it's weakest.
If the tip has broken off, it no longer has the signature S-curve. And no amount of work is goin' to bring it back into shape. Sell it off on E-bay and get a new one!
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The civilian is a dedicated personal defense knife. So is the matriarch. The cricket is not. It was designed for utiltarian purposes. The scenario described by FliGuyRyan is not a utilitarian purpose. The cricket, like any knife, can be used to defend onesself, but it was not designed for that specific purpose.

I use a knife for things other than cutting, just the other day I tried to pry apart a stack of 5 gallon buckets with a dodo. If the blade broke, I would not state that the dodo broke, but rather that I broke the dodo.

If a millimeter of the tip broke off, how does that render the knife useless enough to be sold off? You still have a lot more millimeters of very useable blade behind the broken tip, and the cricket is a pretty damn good cutter.
 
Even though the Cricket was NOT intended to be a dedicated personal defense knife.
(It was probably more of a playful 'n lightweight utilitarian pocketknife)
-http://www.1sks.com/images/spyderco/sc-29p.jpg
It's perculiar blade shape and short length made it ideal for "emergency work".
Given it's odd oval shaped handle, the Cricket's hidden defensive capability was due to it's size and S-curve; and this alone warranted the development of the Spydie SPOT.
-http://www.1sks.com/images/spyderco/sc-fb08.jpg
And even though having a slightly shorter blade length than the Cricket, it's mini S-curve was nevertheless adapted for defensive work in the form of a fixed bladed Spyderco SPOT.
 
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