my two day old Ti-Lock is ruined (for now)

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I gave myself a Large Insingo a few Xmas ago, and during a party at work, My wife needed a knife to cut limes for Tequila.... I handed her my Leatherman, which she rejected, and took my Sebbie.... When I went to leave most people were gone, and so was my Seb! after the weekend , a co-worker came forward and produced it.... do you think I raised hell??!! Ant it had been covered with lime juice, and who knows what for 3 days.... 10 minuites later, good as new!!! Happy ending for me.
 
I would be tempted to call the coworker what happened and that it cost $90 to repair it. If he has any integrity maybe he will make things right.
 
5seven said:
If you didn't see him do anything to damage it and he didn't know he did anything, maybe it was a defective knife. Just a thought.
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Probably not a defective knife. The Ti-lock has not yet had a report of a manufacturing defect that I could find.
 
I sent mine in for minor warranty issue. They put a new blade on for free. I wont let dummies touch my knife.
 
You know what's funny my wife bought me my first sebenza and said not to use it because it cost too much, lol. She was joking but she reminded me that it was as much as a cheap gun or a Playstation... Or one of her handbags I replied. The Ti lock is pretty unique I'm sure it was a pure accident in his part. Douchey of him to not admit it although he shouldn't have been touching it in the first place. I think it will come out well and will be sorted when you get it back. I'm sure crk will be interested in discovering what happened for their own r&d.
 
Officer's Match said:
Just a guess, but I'll bet whomever did the damage thought the blue titanium leaf spring was supposed to pivot open rather than just flex, which at a quick glance I could see being a possibility.
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That's exactly what I was thinking.

And it'll it was $90 to repair it, they had to replace the locking arm assembly I'm guessing.
 
brownshoe said:
Probably not a defective knife. The Ti-lock has not yet had a report of a manufacturing defect that I could find.
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It was perfect when I bought it. I'll now have a $600 basic Ti-Lock when I could have bought a early stonewashed Ti-Lock with that money instead. Such is life in guess. This one will find a nice dark corner in my drawer when it comes back.
 
dubya3 said:
It was perfect when I bought it. I'll now have a $600 basic Ti-Lock when I could have bought a early stonewashed Ti-Lock with that money instead. Such is life in guess. This one will find a nice dark corner in my drawer when it comes back.
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Guess it depends on if you're planning on keeping or eventually selling it, and we are all free obviously to do what we want with our stuff, but all my CRKs were perfect too when I got them, and who knows how much I'll have invested in each one throughout my lifetime with new blades or non-warranty work or shipping costs for spa treatments, but I just see it as a low cost for a "life tool".

Who knows, tomorrow someone may grab my Seb without me knowing and do something incredibly stupid with it, and I'll have to send it in and unhappily pay the charges, but it'll go right back in my pocket. I know it may not be an exact comparison to your situation, but as the kids say...YOLO.
 
dubya3 said:
It was perfect when I bought it. I'll now have a $600 basic Ti-Lock when I could have bought a early stonewashed Ti-Lock with that money instead. Such is life in guess. This one will find a nice dark corner in my drawer when it comes back.
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No way - use it!
 
Use it, she out performs bigger knives. I use mine hard and love it. Its all scratched up in good fashion. Really. And when I work certain construction jobs I keep it in my special drawer too. Cant lose the damn thing, but I carry it 4 days a week at least with the Emerson.
 
I bought it more for a special occasion carry and because it's so unique. I have my large cf basketweave for weekends and small cf insingo for work that are normally what I carry, more recently it's been an Aviator though. I'm just ticked I haven't had it in my possession for 3 days and it's already cost more than a much nicer Sebenza or OPK would have. It'll be nice getting it back though, it will be like a brand new knife to me.
 
These things happen. If you value the working relationship you have, let it go. It's a small bump on a very long road. If it irks you enough, bring it up, but move on if the co-worker feels he/she did no wrong.

I don't have any issues letting people handle my knives, regardless of the price or "prestige", so long as there is a reason. If a knife can't handle the hands of a curious co-worker, then I am happy it failed in their hands and not while it was in use and caused injury to my own.

CRK will make things right.
 
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Hey dubya good to read that CRK fixed your tilock, now it will be the more precious to you, paying another 90 bucks to make it right sucks but I bet you'll never part with that blade now; use it man, it deserves it. Merry Christmas dubya!
 
dubya3 said:
So here's an update, CRK was able to fix the knife and gave me a call today to say it's ready to ship. I'm pretty impressed with how quick it was, I figured it'd be at least January when I got the call, I think it was about 3 weeks in total, maybe a little longer. I almost dropped my phone when I heard the repair costs though and although I fully expected to pay a fee I didn't expect it to be $90. Up until 8 months ago that was pretty much the most expensive knife I had ever bought and I've been into knives for almost 2 decades. Oh well, at least it's fixed and I'll order up a round end cap for my Aviator when I call back to pay in a week or two, I'm not a big fan of the hex cap it came with. Bad time of the year to have a $90 knife repair bill with my seasonal layoff.
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BellaBlades said:
He got it back a while ago. They fixed it.
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I see where he said they fixed it. I also see where he said it would take a couple weeks before he could pay due to a seasonal layoff. Did I miss a post where he said he got it?
 
No I haven't even paid for the repairs yet. Haven't had a check in 3 weeks but just sold my damascus large CF so I'll pay it tomorrow after I hopefully find a one piece to buy.
 
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