New Buck Strider 880SP - Liner Probelms?

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I bought a buck strider to use a work knife to replace the last endura that I broke at work. I have used enduras a lot because I consider them to be the bic pen of pocket knives. Cheap and they work pretty well.

Well, I decided to upgrade to a better knife (or so I thought). I chose a buck strider spearpoint because of their reputation for toughness. I have only owned this knife for a bout a month. It hasn't seen any hard use yet. I think they line is bad. When locked, the liner sits dead center or to the right if it is flicked open. The knife has hardly been used! Has it worn that quickly or is this normal?

My other concern is edge toughness. I cut open a package that had some staples in addition to the packing tape. Just slicing across the staples (like I have in the past with the spydercos) was enough to roll the edge near the point. I thought the heat treatment was superior on these things.

I like the knife and the design. My concern is the durability of this particular knife when it hasn't seriously been used for much work yet.

What has everyone's experience been with these? What should I do with this one? Get it fixed or just keep using it?

Regards,

Pat
 
Liner sits dead center, or to the right? Sitting dead center seems about normal to me, I think. I'm not a fan of linerlocks, but I say, lightly spine whack the blade, and check for side-side play. If there is no give, or the lock does not fail, then I think your BS is in usable condition. Liners sitting dead center sounds about right to me.

As for rolling the edge, I'm sorry to hear that happening. The heat treat is superior on those blades. So... maybe you're asking your knife to do something that it's not supposed to do. Metal on metal can be devestating, I think to most any knife. I'm not saying go soft on your BS, I'm hard as hell on my knives (I break a lot of them too), but don't be too angry if you end up messing it up. It is just steel, and steel has it's limits, you know?

The BS line are all very resilient knives. If you are having serious problems, send it back to Buck warranty with a letter explaining your quams. I bet they're willing to help you out.

I say keep using your knife, and really try to push it's limits. You'll be surprised what they can take.

Hope this helps. Good luck. :)
 
There is a lot of discussion on where the liner should sit. Some folks want it near the center and others only want it 25-30%. read through the other B/S threads and you'll get a good feel for this. On edge toughness, I'd use the knife 'till it needs sharpening and put your edge on it. I think you will notice a big difference the 2nd time around. The B/S are heattreated by Paul Bos direct. On many of my Bucks it takes a sharpening or 2 to get the most from the E2K. The biggest difference between the edges on the B/S and the Endura is the thickness of the steel.
hope this helps a little
guy
 
Pat: Im not sure about the liner, But if you still have problums with the edge after you re sharpen it I would send it back and let me check the blade, We have never had this problum with the ATS-34 0r the BG-42 blades befofe that I know about. Send it to my Attn. Thank You Paul Bos.
 
If there is any vetical blade play (the blade moves up and down when locked open) send it back. The most common cause of this in liner locks is the "spine whack test". This causes metal to metal impact damage on the lock surface and reduces the life of the knife. Titanium is much softer than steel so the damage will be more noticeable in Ti liners.

The 880's lock fails at about 900 lbs, the blade stops at about 2200 lbs. I am not aware of any other folder on the market of that strength and durability.

-Josh
 
Thanks for the help. I haven't spine whacked the knife and probably won't. I checked the lock up and it is solid. I guess it needed to be broken in. I'll just monitor the liner wear. As for the edge, I'll sharpen it and continue to use it. If there are any problems I'll let you know. I like the knife and think it will be a better work knife than the previous ones. Just some initial concerns (and hopefully they are unfounded).

Now how about a larger Buck Mayo?

Regards,
Pat
 
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