Noah's Snark! Get In Before The Flood...

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A few days ago the spring for the lockback on my spyderco Delica 4 snapped. I figured it was because it was -30 outside so I emailed the warranty department. So far I learned a few things, 1) I must be special because they have never heard of a snapped spring before, 2) I have to spend about as much money to send it in for warranty as I paid for the knife, 3) if the spring wasn't burried in 2' of snow I'd probably only have to pay the postage to send it in.

Rant over.
 
CCMI said:
Uh, can't Spyderco just mail you a new spring for a few bucks?
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I thought the same thing. I'd gladly pay for one. But apparently because they "never" break they don't have any spares on hand.
 
DJG097 said:
I thought the same thing. I'd gladly pay for one. But apparently because they "never" break they don't have any spares on hand.
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Well, they're confident in their product I guess.
Honestly, I find it hard to believe they have no extra backsprings, with the insane amount of lockbacks they make.
 
dynamicmoves said:
Well, they're confident in their product I guess.
Honestly, I find it hard to believe they have no extra backsprings, with the insane amount of lockbacks they make.
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In general, the easiest way to produce a spare backspring is to disassemble a complete unit and turn the whole thing into spare parts. *shrug*
There's a spyderco subforum here. You might get some actually useful advice over there. :)
 
granitestateofmind said:
Can't spell geek without EE. I have an EE degree, and I still thought that was a terrible joke ;).
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I resemble that remark!!

We have a contract here with a company called "GaN", Geeks and Nerds.
http://www.gancorp.com/
I asked one of the employees what the difference is. He said "A nerd stays home on Friday night; a geek takes his laptop to the party." So I guess I am a geek!
 
daizee said:
In general, the easiest way to produce a spare backspring is to disassemble a complete unit and turn the whole thing into spare parts. *shrug*
There's a spyderco subforum here. You might get some actually useful advice over there. :)
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Not my broken Delica. I don't like lockbacks, and so I don't like about 2/3rds of Spyderco knives. I do say this while a Gayle Bradley is in my pocket.
Really wish they'd put out a knife with super blue steel into a model that wasn't a lockback with frn.

zuluninja said:
I feel dirty. I'm entertaining the though of buying a (gasp!:eek:) mantis knife
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The thought of grabbing their friction folder comes into my mind from time to time.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
Anyone have a preferred wood for homemade walking sticks? Perhaps even more useful: Any woods to avoid?
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I harvested a bunch of Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) from the ranch this year to make walking sticks out of.. they make very strong, yet light walking sticks.. The plant puts out a "flower stem" that over the summer drys out and hardens up. You end up with a very tough and light weight stick. I planned on doing a post on them when I make the, just haven't had the time to get started yet.
 
mrn8 said:
Diamond Willow. Awesome stuff and it looks incredible.
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Never heard of it. Is it readily available at local suppliers?

GingivitisKahn said:
I like maple - there's lots of it around here, it's strong, and it's light.


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Beckerhead #42
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Yea, that had crossed my mind as well.

LeeBower said:
I harvested a bunch of Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) from the ranch this year to make walking sticks out of.. they make very strong, yet light walking sticks.. The plant puts out a "flower stem" that over the summer drys out and hardens up. You end up with a very tough and light weight stick. I planned on doing a post on them when I make the, just haven't had the time to get started yet.
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Please post when you do, i'd love to see the pictures.
 
GarnetandBlack said:
Never heard of it. Is it readily available at local suppliers?
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My grandpa makes walking sticks from it and has been able to find it at Rockler, Woodcraft, and a lot of other hardwood suppliers. I can ask if he has advice on finding it, too.

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GarnetandBlack said:
Anyone have a preferred wood for homemade walking sticks? Perhaps even more useful: Any woods to avoid?
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Willow is the best. Find a pond or creek bank with some willows growing around it and you're in business.


Maple sapling would be my second choice.
 
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