I really, really, REALLY wanted to love the Cyclone. I did. If some of you remember, I got a Cyclone for xmas, but the torsion bar was messed up so the speedsafe mechanism didn't work. It made a loud SNAP every time you tried to close the blade. It was produced in June of 2006 - some of you mentioned that the torsion bar was redesigned in '07 due to a flaw that caused the snapping problem, so I did what many of you recommended...I wrote Kershaw a letter and sent the knife back to them via UPS at my own expense, asking them to honor their warranty and either repair or replace the knife.
Today, I was thrilled to get a package from them. I opened it up, and there was a replacement Cyclone inside. It was a little different from the first one (the blade was black but the thumb studs were silver, and the serrations were much different), but it appeared to be new, and thats what I had asked for. I was very satisfied, once again, UNTIL I TRIED TO USE THE DAMN SPEEDSAFE MECHANISM.
The torsion bar doesn't even have enough juice to open the blade all the way, and guess what? Upon closing the blade, after it sat for maybe 3 or 4 seconds fully closed with the speedsafe engaged...SNAP. The damn thing snapped again, and now it won't engage. This time it's different, though...after that initial snap, it hasn't snapped again, but it's making a very mild clicking right as you begin to close the blade, as though the torsion bar and actuator bar just aren't meshing correctly.
Guys, either I'm the most unlucky person in the history of Kershaw Knives, or many more of these funky Cyclones are floating out there than you all realize. I'm not stupid when it comes to mechanical things. I'm not "breaking" these knives right out of the box. But you know what? I'm done with this crap, unfortunately. I HATE having a negative attitude like that, especially about a product that I desparately wanted to love based on all of the positive feedback I've read on here...but there is no reason for this. The replacement knife is only a couple months newer, too...November of 06 as opposed to June. If thats the best that Kershaw can do, knowing full well about the problems that I had with the first one, then I'll spend my money elsewhere.
BS. Total BS.
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Today, I was thrilled to get a package from them. I opened it up, and there was a replacement Cyclone inside. It was a little different from the first one (the blade was black but the thumb studs were silver, and the serrations were much different), but it appeared to be new, and thats what I had asked for. I was very satisfied, once again, UNTIL I TRIED TO USE THE DAMN SPEEDSAFE MECHANISM.
The torsion bar doesn't even have enough juice to open the blade all the way, and guess what? Upon closing the blade, after it sat for maybe 3 or 4 seconds fully closed with the speedsafe engaged...SNAP. The damn thing snapped again, and now it won't engage. This time it's different, though...after that initial snap, it hasn't snapped again, but it's making a very mild clicking right as you begin to close the blade, as though the torsion bar and actuator bar just aren't meshing correctly.
Guys, either I'm the most unlucky person in the history of Kershaw Knives, or many more of these funky Cyclones are floating out there than you all realize. I'm not stupid when it comes to mechanical things. I'm not "breaking" these knives right out of the box. But you know what? I'm done with this crap, unfortunately. I HATE having a negative attitude like that, especially about a product that I desparately wanted to love based on all of the positive feedback I've read on here...but there is no reason for this. The replacement knife is only a couple months newer, too...November of 06 as opposed to June. If thats the best that Kershaw can do, knowing full well about the problems that I had with the first one, then I'll spend my money elsewhere.
BS. Total BS.
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decisions. 
