Orange Dodo Grind Lines

spydercofan

spydercofan

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I just bought an Orange Dodo and noticed that the grind is way off on one side and seems to be scratched up. I attached some pictures of both sides of the knife so y'all can see what I'm talking about. Is this normal or should I sent this in to Spyderco?

Good side:

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Bad side:

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As you can see it's extremely thin towards the tip and there are multiple scratches in that area.
 
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I got one just like this too. But I made the dumb mistake of trying to put my own edge on it with my Wicked Edge. That recurve is almost impossible to get a nice even
bevel on it. I got it super sharp, sharper even than Spydercos factory edge but it didn't look good aesthetically so I just ended up selling it. I should have just left the factory
edge on it.
 
I think that if you are concerned over that, you should sell all your knives and find a new hobby. But that's just me.
 
yablanowitz said:
I think that if you are concerned over that, you should sell all your knives and find a new hobby. But that's just me.
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Thank you very much for your extremely helpful feedback. When I pay around $130 for a knife I expect the grind lines to be equal on both sides at the least.
 
as much as i can tell the grind lines are nice and even on both sides, you're talking about the edge bevel ?

if so, is it sharp ? are you going to use it ? if the answer is yes to both, i'd keep it as is. but that's me. if not i'd either sharpen it or send it if i can't. again that's me.

wonder why everybody keep asking those questions, that's your knife you do whatever you want with it. judging how you answered to yab, you already know that it's not acceptable for you, so send it in.
 
If your talking about the edge as pwet stated, you have to remember the edges are done by hand and this isn't exactly a simple edge to grind.
 
spydercofan said:
Thank you very much for your extremely helpful feedback. When I pay around $130 for a knife I expect the grind lines to be equal on both sides at the least.
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Honestly and not trying to dis you, that may be a little optimistic, especially with a relatively short-radius edge like the Dodo. The edges are hand-ground and even skilled workers are probably somewhat challenged by a blade like this.
 
For what it is worth, I am a maker and I hollow grind all my knives, all by hand, no jigs or anything. I have been doing a lot more re-curve blades lately. I love the way they look. Of all the weird, long, tall and double grinds I have done, grinding a re-curve evenly by hand is the most challenging grind I have ever done. That little knife has a wicked re-curve to it and whoever put that steel to the wheel has my respect.
 
spydercofan said:
Thank you very much for your extremely helpful feedback. When I pay around $130 for a knife I expect the grind lines to be equal on both sides at the least.
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While it may not appear helpful to you, it actually is. People find the crazieset things to nitpick about. I also have one, and it has the slightly uneven lines. I like I either way. If you are not satisfied with it, sell it and look for something else. People get tired of the most minute nitpicking. These are production knves after all.
 
RevDevil said:
While it may not appear helpful to you, it actually is. People find the crazieset things to nitpick about. I also have one, and it has the slightly uneven lines. I like I either way. If you are not satisfied with it, sell it and look for something else. People get tired of the most minute nitpicking. These are production knves after all.
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I usually don't nitpick because all my knives are users. But in this case the edge had very distinct scratches on the edge which is not normal for a knife in this price range. I guess ill have to live with it. Thanks for all the feedback guys, now I understand that it's extremely hard to hand grind this type of blade.
 
Send it in. It may be a super cheap knife that only costs $130.00 but it's supposed to at least look new. even a $12.00 dollar knife won't usually come with scratches already "installed." Trust me, it isn't a "feature." I have seen some pretty crappy grinds on production knives but from the pictures, they look acceptable. Again, my major beef is with the scratches. I say send it in with a note describing the deficiencies.
 
While it's not a big deal, it looks like someone tried sharpening it with a stone. Maybe a store had one and they used it to demonstrate the sharpmaker with :p

As long as it's sharp, I wouldn't worry too much about it. The edge geometry itself looks very impressive.
 
JNewell said:
Honestly and not trying to dis you, that may be a little optimistic, especially with a relatively short-radius edge like the Dodo. The edges are hand-ground and even skilled workers are probably somewhat challenged by a blade like this.
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Probably this is the case. My Dodo came near perfect, except the edge. This is the first spyderco, which I received from the dealer and it has already micro-bevel and it is barely cuts the paper, of cause it cannot shave.
 
CQC86 said:
Send it in. It may be a super cheap knife that only costs $130.00 but it's supposed to at least look new. even a $12.00 dollar knife won't usually come with scratches already "installed." Trust me, it isn't a "feature." I have seen some pretty crappy grinds on production knives but from the pictures, they look acceptable. Again, my major beef is with the scratches. I say send it in with a note describing the deficiencies.
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Hey CQC86,

The grinds are very acceptable but my main concern, as you mentioned, are the scratches. I guess I will have to deal with them because I really don't want to go through the hassle of sending it to W/R. It's going to be a user after all.
 
bh49 said:
Probably this is the case. My Dodo came near perfect, except the edge. This is the first spyderco, which I received from the dealer and it has already micro-bevel and it is barely cuts the paper, of cause it cannot shave.
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Do a lot of people have this problem?
 
I didn't hear about this until I saw your thread. I have my Dodo for a while, but didn't even look or try my Dodo until now. I checked my Black and Blue Dodos and edges just perfect.
 
It's been my experience that Spyderco does not regard cosmetic perfection as an absolute necessity. The probability of minor cosmetic imperfections is greater with a complex edge shape like the reverse S. A hollow primary grind further increases that risk, and the chances of them get even higher when the knife is a Sprint Run of a model not currently in production. Whether you're willing to accept it or not, expectations of cosmetic perfection in those circumstances, especially on a relatively inexpensive model, are unrealistic. That's not to say some folks won't feel theirs are perfect, simply that their getting a perfect one was either a matter of luck or luck combined with a slightly less critical eye.
 
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