PM2 stripped screws

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Sal Glesser said:
Hi Bullet,


Didn't mean to insult you. You did say you stripped the screws. We find that many people try to disassemble knives without considering they are very close tolerance tools. It's a problem we have to deal with quite often. It's even more of a problem with people disassemble them, put them back together and sell them as "new in the box", which isn't true.

You can send it to us and we can fix it for you. You can go out and try to cause us trouble. You should do what you think is the right thing to do.

sal
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Sal Glesser said:
Perhaps the word amateur is being taken negatively? I'm an amateur canyon racer. I may think I'm good and I may be, but I'm still an amateur and will not likely know what a professional rider / driver might know.

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I'm not a fanboy of Spyderco. I don't even on one right now. I believe you're right about the word being taken not only negatively but as an insult. So much gets lost in translation when it comes to text.

Kudos for clarifying and understanding the OP's point of view.
 
People also have to remember that with the rampant counterfeiting of Spydercos, there is another reason they are rightfully hesitant to send out internals...
 
I do not take my knives apart. There really is no need to do so. Soap, water, and Ballistol do the cleaning just fine. Spyderco makes and sells high performance products. These products work out of the box and I'm not clear as to why polishing bushings or washers is needed. I've never felt the need to modify my tools. They are built and used to do a job. Sal has to look out for his company. It is up to Sal and the company to control their intellectual property and not sending out parts is one way to help in that. Self protection is a good thing. Send the knife in and it will be fixed. I have students whose parents don't have even $50.00 to spend on a knife. Let's all just enjoy this hobby and try to enjoy the fact that we have choices in life. Send it in, it gets fixed, all is well with the knife and you can enjoy using it for many years. Sorry if this sounds like a bunch of rambling. It has been quite a day.
 
Red loctite? Taiwanese made PM2? I have never seen either of these things consistent with Spyderco.
 
I dont get it.
But then again whenever I buy a Rolex or SkilSaw, I just gotta take it apart.
Whats wrong with me ??
 
I stripped a screw on my domino, then got frustrated and used too much force on another and broke the head off.

I saw both of these actions as being my own darn fault.

Spyderco quickly sent me new screws.

The end.
 
Buellrider said:
Red loctite? ... I have never seen either of these things consistent with Spyderco.
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My Elmax PM2 has blue loctite, but I have seen red loctite on a Spyderco. A while back I made a post about the challenges I faced disassembling my Ti A.T.R where every screw seemed to have been fully dipped in red loctite. That is a much older knife, but both came from Golden. I'm hoping they stopped using red loctite a long time ago, but it has been known to happen.

As far as the distinction between amateur and professional, all it really means is one is being paid to do something and the other is not. There is usually some correlation between skill level and professional/amateur status, but definitely not always.
 
Buckeyebullet said:
Lol, I'm glad you put it like that. I'm no amateur and I own and disassemble knives 3 times the cost of your cheap Taiwan made knives. I'll stick to quality knives from here on out. This will be the last spyderco I will ever buy. Hinderer and Chris Reeves knives for me. I'll make sure to get the word out on all of the forums and web pages I'm on and admin. Maybe you're the amateur, who uses red loctite on a knife? I should have known better than to buy a foreign knife in the first place.
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There are few people out of over 100 thousand people on this site that I would not do business with or have a coffee with.
You have made the list though.

Don't have a nice day. :thumbdn:

The knife is made in America also...guess you cannot read either...
 
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