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[bhyde]

I wouldn't worry about it..Here is some perspective from a machinist.

In my career, I have often thought to myself that I could lap .0005-.001 off of steel this or that (file, fit , finish) using sandpaper..220 no less..It takes a looooong time to remove that much material from steel, let alone hardened steel. Regardless of your medium, anything less than diamonds is going to take a long time.

 

[fespo276]

If I understand you correctly, you had a very small ding at the belly portion of your sebenza that you could feel with your finger nail but could not really see? If you stropped it and remnants of the ding are still there, then not much metal was removed at all.

This was kind of my first thought, too. Maybe they just came different?

 

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[Josh K]

You stropped with three different DMT pastes, 200x each and it changed your edge? No way! This is the case where I would have sent the knife back instead of re-profiling it myself.

Be careful, I'v sent one in for a locked up pivot screw and they "sharpened" it for me.... For free. It had 1/16 of the whole blade ground off and they reprofiled my perfect edge back to their fat convex edge.

Now when I "HAVE" to send on in, I tape the blade up and write do NOT sharpen on it.

You may send her out, only to have them "Resharpen" it for you and have even more blade missing

Never had a issue with that myself.

 

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[Josh K]

Yup, read my first post. I'm in complete agreement with you, I should have just packed it up and sent it in. I never "thought it out" just started stropping and once I started, I went hog wild on it. I'm ticked off that they sent me a blade that had a deep nick in it but I'm WAY more ticked off at myself for impulsively jumping all over it like that.

I'm getting used to my new "medium" Sebenza so I guess that's what I have to live with. Thinking ahead is sometimes a weakness of mine, but honestly I didn't think that d*mn thing was so deep that when I got it respectable again it would alter the width of the blade.

Sometimes I find a blade I've used nicked (not sure on what), and while initially disappointing I find that ignoring it is better then trying to aggressively sharpen it out. Granted this was knives I've used, not a brand new one.

 

[Alberta Ed]

If you want to get rid of either let me know.

 

[red1965]

I will have to agree with some who have posted here saying that the profiles of the blades are different. If the notches are still present in the blade, you did not removes that much metal. I have tried to re-profile with a sharpmaker a couple of times, and it takes a long while to remove enough metal to make a difference. Even though you used diamond paste, I dont think this is gonna remove enough to give that blade a grossly different profile. Your pics looked fine to me. These knives are made to be used hard as folders go. I wouldnt sweat it. Unless I ding one really bad, I dont even try to work them out on my users. I know that the amount of regular sharpening they get will eventually take care of any dings they get. But if your that bummed, give CRK a call. They may not fix it for free, but I am sure they can fix it to your satisfaction.

 

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[Medic1210]

I will admit I have not read any responses in this thread, so if this has been mentioned already, I apologize in advance.... That being said, I HIGHLY doubt you removed what you think you removed by stropping with 6, 3 and 1 micron paste. I would find it hard to believe you actually sharpened away that much steel with a stone, much less low abrasive polishing compound on a strop. My bet is the knife came that way, and you just didn't realize it until after you were done. Now, had you said you were working with a paper wheel or leather belt on a grinder, and somehow passed out and fell against the machine while holding the knife against it, I might see it , but just stropping by hand... nah.

 

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[vwb563]

So let me get this straight. You buy a new Sebenza that had a "chip" in the factory edge that may or may not have left the manufacturer that way. Then rather than do the right thing and immediately send it back to the retailer for an exchange you admittedly try to "fix it" yourself by stropping out the chip which you admit does more harm than good by causing a flattening in the blade profile. Then you expect the manufacturer to just replace the blade for free after you caused more damage to the blade than the original problem. A new Sebenza blade cost $129.99 not $25.00 like your Benchmade blade. Personally I don't think you are being fair to the Chris Reeve company in your expectations.

 

[LMT66]

You bought a $400 blade and didn't inspect it until months later? Then you find a nick and try to fix it? That doesn't work and CR won't give you a new blade.

How the damage was done is anyone's guess. Had you just returned it to the dealer right away for exchange, we wouldn't be reading this train wreck thread.

Sounds like you shot yourself in the foot.

 

[blade2klean]

CZIV
Just to clarify, you spoke with Jessie on the phone who is fairly new to CRK and she told you to send it in. When I replied to your email, I first consulted Chris for a response. I’m sorry you are “Po’ed” but seriously! If you purchase a car and notice a run in the paint on the door do you try to buff it out, make a mess of it and then take it back to the dealer expecting a new door? This thread can go on and on, but I think the only person you should be upset with is yourself. That being said, I am sorry you had an unpleasant experience with CRK. We try very hard to make our customers happy.

 

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[blade2klean]

CZIV
This is my final post regarding this subject. You said, "CRK should be responsible for it’s [sic] customer service reps before turning them loose on the phone." We are responsible for our actions. Because you received erroneous information I will not charge you for return shipping. Hope that helps.

 

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[DallasSTB]

This is when a mod needs to step in and close the thread. When the conversation turns circular like this, no one benefits.

Let's just move along now.