Spyderco military lock failure

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sandman503

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I bought a Spyderco military a few months ago at a Cabelas it has been my dream knife for a few years now and decided to buy one when it was on sale. Once I got it home I opened it and checked for lock up and noticed the liner had a bit more slide than I was happy with, wish I had checked it at the store, live and learn I guess. I loved the knife so much I chose to overlook the issue. Ive used it since, but not very much carried it here and there but my job wont allow me to carry anything but a box knife so I really dont have any kind of real EDC set up, more like a weekend carry. I havent beat on this knife at all, havent needed to even sharpen the blade yet. Sitting on my couch yesterday and decide to test the lockup after seeing a video of another knife failing (different make and model). So i gave it a try hit the back of the blade on my hand and pop it failed so I googled it and found some info but not much generally seemed like a bunch of fanboys saying the knife was abused or was bought on ebay or was a fake or they were being flamed by the competedor, etc............... well here is my video, it is 100% legit and real. I will first be trying to exchange the knife at Cabelas, if that doesnt work Ill just sent it in to Spyderco.

Sorry if the video is sideways, I have rotated it but youtube is taking its time to process the edits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNYpi4Peys
 
Post it in the Spyderco forum. Sal (the owner) Will see it and probably will want you to send it back attn. to him. He's done the same for me twice and will be interested in your problem, as well as he'll be sure to address it.
 
Thanks for the replies, if a Mod could move this to the Spyderco forum that would be much appreciated!
 
sandman503 said:
I bought a Spyderco military a few months ago at a Cabelas it has been my dream knife for a few years now and decided to buy one when it was on sale. Once I got it home I opened it and checked for lock up and noticed the liner had a bit more slide than I was happy with, wish I had checked it at the store, live and learn I guess. I loved the knife so much I chose to overlook the issue. Ive used it since, but not very much carried it here and there but my job wont allow me to carry anything but a box knife so I really dont have any kind of real EDC set up, more like a weekend carry. I havent beat on this knife at all, havent needed to even sharpen the blade yet. Sitting on my couch yesterday and decide to test the lockup after seeing a video of another knife failing (different make and model). So i gave it a try hit the back of the blade on my hand and pop it failed so I googled it and found some info but not much generally seemed like a bunch of fanboys saying the knife was abused or was bought on ebay or was a fake or they were being flamed by the competedor, etc............... well here is my video, it is 100% legit and real. I will first be trying to exchange the knife at Cabelas, if that doesnt work Ill just sent it in to Spyderco.

Sorry if the video is sideways, I have rotated it but youtube is taking its time to process the edits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNYpi4Peys
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So have you come out of the closet yet ? ..........(I had to do it people)
 
That sucks, but yeah, not acceptable. If Cabelas won't accept it back, definitely contact Spyderco and they should take care of you. Worst case scenario is, as pointed out above, you got a fake. If that's the case Spyderco will be able to tell you and then I would start, very politely but insistently, raising frickin' hell with Cabelas.
 
First Spydie I bought was a lemon. Posted on the Spydie Forum and some guy named Sal, had no idea who he was, told me to send it in to his attn.....had a brand new one with an apology in a week.
I found out that guy Sal has a bit of pull at Spyderco!!
Great company to deal with!
Joe
 
Give Spydie CS a call. Charlynn will take care of you.
Cabela's will take back anything and everyone knows it. Someone could've bought a real one there and returned a clone.....just like Amazon. Goes back on the shelf for sale.
Maybe give Cabela's a call and find out what their process would be. They may exchange it.......not sure they'll do it after 4 months, but worth a call.
Good luck and let us know what happens.
Joe
 
OP, thanks for tastefully posting. Most of us are nice people but when someone comes on here with a crappy attitude about a fake or defective product it can spiral out of control rather quickly. Sounds like the situation will be handled over on the Spyderco subforum. Take care and hopefully you'll stick around here!
 
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