Warranties Have Broken Me!!

EChoil said:
This is a good example of something I have posted in here before--how obsession with an aspect of the overall, be it steel, warranty or whatever, can remove a lot of the joy from the hobby.

A warranty is a plug-in factor...to the overall. Just like steel, brand name, etc. should be.

Hope you are able to rid yourself of it. There are too many nice knives out there these days to cloud things over with classroom philosophy theoreticals.

Or as we say here in The Sprawl, 'Don't overthink it.'
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Very well said man.

I can relate to the OP. I started off with some great spyderco's, and then picked up a few ZT's. When I realized ZT offers blade replacement (at customers expense) I saw the ZT as a truly immortal pocket knife. Chipped the edge really deep? Snapped the tip? Sick of all the deep scratches? It could all be resolved with a small fee. It skewed my view of other knives like my spydercos as ''delicate'' things, even though they aren't and have remained with me for years now. I don't worry about what potential improbable disasters might occur to my knife anymore.

If it involves something like a dedicated ''hard use'' fixed blade.. yeah the warranty is a comforting peace of mind (I definitely love my esee). Overall it helps to just stay at a price point that is comfortable for yourself when buying your tools.
 
The way I see it: The company is putting your money where their mouth is. You already dropped several hundred on their piece of sharpened metal.
The warranty is the make-or-break for me. If I'm teeter-tottering on the knife, the warranty is what pushes me.

There's something said about ESEE's warranty. They dare you to use it. That's what made me get into higher end knives in the first place.
On the flip side, companies like Microtech charge an arm and a leg for their product but their warranty service is embarrassing.
 
I expect everything I buy to be warranted against manufacturing defects. These no questions asked warranties I hate. I'm not a moron so i don't need these warranties. I just end up paying more for a knife because the company isn't eating the cost on returns from people who ARE morons. That comes out of my pocket. Further, if I break a knife using it for what I need, why on earth would I want another one that's exactly the same? :confused: Clearly it's not the knife for me. Even if I had this warranty I wouldn't use it because I would not want the knife anymore. I think these warranties should go away because they're a marketing scheme that costs honest people money. If you break your knife doing something stupid (been there) that's on you. Don't make others pay for your stupidity.
 
Things happen. "No questions asked" just removes any hassles if something does happen, like a bad batch of steel or a bad day in the QC department. I don't think Buck is hemorrhaging money from their warrantee fulfillment office.

That said, how many people really believe more money buys a stronger knife? Seems most baby their expensive toys and use cheaper products for beating on. I can't count the times I've heard watch nuts gasp when somone says they went swimming with their Submariner :)

The "no questions asked" warranteee will almost never get used on knives much over $100 regardless.
 
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40oz said:
That said, how many people really believe more money buys a stronger knife? Seems most baby their expensive toys and use cheaper products for beating on. I can't count the times I've heard watch nuts gasp when somone says they went swimming with their Submariner :)

The "no questions asked" warranteee will almost never get used on knives much over $100 regardless.
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True, I wonder how many Striders have seen little more than paper!
However, all it takes is one jilted customer to make enough waves on the internet.
 
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