Shaman SPY27 nearly protruding tip

[Skylark427]

I'm surprised that this has gone 4 pages? The second post in the thread was from me asking the customer to return the piece to us. We made a batch that had the blade tips be higher than is ideal. We were informed about it from a customer. So we pulled all of the knives off of he shelves , went though them and repaired them. Some did go out, early on, but we've only received 2 back from customers, and we sorted them.

If anyone has a Shaman, or any other Spyderco model, for which they have a concern, they should end it back to us. To send it back to a dealer or sell it does not sort the issue. If we get the piece, we can repair or replace the problem piece, always in the best interest of the customer.

We have since sold thousands of Shamans with no complaints.

sal

I've actually been waiting for you to take notice this thread went on again. The people on reddit didn't seem to get that information, which is what brought me and AIDriven here, for this issue.

Thank you for confirming this is an isolated incident and that you guys are willing to fix/sort out the problem.

It's greatly appreciated and I'm very happy to have become part of the Spyderco family.

My Shaman is flawless so I have no complaints. The 15V BBB Shaman is actually my favorite EDC right now, and I'm very happy I bought this series of knives to introduce myself to this brand.

Thanks, Sal.

Edit: I admit, I seem to have missed your original comment on this thread. My apologies.

Edit 2: I hope this doesn't break any rules, but I have posted your reply to the reddit Spyderco community, so people know what to do if they received a Shaman like this.

Here is the link to that thread, I hope this doesn't break forum rules, if it does, I will gladly remove it:



Thank you again, Sal.

Jacob

[Skylark427]

I checked all of mine. The Spy 27 is the highest but not protruding. If you rub your finger over it, does it get your finger?

If I push my finger into it a bit I can feel the point. The point is within the scales but close enough to the top that I feel a few sharpening sessions would bring it even higher and even to the scales, especially if I take a lot of steel off reprofiling the edge.

I don’t think it’s as bad as some of the SPY-27 but I think it sits higher than it should. I could be totally wrong on that though.

Otherwise the knife is great no complaints at all.

Unfortunately yeah, I'm not sure if I can link that original thread but a user said that a dealer had maybe 10 different SPY27 models with all the same issues.

With Sal's response, definitely send it in for them to look over. I believe they'll take care of you, as this company seems very committed to its' customers.

Very happy to have joined the Spyderco family with my purchase of the 15V BBB Millie 2 and 15V Shaman(15V Shaman is my current favorite EDC).

Thank you everyone who took the time to comment in this thread, and thank you Sal for confirming it was isolated to a select few knives.

Edit: I included a link in my previous comment of the original post on Spydercos community on reddit. I posted Sal's response there, so others know what to do with their knives should they have this issue. If the link breaks any rules, I'll gladly remove it.

[sal]

Hi Jacob,

Welcome aboard. Glad we could alleviate your concerns. As you learn more about our company culture and ethos, I think your confidence in our products will improve,..................... we hope.

sal

[WilliamMunny]

I checked all of mine. The Spy 27 is the highest but not protruding. If you rub your finger over it, does it get your finger?

If I push my finger into it a bit I can feel the point. The point is within the scales but close enough to the top that I feel a few sharpening sessions would bring it even higher and even to the scales, especially if I take a lot of steel off reprofiling the edge.

I don’t think it’s as bad as some of the SPY-27 but I think it sits higher than it should. I could be totally wrong on that though.

Otherwise the knife is great no complaints at all.

Unfortunately yeah, I'm not sure if I can link that original thread but a user said that a dealer had maybe 10 different SPY27 models with all the same issues.

With Sal's response, definitely send it in for them to look over. I believe they'll take care of you, as this company seems very committed to its' customers.

Very happy to have joined the Spyderco family with my purchase of the 15V BBB Millie 2 and 15V Shaman(15V Shaman is my current favorite EDC).

Thank you everyone who took the time to comment in this thread, and thank you Sal for confirming it was isolated to a select few knives.

Edit: I included a link in my previous comment of the original post on Spydercos community on reddit. I posted Sal's response there, so others know what to do with their knives should they have this issue. If the link breaks any rules, I'll gladly remove it.

Spyderco has the best customer service of any company I have seen. Got my first Spyderco from my dad about 30 years ago now and have not looked back. This is probably my first concern I have seen on a Spyderco which honestly most people probably would no notice but being a “knife guy” I noticed it might be an issue.

Thanks everyone for the input, knife will be in the mail today.

[Skylark427]

@sal

Thank you for the welcome. So far I haven't seen anything that sways me from the company. I've spent a lot of time while using my 15V Shaman reading through all the old posts from several years ago, and in my opinion this is the only company that has actually produced a product on a production scale that is, in its own right, on the level of what you can receive from a custom knife maker (assuming the maker knows what they are doing).

I'm very happy to have joined the family. Thank you for the welcome.

@WilliamMunny

I have to agree. Of everything I've seen on the other communities, this is literally the only real "mistake" I have ever seen. With Sal mentioning that the knife was pulled from all the shelves immediately once they found out there was a problem, I'd say that that's pretty much the best they could've done. A few making it out early on is just something that happens when you make millions of knives in... what 5 dozen different steel choices?

I'd personally say it's not huge.

I'm incredibly happy with the 3 knives I have purchased from them so far. Which I have mentioned, the 15V collab one's are on the level of customs in their own right (I'm able to confirm their hardness via my own hardness testing at work[Mitutoyo, analog bench top tester], the Millie 2 tested at over 65Rc, the Shaman tested at over 66Rc, the Manix 2 LW in S110V tested at over 63Rc. I'm not sure if the Shaman was an outlier, or just one in the batch that overall was harder than target, or if the Shaman overall tested a bit higher, maybe Sal could shed some light on that? I'm not about to put more testing marks on it though lol, the filing down takes too long on the tang.)

Regardless, all 3 tested at or above advertised hardness. That's amazing coming from a production company. The Shaman has taken everything I've put it through and more. I buy my knives to use them, not to let them sit on a shelf.

I'll tell you a bit more about myself, and what brought me to this amazing company that I'd somehow missed out on for so many years.

Me and my wife had a "tradition" of buying each other similar knives, from the same maker/manufacturer, slightly different and gifting them to each other. We both had a love of knives, and sort of turned that into "our thing". Unfortunately, in mid 2018, our newly bought house was robbed, and nearly destroyed inside(by someone we trusted at the time, but that's too much for here).

As you can imagine, this devastated us. We lost everything. The house was newly purchased, and the insurance policy was just bought, yet they refused to do anything about it because of how new the insurance was, and the overall amount we owned was considerable.

Fast forward until more recently, and just after we started to be able to finally become stable, and have a place to call home, and were both finally able to live in relative comfort, my wife got sick and passed away. I had been with her since high school, and she was really the only family I had left.

So I try to carry on our tradition, not only as a way to cope, but as a way to honor her memory, as she was truly one of a kind, and my life won't be the same without her.

During the time we were collecting, she had several custom folding knives made for me, I've only managed to find out the maker on one of them, and am working with him to get a knife like the one she had made for me. But of the customs, one was a 15V knife at high hardness. I had been looking around, not many people willing to work with that steel (Shawn one of the only few, and getting one of his knives is challenging). I was directed to this collaboration by a friend, and was so thrilled after trying the Millie 2(and testing it's hardness), I immediately bought the Shaman and Manix 2 LW in S110V.

The Shaman being a bit more beefy, and testing a bit higher put it closer to the custom she purchased me. So I put some aftermarket titanium scales on it, got a flamed titanium Lynch clip, just to make it closer to how the custom looked (she loved blues, purples and golds in titanium, hence the Lynch clip).

I carry the Shaman every day now. It's withstood everything I've put it through and is still on the factory edge. I even used it to cut up 4-5" thick round oak logs in my backyard, with a deadblow hammer. No edge damage, I've looked it over extensively. It still shaves hair and slices paper cleanly.

I apologize if I sounded as if I was "downing" on this brand. I didn't mean it to come out like that. I have trouble putting my thoughts to words when typing since she passed. My thoughts on this brand are it's an amazing brand that goes above and beyond to cater to the needs of every knife user, light duty to extreme. For that I am grateful, as it allowed me to continue a tradition with my late wife, and opened up an entire new world of knives to me.

I'll include a picture of the Shaman I carry every day.

Thank you Sal for all the work you've put into this company. From one knife lover who's had a difficult life, your knives have made my life a bit more happy.

Jacob

[WilliamMunny]

@sal

Thank you for the welcome. So far I haven't seen anything that sways me from the company. I've spent a lot of time while using my 15V Shaman reading through all the old posts from several years ago, and in my opinion this is the only company that has actually produced a product on a production scale that is, in its own right, on the level of what you can receive from a custom knife maker (assuming the maker knows what they are doing).

I'm very happy to have joined the family. Thank you for the welcome.

@WilliamMunny

I have to agree. Of everything I've seen on the other communities, this is literally the only real "mistake" I have ever seen. With Sal mentioning that the knife was pulled from all the shelves immediately once they found out there was a problem, I'd say that that's pretty much the best they could've done. A few making it out early on is just something that happens when you make millions of knives in... what 5 dozen different steel choices?

I'd personally say it's not huge.

I'm incredibly happy with the 3 knives I have purchased from them so far. Which I have mentioned, the 15V collab one's are on the level of customs in their own right (I'm able to confirm their hardness via my own hardness testing at work[Mitutoyo, analog bench top tester], the Millie 2 tested at over 65Rc, the Shaman tested at over 66Rc, the Manix 2 LW in S110V tested at over 63Rc. I'm not sure if the Shaman was an outlier, or just one in the batch that overall was harder than target, or if the Shaman overall tested a bit higher, maybe Sal could shed some light on that? I'm not about to put more testing marks on it though lol, the filing down takes too long on the tang.)

Regardless, all 3 tested at or above advertised hardness. That's amazing coming from a production company. The Shaman has taken everything I've put it through and more. I buy my knives to use them, not to let them sit on a shelf.

I'll tell you a bit more about myself, and what brought me to this amazing company that I'd somehow missed out on for so many years.

Me and my wife had a "tradition" of buying each other similar knives, from the same maker/manufacturer, slightly different and gifting them to each other. We both had a love of knives, and sort of turned that into "our thing". Unfortunately, in mid 2018, our newly bought house was robbed, and nearly destroyed inside(by someone we trusted at the time, but that's too much for here).

As you can imagine, this devastated us. We lost everything. The house was newly purchased, and the insurance policy was just bought, yet they refused to do anything about it because of how new the insurance was, and the overall amount we owned was considerable.

Fast forward until more recently, and just after we started to be able to finally become stable, and have a place to call home, and were both finally able to live in relative comfort, my wife got sick and passed away. I had been with her since high school, and she was really the only family I had left.

So I try to carry on our tradition, not only as a way to cope, but as a way to honor her memory, as she was truly one of a kind, and my life won't be the same without her.

During the time we were collecting, she had several custom folding knives made for me, I've only managed to find out the maker on one of them, and am working with him to get a knife like the one she had made for me. But of the customs, one was a 15V knife at high hardness. I had been looking around, not many people willing to work with that steel (Shawn one of the only few, and getting one of his knives is challenging). I was directed to this collaboration by a friend, and was so thrilled after trying the Millie 2(and testing it's hardness), I immediately bought the Shaman and Manix 2 LW in S110V.

The Shaman being a bit more beefy, and testing a bit higher put it closer to the custom she purchased me. So I put some aftermarket titanium scales on it, got a flamed titanium Lynch clip, just to make it closer to how the custom looked (she loved blues, purples and golds in titanium, hence the Lynch clip).

I carry the Shaman every day now. It's withstood everything I've put it through and is still on the factory edge. I even used it to cut up 4-5" thick round oak logs in my backyard, with a deadblow hammer. No edge damage, I've looked it over extensively. It still shaves hair and slices paper cleanly.

I apologize if I sounded as if I was "downing" on this brand. I didn't mean it to come out like that. I have trouble putting my thoughts to words when typing since she passed. My thoughts on this brand are it's an amazing brand that goes above and beyond to cater to the needs of every knife user, light duty to extreme. For that I am grateful, as it allowed me to continue a tradition with my late wife, and opened up an entire new world of knives to me.

I'll include a picture of the Shaman I carry every day.

Thank you Sal for all the work you've put into this company. From one knife lover who's had a difficult life, your knives have made my life a bit more happy.

Jacob

Sorry to hear about your loss. Great to have you on the board, there is a ton of great people here with a lot of knowledge.

[Skylark427]

@sal

Thank you for the welcome. So far I haven't seen anything that sways me from the company. I've spent a lot of time while using my 15V Shaman reading through all the old posts from several years ago, and in my opinion this is the only company that has actually produced a product on a production scale that is, in its own right, on the level of what you can receive from a custom knife maker (assuming the maker knows what they are doing).

I'm very happy to have joined the family. Thank you for the welcome.

@WilliamMunny

I have to agree. Of everything I've seen on the other communities, this is literally the only real "mistake" I have ever seen. With Sal mentioning that the knife was pulled from all the shelves immediately once they found out there was a problem, I'd say that that's pretty much the best they could've done. A few making it out early on is just something that happens when you make millions of knives in... what 5 dozen different steel choices?

I'd personally say it's not huge.

I'm incredibly happy with the 3 knives I have purchased from them so far. Which I have mentioned, the 15V collab one's are on the level of customs in their own right (I'm able to confirm their hardness via my own hardness testing at work[Mitutoyo, analog bench top tester], the Millie 2 tested at over 65Rc, the Shaman tested at over 66Rc, the Manix 2 LW in S110V tested at over 63Rc. I'm not sure if the Shaman was an outlier, or just one in the batch that overall was harder than target, or if the Shaman overall tested a bit higher, maybe Sal could shed some light on that? I'm not about to put more testing marks on it though lol, the filing down takes too long on the tang.)

Regardless, all 3 tested at or above advertised hardness. That's amazing coming from a production company. The Shaman has taken everything I've put it through and more. I buy my knives to use them, not to let them sit on a shelf.

I'll tell you a bit more about myself, and what brought me to this amazing company that I'd somehow missed out on for so many years.

Me and my wife had a "tradition" of buying each other similar knives, from the same maker/manufacturer, slightly different and gifting them to each other. We both had a love of knives, and sort of turned that into "our thing". Unfortunately, in mid 2018, our newly bought house was robbed, and nearly destroyed inside(by someone we trusted at the time, but that's too much for here).

As you can imagine, this devastated us. We lost everything. The house was newly purchased, and the insurance policy was just bought, yet they refused to do anything about it because of how new the insurance was, and the overall amount we owned was considerable.

Fast forward until more recently, and just after we started to be able to finally become stable, and have a place to call home, and were both finally able to live in relative comfort, my wife got sick and passed away. I had been with her since high school, and she was really the only family I had left.

So I try to carry on our tradition, not only as a way to cope, but as a way to honor her memory, as she was truly one of a kind, and my life won't be the same without her.

During the time we were collecting, she had several custom folding knives made for me, I've only managed to find out the maker on one of them, and am working with him to get a knife like the one she had made for me. But of the customs, one was a 15V knife at high hardness. I had been looking around, not many people willing to work with that steel (Shawn one of the only few, and getting one of his knives is challenging). I was directed to this collaboration by a friend, and was so thrilled after trying the Millie 2(and testing it's hardness), I immediately bought the Shaman and Manix 2 LW in S110V.

The Shaman being a bit more beefy, and testing a bit higher put it closer to the custom she purchased me. So I put some aftermarket titanium scales on it, got a flamed titanium Lynch clip, just to make it closer to how the custom looked (she loved blues, purples and golds in titanium, hence the Lynch clip).

I carry the Shaman every day now. It's withstood everything I've put it through and is still on the factory edge. I even used it to cut up 4-5" thick round oak logs in my backyard, with a deadblow hammer. No edge damage, I've looked it over extensively. It still shaves hair and slices paper cleanly.

I apologize if I sounded as if I was "downing" on this brand. I didn't mean it to come out like that. I have trouble putting my thoughts to words when typing since she passed. My thoughts on this brand are it's an amazing brand that goes above and beyond to cater to the needs of every knife user, light duty to extreme. For that I am grateful, as it allowed me to continue a tradition with my late wife, and opened up an entire new world of knives to me.

I'll include a picture of the Shaman I carry every day.

Thank you Sal for all the work you've put into this company. From one knife lover who's had a difficult life, your knives have made my life a bit more happy.

Jacob

Sorry to hear about your loss. Great to have you on the board, there is a ton of great people here with a lot of knowledge.

Thank you for the condolences, it's much appreciated right now. I'm glad to be a member here and part of a community where the owners of the company actually care about customer feedback and the customers themselves. That's very rare today in a knife company.

The people here also seem to be very kind and knowledgeable. I hope I can contribute in some meaningful way, I took 6 classes on different metals myself, and have been working with metals since I was 16, because I had to start working part time in high school to help pay the bills. I've been into knives since I was about 12 or 13, when I received a old Parker knife from the 80s in ATS-34 steel, then a Buck 120 in 5160 steel.

I will say the amount of steels Spyderco offers in so many different models is astonishing, it really sets it apart from other companies, just that alone.

Working with metals everyday got me interested in what makes these steels different from each other. I already had to take a class about stainless alloys because the work I was doing was being sold to 2 different big companies, one you might know, called USG ( United States Gypsum, biggest drywall/sheetrock maker in the US). I primarily focused on the high heat furnace parts that were all high grade austenitic stainless, 330 and 333. Working at a family owned company and having contracts with industrial giants opened the door for me to learn about various alloys, both on the company's dime, and later on mine.

I hope I can contribute some way, knowing what makes many of these alloys unique in knives, and how important the annealing procedure, heat treatment given, and final processing all differ for each steel for what is optimal. But I'm no Larrin Thomas. And there's always more to learn.

Hopefully I've come to a community that I can positively contribute to, and also learn from as well.

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. Little acts of kindness like that are keeping me going right now through these difficult times of my life. Just know it's greatly appreciated.

Jacob

[AlDriven]

I wanted to come back on here and thank Sal for coming right back to this and making it right. It’s just a perfect example of how Spyderco came to be and continues to excel with excellent products and customer service. The fact that you are taking time out of your day to make this right speaks wonders to who is behind this incredible company.

Im glad this got noticed a bit more, but most importantly ownership was taken immediately. My knife was received this past Friday, not evaluated yet, but I’m sure they will make it right.

I appreciate everyone’s involvement this and a special shout out to Jacob for his help.

Alex

[sal]

Hi Jacob,

Thanx much for sharing your story and sorry for your loss. I think many of us here can relate. We've been maintaining this forum for decades and many of the regulars also have stories that we've been permitted to share.

Make it a good day!

sal

[Wartstein]

@Skylark427

Warm welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing your touching story.
I am sorry for the loss of your wife, and I think you are honoring her memory in a good way.

[WilliamMunny]

@sal

Thank you for the welcome. So far I haven't seen anything that sways me from the company. I've spent a lot of time while using my 15V Shaman reading through all the old posts from several years ago, and in my opinion this is the only company that has actually produced a product on a production scale that is, in its own right, on the level of what you can receive from a custom knife maker (assuming the maker knows what they are doing).

I'm very happy to have joined the family. Thank you for the welcome.

@WilliamMunny

I have to agree. Of everything I've seen on the other communities, this is literally the only real "mistake" I have ever seen. With Sal mentioning that the knife was pulled from all the shelves immediately once they found out there was a problem, I'd say that that's pretty much the best they could've done. A few making it out early on is just something that happens when you make millions of knives in... what 5 dozen different steel choices?

I'd personally say it's not huge.

I'm incredibly happy with the 3 knives I have purchased from them so far. Which I have mentioned, the 15V collab one's are on the level of customs in their own right (I'm able to confirm their hardness via my own hardness testing at work[Mitutoyo, analog bench top tester], the Millie 2 tested at over 65Rc, the Shaman tested at over 66Rc, the Manix 2 LW in S110V tested at over 63Rc. I'm not sure if the Shaman was an outlier, or just one in the batch that overall was harder than target, or if the Shaman overall tested a bit higher, maybe Sal could shed some light on that? I'm not about to put more testing marks on it though lol, the filing down takes too long on the tang.)

Regardless, all 3 tested at or above advertised hardness. That's amazing coming from a production company. The Shaman has taken everything I've put it through and more. I buy my knives to use them, not to let them sit on a shelf.

I'll tell you a bit more about myself, and what brought me to this amazing company that I'd somehow missed out on for so many years.

Me and my wife had a "tradition" of buying each other similar knives, from the same maker/manufacturer, slightly different and gifting them to each other. We both had a love of knives, and sort of turned that into "our thing". Unfortunately, in mid 2018, our newly bought house was robbed, and nearly destroyed inside(by someone we trusted at the time, but that's too much for here).

As you can imagine, this devastated us. We lost everything. The house was newly purchased, and the insurance policy was just bought, yet they refused to do anything about it because of how new the insurance was, and the overall amount we owned was considerable.

Fast forward until more recently, and just after we started to be able to finally become stable, and have a place to call home, and were both finally able to live in relative comfort, my wife got sick and passed away. I had been with her since high school, and she was really the only family I had left.

So I try to carry on our tradition, not only as a way to cope, but as a way to honor her memory, as she was truly one of a kind, and my life won't be the same without her.

During the time we were collecting, she had several custom folding knives made for me, I've only managed to find out the maker on one of them, and am working with him to get a knife like the one she had made for me. But of the customs, one was a 15V knife at high hardness. I had been looking around, not many people willing to work with that steel (Shawn one of the only few, and getting one of his knives is challenging). I was directed to this collaboration by a friend, and was so thrilled after trying the Millie 2(and testing it's hardness), I immediately bought the Shaman and Manix 2 LW in S110V.

The Shaman being a bit more beefy, and testing a bit higher put it closer to the custom she purchased me. So I put some aftermarket titanium scales on it, got a flamed titanium Lynch clip, just to make it closer to how the custom looked (she loved blues, purples and golds in titanium, hence the Lynch clip).

I carry the Shaman every day now. It's withstood everything I've put it through and is still on the factory edge. I even used it to cut up 4-5" thick round oak logs in my backyard, with a deadblow hammer. No edge damage, I've looked it over extensively. It still shaves hair and slices paper cleanly.

I apologize if I sounded as if I was "downing" on this brand. I didn't mean it to come out like that. I have trouble putting my thoughts to words when typing since she passed. My thoughts on this brand are it's an amazing brand that goes above and beyond to cater to the needs of every knife user, light duty to extreme. For that I am grateful, as it allowed me to continue a tradition with my late wife, and opened up an entire new world of knives to me.

I'll include a picture of the Shaman I carry every day.

Thank you Sal for all the work you've put into this company. From one knife lover who's had a difficult life, your knives have made my life a bit more happy.

Jacob

Sorry to hear about your loss. Great to have you on the board, there is a ton of great people here with a lot of knowledge.

Thank you for the condolences, it's much appreciated right now. I'm glad to be a member here and part of a community where the owners of the company actually care about customer feedback and the customers themselves. That's very rare today in a knife company.

The people here also seem to be very kind and knowledgeable. I hope I can contribute in some meaningful way, I took 6 classes on different metals myself, and have been working with metals since I was 16, because I had to start working part time in high school to help pay the bills. I've been into knives since I was about 12 or 13, when I received a old Parker knife from the 80s in ATS-34 steel, then a Buck 120 in 5160 steel.

I will say the amount of steels Spyderco offers in so many different models is astonishing, it really sets it apart from other companies, just that alone.

Working with metals everyday got me interested in what makes these steels different from each other. I already had to take a class about stainless alloys because the work I was doing was being sold to 2 different big companies, one you might know, called USG ( United States Gypsum, biggest drywall/sheetrock maker in the US). I primarily focused on the high heat furnace parts that were all high grade austenitic stainless, 330 and 333. Working at a family owned company and having contracts with industrial giants opened the door for me to learn about various alloys, both on the company's dime, and later on mine.

I hope I can contribute some way, knowing what makes many of these alloys unique in knives, and how important the annealing procedure, heat treatment given, and final processing all differ for each steel for what is optimal. But I'm no Larrin Thomas. And there's always more to learn.

Hopefully I've come to a community that I can positively contribute to, and also learn from as well.

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. Little acts of kindness like that are keeping me going right now through these difficult times of my life. Just know it's greatly appreciated.

Jacob

This is a great place to get away from it all. I know between kids, family, stressful job, chores, kids going to college, etc. it is nice to chat about knives and steel. I will say it again, feel like a big kid on here sometimes, great people to talk to and fun toys to play with.

[Skylark427]

Thank all of you guys, your kindness means a lot to me right now. When I'm not buried at work, I will definitely spend time on here, either just sharing a new pair of Spydercos I got, or in general just commenting on other people's knives I think are awesome.

Thank you all for helping make my Saturday a better day. As I said, small acts of kindness like that mean the world to me right now.

And thank you for the warm welcome to this amazing forum.

@sal
@WilliamMunny
@Wartstein
@AlDriven

[Scandi Grind]

So sorry to hear of your loss @Skylark427 . I hope you find an enjoyable outlet here geeking out with fellow knife nerds, I know I do.

[Skylark427]

So sorry to hear of your loss @Skylark427 . I hope you find an enjoyable outlet here geeking out with fellow knife nerds, I know I do.

Thank you, I greatly appreciate the kindness. I hope so as well. I could definitely use an outlet to just sit back and talk about knives and steel.

Thank you for your kindness

[WilliamMunny]

Just wanted to share my results on my XHP Shaman. Sent it in and was told by Charlotte the tip was within spec, maybe a little higher than some other examples but still passable. Since it was a sprint run, she was unable to exchange it with one that had the tip sitting lowing in the handle which she would have gladly done.

My two options were to either get a generous store credit (for a knife that had nothing wrong with it) or to get the knife sent back to me. I happily had them send it back, as it's a great knife and now knowing it doesn't have manufacturing issues made me feel all the more confident.

Charlotte was awesome, the options she provided were great and generous. Definitely happy I took Sal's advice and sent it in instead of giving up on the knife. Best of all she did not make me feel silly for sending in a knife that end up having no issues.

[Jayrod1980]

So I don’t have this issue with the Spy because I don’t own that one but I do have the problem with my burlap S90V Shaman from knifecenter.

Someone pointed this out but it is 18000% due to the grinding of the blade behind the finger choil where it interfaces with the stop pin.

I got the gorgeous 10V boa micarta Shaman and it is perfect. Check out the side by side of the 10V vs the 90V. You can see how much more material there is on the 90V. Looks like the lathe was set just a little too shallow when I compare them directly side by side. My S90V has never been sharpened and will probably snag after one sharpening.

I’ve owned this knife for like a year now though so if I want to fix it, I’ll try sanding down that part a little to see if I can get it to improve without killing the detent.