Yesterday I take out my Zytel Native and open it to discover...the tip broke! I never even noticed that it did, and I have never used the knife to pry stuff. I also don't remember having it fall open tip-first to the floor, although I DO remember it falling sideways a few times. Who knows, maybe the tip did come into contact with the floor or another hard surface without me noticing.
Well, this saddens me because it was my very first Spyderco knife, and it's my favorite daily carry (besides my BF Native). Soooo, I wonder...how can I best fix it? Here are the two options as I see it:
1) Should I send the knife back to Spyderco for them to do the job? Is it covered by the lifetime guarantee, or how much will I end up paying for the job? Anyone? Sal? Or,
2) I have a 204 Sharpmaker which I used only to sharpen the blade edges, yet have no idea how to work it to fix and resharpen a broken tip. Should I use the Sharpmaker to do this job? If so, comments on how to "restore" the tip would be greatly appreciated, since I don't want to experiment with it only to ruin my beautiful Native.
Thanks in advance,
-Flood
Aaargh! The tip of my Zytel Native broke!!!...
Flood
When you say "tip", just how much do you mean? If it's a tiny amount (to me that means a few millimeters at most) I'd give it a whirl on the 204. Anything more than that I'd send back to the pros in Golden.
Usually a broken tip is not covered by a manufacturers warranty, especially if, as you say, the damage may have occurred from a fall. I have no idea what the charge for such a repair might be, but we all know Spyderco is fair, they're not going to kill you with the cost. What could it be, a couple of bucks?
I say, if you've got another carry piece to hold you over, send your Native in. We all know how much you love it, why take chances?
When you say "tip", just how much do you mean? If it's a tiny amount (to me that means a few millimeters at most) I'd give it a whirl on the 204. Anything more than that I'd send back to the pros in Golden.
Usually a broken tip is not covered by a manufacturers warranty, especially if, as you say, the damage may have occurred from a fall. I have no idea what the charge for such a repair might be, but we all know Spyderco is fair, they're not going to kill you with the cost. What could it be, a couple of bucks?
I say, if you've got another carry piece to hold you over, send your Native in. We all know how much you love it, why take chances?