Folks, you really need to check out the above thread. I just got mine today and the cracks are very minor. The thread above however has me feeling a little nervous.
That was the feeling I got. People should to take a look at the thread for the info.
Canis
Dare. Risk. Dream.
"Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in.
In my head, in my heart, in my soul.
And maybe we'll get lucky and we'll both live again.
Well I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Don't think so."
- Modest Mouse "Ocean Breathes Salty"
Not to fear...Mr Glesser posted on that forum as well and will be reviewing the knife at the Spyderco batcave...er...I mean lab. Gotta love a company where the owner resolves problems with a personal touch and personal interest.
Rhiney wrote:Not to fear...Mr Glesser posted on that forum as well and will be reviewing the knife at the Spyderco batcave...er...I mean lab. Gotta love a company where the owner resolves problems with a personal touch and personal interest.
Thats why I buy Spyderco! Thanks for the update.
I do love my bushcraft. I just hope the one that broke was an anomaly and not the norm.
Kafer wrote:
Over all I am very happy with this knife. The Sheath isn't pretty (not ugly either) but it'll see hard use anyway - once I cover the exposed inner rivets with something.
I just noticed these. What are people using to cover them (if anything)?
When I got it, the scales were separated approximately 1/16th of an inch from the steel on both sides. Sitting for a while here, they've gone back most of the way. The nick I mentioned on the back of the blade is shown on the left hand side right next to the scales. Seconds nick?
I looked pretty close and I saw no nicks in the blade.
And no cracks in the handle. Also the handle has a little personality, bare up front and a little flare at butt end. It looks fairly symmetric.
-Brian A distinguished lurker.
Waiting on a Squeak and Pingo with a Split Spring!
When I got it, the scales were separated approximately 1/16th of an inch from the steel on both sides. Sitting for a while here, they've gone back most of the way. The nick I mentioned on the back of the blade is shown on the left hand side right next to the scales. Seconds nick?
Yup. That's the seconds identifier notch you see there. They are usually a bit larger than that, but Sal was kind enough to keep them small for us on this one.
As for the broken knife, either he has poor skills or I know nothing about how to baton. Since all my knives are intact, I suspect his skills are somewhat lacking.
I don't believe in safe queens, only in pre-need replacements.
Interesting...when I look at these photos again, it looks like the OP actually batoned the knife handle into the wood...it isnt good form to have the tip so far below level that the handle comes into contact with the wood being split...
Oh well, Sal is taking care of it -- just couldn't help looking at the pics one last time!
Judging by the size, shape and depths of the dents in the wood above the knife in the second and third pictures, I'd guess he was "batoning" the knife with a hammer and made a few bad swings.
I don't believe in safe queens, only in pre-need replacements.
Rhiney wrote:Interesting...when I look at these photos again, it looks like the OP actually batoned the knife handle into the wood...it isnt good form to have the tip so far below level that the handle comes into contact with the wood being split...
I noticed that as well.
yablanowitz wrote:Judging by the size, shape and depths of the dents in the wood above the knife in the second and third pictures, I'd guess he was "batoning" the knife with a hammer and made a few bad swings.
The shape of the dents seem eerily similar to the shape of the handle at the front of the knife. My guess is that he actually hammered the handle into wood, which is what caused the scales to break off. Notice how the indent is perfectly centered on the split in the wood. Indicates it was the scales and not the hammer that caused those dents.
His post is titled "Spyderco Bushcraft total failure" when really it should be "Spyderco Bushcraft operator failure." He seems to be trying to blame Spyderco on his knife falling apart because he pounded the wood scales into wood, breaking them. Seeing as how he conveniently omitted mentioning the part where the scales broke because he smashed them against the wood multiple times, it wouldn't surprise me if he then purposely broke the rest of the knife to try and make the whole ordeal seem like the knife was shoddily built. Not to say that the steel may not have failed due to a defect, but at least he should place the handle breaking blame where it belongs and not try to pretend that part was Spyderco's fault.
The Bushcraft (2nd) is my first true (quality) 21st century fixed blade knife. I also have an old Marbles (possibly Classic series but larger http://www.uparchery.com/product_info.p ... cts_id=194 ). leather stacked handle fixed blade.
Save the smaller rivets and the lanyard hole...does my Marbles handle look like the bored out tang that I see in the picture above?
I always believed that these fixed blade handles were a solid piece of steel.
Not knocking a knife that I certainly enjoy and will never probably break; yet how many (quality) modern day fixed blades share this design and/or what is the 'hole to width' ratio that knifemakers like to stay within when using tool steels?
I only ask this again because I am a curious novice who wouldn't trade his Bushcraft; yet who wonders how these types of 'survival' knives are made in general.
No, it probably is not that robust. Stacked leather washer handles are usually mounted on a stick tang, and the normal stick tang has about half the cross-sectional area of the Bushcraft at the point where that one broke.
When looking at the pictures above, please bear in mind that I personally have managed to break two crowbars and several fiberglass shovel handles, and I know a guy who broke an anvil. Unbreakable is a myth.
I don't believe in safe queens, only in pre-need replacements.
yablanowitz wrote: ...please bear in mind that I personally have managed to break two crowbars and several fiberglass shovel handles, and I know a guy who broke an anvil. Unbreakable is a myth.
