Spyderco BCUK Bushcrafter REDUCED
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Mine turned up!
Very nice. Looks like someone at Spyderco co. stripped them of the linseed oil before posting,mine was as dry as a chip! Which,I must say,helped with my handle renevation
( two long,fine cracks running the width of both scales. ) I rubbed thin superglu into the cracks with my finger wraped in cligfilm building up layers ( 4 or 5 needed ).
I then rubbed the glue all over the handle which soaked it up.
When dry I gave it a light sand with a fine grit paper,warmed up some boiled linseed oil in the micro-wave ( in a ceramic egg cup ) and rubbed in in by hand.
Looking fab now!!
Good luck with yours folks!
My best.
Chris.
Very nice. Looks like someone at Spyderco co. stripped them of the linseed oil before posting,mine was as dry as a chip! Which,I must say,helped with my handle renevation
( two long,fine cracks running the width of both scales. ) I rubbed thin superglu into the cracks with my finger wraped in cligfilm building up layers ( 4 or 5 needed ).
I then rubbed the glue all over the handle which soaked it up.
When dry I gave it a light sand with a fine grit paper,warmed up some boiled linseed oil in the micro-wave ( in a ceramic egg cup ) and rubbed in in by hand.
Looking fab now!!
Good luck with yours folks!
My best.
Chris.
Mine now says released with charges .
How do I pay them? will they contact me or do I need to do something ?
How do I pay them? will they contact me or do I need to do something ?
It'll be sent to your local Parcelforce office who will send you a letter with the bill and a code that will allow you to pay online. Or, once it's at the office, you can go in person and collect, pay when you do.
Got an email off them, "we cant find your parcel" then i put the number in track again..
Released with Charges. Persons of dubious parentage.
Released with Charges. Persons of dubious parentage.
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Just spoke to customs who say they have to decide on all parcels within 48 hrs. Supposedly parcelforce have a massive delay at the moment and are not updating the code when its released, only when ready to ship. Anyway your USPS code works on the parcelforce site. Mine has cleared today having arrived on the 9th!
Looking forward to receipt. matt.
Looking forward to receipt. matt.
I now have mine!
It survived Saudi Arabian customs, and as there is no tax out here, I don't pay import duty!
I reckon a week of acclimatisation will sort out the cracks which are minor, and only on one of the scales.
At that point I'll fill them with CA and treat the rest of the handle.
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And yes, Spyderco need to have a word with whoever makes their sheaths, however I think this will fit into my woodlore sheath.
It survived Saudi Arabian customs, and as there is no tax out here, I don't pay import duty!
I reckon a week of acclimatisation will sort out the cracks which are minor, and only on one of the scales.
At that point I'll fill them with CA and treat the rest of the handle.
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And yes, Spyderco need to have a word with whoever makes their sheaths, however I think this will fit into my woodlore sheath.
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Got mine today.Went and collected from the depot.
A great bargin mine had a tiny crack which I fixed in sanded in 10 min.Now you cant see it unless looking hard.
I have got to say I am quite impressed with the knife , it is very comftable and looks great.
I will be in the market for a new sheath . I hope someone on here starts to make some good ones for this knife
A great bargin mine had a tiny crack which I fixed in sanded in 10 min.Now you cant see it unless looking hard.
I have got to say I am quite impressed with the knife , it is very comftable and looks great.
I will be in the market for a new sheath . I hope someone on here starts to make some good ones for this knife
It's an unformed thick leather sheath, the edge coat seems to have been applied with a trowel, and the belt loop is riveted on leaving the rivet heads inside the throat of the sheath where they could scratch the handle.
There is a plastic insert in the sheath, but no drain hole, so it'll trap moisture. not ideal on a carbon steel blade.
the hollow rivets are there to allow paracord to be threaded through for baldric carry, so I can see where they were going with that idea.
Honestly, I get the feeling the sheath was designed by someone who had a bushcraft knife described to them over the phone, but had never seen one.
It's robust enough, but not pretty. It doesn't do justice to the nice lines of the knife itself.
Also, would an embossed spyderco/BCUK badge on the sheath have killed them?
There is a plastic insert in the sheath, but no drain hole, so it'll trap moisture. not ideal on a carbon steel blade.
the hollow rivets are there to allow paracord to be threaded through for baldric carry, so I can see where they were going with that idea.
Honestly, I get the feeling the sheath was designed by someone who had a bushcraft knife described to them over the phone, but had never seen one.
It's robust enough, but not pretty. It doesn't do justice to the nice lines of the knife itself.
Also, would an embossed spyderco/BCUK badge on the sheath have killed them?
It's bizarre isn't it? A really good knife - really, one of the nicest handles I've yet held - spoiled by a supplier miscommunication. Oiled, wrapped, and nicely boxed. And then packaged with the sole of an old army drill boot to clip it to your belt. I hope I'm not being rude to Chris or anyone else here, but did a cow really die to make that????
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Don't blame Spyderco for the sheath design. That was my doing
The idea was for ambidextrous and multipostion possible. There were several left handed folk on the design team who raised hell about no one ever catering for lefties. Could have done plastic, but a lot of people would have baulked at that too. The original prototype was wet moulded and the rivets were recessed. Bark River currently have JRE Industries do their sheaths, I think. Prior to that they were really bad. I think the Spyderco sheath falls somewhere between the early BRKT and the current JRE stuff.
...I hope I'm not being rude to Chris or anyone else here, but did a cow really die to make that????
I should hope not. I was promissed nothing but the finest triple refined and reconsituted horse hide
Actually there was considerable debate about the leather. There was little doubt it was cow, just not as we know it :borgsmile:. The eventual consensus among people far more knowledgeable about leather than I, was that it was an interior split, surfaced as you would for luggage leather, and that it was all from one cow, not reconstituted from several
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As far as I know Bark River moved to Sharpshooter Sheaths a while ago and they seem ok now:-
http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/822295/
Phil
Considering it's an ambidextrous sheath made for multi positionable carrying choices covering all user options. I think it's a cracking job. Shame about the insert and protruding inner rivets though.
There are a few of us ready to do marketable replacements. I am hoping mine will be here this week, as soon as I have three leather comissions I will have acrack at it, RB is too.
They won't be far off.
I have to say I can't wait to get mine, Chris' handle design is legendary.
They won't be far off.
I have to say I can't wait to get mine, Chris' handle design is legendary.
Design team explains a lot, looking at this sheath you can see it's trying to be everything to everyone. One of those things I guess.
Mine should be here tomorrow.
