Sad day for me, therefore sad day for the world...

[Scottieoutdoors]

What a disaster, Christmas is ruined...

Had to open one of those horrible plastic sealed things that new scissors come safely packaged in...(the ones you need scissors to open!!)...Went to the drawer to pull out my trusty Schrader SCHF25 and shock horror, the blade has self destructed... its split itself! From the cutting edge into the blade about 5mm, then it runs along about an inch along the blade!

Oh the misery!

Barely used it in anger either!! Swine!!

Should have asked the seller on here for warranty!! (Joke)

Bet yeh, how sad!

Edit: should add I'm not totally traumatised... and whilst I'm surprised and "how annoying" about it, I'm also purposely making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Hope you've all had a wonderful day and are keeping fed and warm and enjoying family and friends...(or not, if avoiding them is your thing )

 

[gra_farmer]

What a disaster, Christmas is ruined...

Had to open one of those horrible plastic sealed things that new scissors come safely packaged in...(the ones you need scissors to open!!)...Went to the drawer to pull out my trusty Schrader SCHF25 and shock horror, the blade has self destructed... its split itself! From the cutting edge into the blade about 5mm, then it runs along about an inch along the blade!

Oh the misery!

Barely used it in anger either!! Swine!!

Should have asked the seller on here for warranty!!

Bet yeh, how sad!

What, that sounds strange, would like to see a picture

 

[Erbswurst]

That surely didn't happen in the drawer.

 

[Wayne]

Without seeing the Failure it’s hard to comment on possible causes. Seems very odd though.

 

[Wildgoose]

Split lamination? Seen that once before on a kitchen knife, looked like a layer peeled away.

 

[Erbswurst]

I would send the maker an email with photo of the damage and ask for a new one. It doesn't matter that it's bought second hand. It's a production fault.

They surely will send you a new one without any further questions.

 

[Great egret]

Christmas gave you a reason for a new knife, that is not a sad day but a good day

 

[SoldierPalmer]

Without seeing it does sound like a delam. I’ve seen this before on a helle knife. They were happy to replace it.

 

[sidpost]

How did the manufacturer respond?

 

[Scottieoutdoors]

Hey all,
Sorry for the no responses, I've been in Vietnam/S.E.A since December so haven't had the knife and been off social media/forums.
It did indeed happen in the drawer, the knife itself was second hand and was to the naked eye, tip top when I received it, I'd had it since July too. In all honesty I've not looked at it since I'm back, but will go and fish it out and take some pics now.

 

[Scottieoutdoors]

https://flic.kr/p/2ogbNnL

https://flic.kr/p/2og99Th

 

[TeeDee]

I've seen worse...

 

[Scottieoutdoors]

@TeeDee
Yeh, but that didn't happen sitting in a drawer! haha.

 

[Kadushu]

That's a Schrade special!

 

[Scottieoutdoors]

That's a Schrade special!

I preferred it in its standard form...

 

[Nice65]

That’s a stress fracture, poor heat treat is the likely cause.

It would be worth sending that picture to Schrade, they offer a lifetime warranty for defects in materials.

Warranty Information | Schrade

Information on Schrade warranty

www.schrade.com

 

[sidpost]

That’s a stress fracture, poor heat treat is the likely cause.

It would be worth sending that picture to Schrade, they offer a lifetime warranty for defects in materials.

Warranty Information | Schrade

Information on Schrade warranty

www.schrade.com

That should be an easy warranty claim. It looks like a heat treat defect or stress fracture which should be an easy one for Shrade to replace.

I'm not sure what part of the world you are in so, that may complicate things a little if you are overseas. In the EU/UK, it shouldn't be too hard to honor a warranty claim though.

Not too sure about Asia though. Unfortunately, Shrade and a lot of slip-joint makers of the past have been bought out and have their production moved to various parts of Asia with lesser quality.

My older Shrade lockbacks are definitely a lot better than the current ones which I think are made by Taylor Cutlery today. Taylor Cutlery, and the brand names they bought, might as well be pot metal junk from Pakistan or India IMHO.

 

[Scottieoutdoors]

I'm in the UK, I just used an instruction manual for something as a background so the white showed through, happened to be on a Chinese (?) writing page.

I don't have any proof of purchase as I bought it second hand though...

 

[Mesquite]

I'm in the UK, I just used an instruction manual for something as a background so the white showed through, happened to be on a Chinese (?) writing page.

I don't have any proof of purchase as I bought it second hand though...

You could still send a pic to them and say you'd lost the reciept...