do any knives come with lifetime warranty?

[joop]

I'm looking for a good folder hunting knife (that can be carried everyday as well) and was wondering if any come with lifetime warranty.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Buck 110 folding knife has a lifetime on it.


http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3044

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Buck Knives

All Buck knives come with a "Forever Warranty."

I've actually been in their factory when a fella walked in with an old beat-up folder, asked what it would cost to repair. They asked if he had any objection to a free replacement. Instant customer for life.

I, too, have had them replace an old beater (Buck 112 Ranger) with a brand new one.

On the other hand, I brought in an old two-spring Stockman from their El Cajon, CA days, and they only charged me $5 to polish and re-sharpen. Except for a little rust down in the springs, and the wear on the scales, it's good as new. I've posted pictures of it here before. Lemme see if I can find one . . .

Oh, no. I never posted the darned picture. I [thread=332463]found the thread[/thread] but the picture never got posted. Crap.

Now I hafta go find the photo . . .

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[Carl Levitian]

Victorinox comes with a lifetime warentee. Almost unlimite combinations of tools and blades, and is handy as heck.

The larger models have a lock on the blade, as well a nice selction of tools that really work in the real world.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Kershaw

If memory serves, Kershaw warrants their stuff for life, too.


Text of the warranty:

Warranty Information

Limited Lifetime Warranty
Kershaw products are guaranteed for the lifetime of the original owner to be free of defects when received from the factory. Any product we find to be defective in its original material, construction, or workmanship will be repaired or replaced with the same item or one of equal value at no charge. (Of course, normal wear, abuse such as prying with the knife, or neglect are excluded from this non-transferable warranty.) For warranty service, please return product via UPS or insured mail. Include your name, address, telephone number, and a short explanation of the warranty service requested to the address below. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Kai USA ltd., Kershaw Knives
WARRANTY DEPARTMENT
18600 SW Teton Avenue
Tualatin, OR 97062

They have knives that fit the "hunting knife" description.

Too many to list here. See www.kershawknives.com

I will, however, mention one that's roughly in the same class as the Buck 110 folder:

The Kershaw 3140 "Wildcat Ridge"

 

[Rockwell1]

Craftsman Tools makes a knife that is an almost exact copy of a Buck 110. Like all other Craftsman hand tools it is guaranteed forever. (as in if your great grandson decides to turn the knife in in 100 years they'll replace it) I've taken hex sets that I've worn out through fair use and they were replaced on the spot no questions asked. I've also had them exchange a whole set because one tool broke.

 

[arcticap]

Excerpts from the Frost Cutlery Lifetime Warranty Policy:

Warranty Policy

Lifetime warranty of knives is subject to specifications of factory defect. Defects do not include normal wear of knife handles and blades, or damage caused by use of the product for purpose other than intended. Any handle material may crack over time; cracks are not considered defects after 30 days from purchase. Should any parts or workmanship prove defective, Frost Cutlery will repair or replace the part or parts at no cost to the purchaser, unless the product is returned more than one year after purchase, in which event the purchaser must include $3.00 with the returned product to cover shipping and handling....

...Defective products must be returned by insured mail; postage prepaid, accompanied by the original dated sales slip and name, address, and telephone number of the purchaser, along with a written description of the defect. Returns will be handled on an individual basis; please call to get a return authorization number if you wish to return a defective item.

http://www.frostcutlery.com/default.aspx?content=policy

 

[Big Bill]

Buck Knives

 

[arcticap]

North American Leatherman knives have a 25 year warranty:

http://www.leatherman.com/customer-support/warranty.aspx

Gerber knives are warrantied against defects in manufacturing and materials:

http://www.gerberknives.us/Gerber_Warranty.html

 

[Rain Dog]

Excerpts from the Frost Cutlery Lifetime Warranty Policy:

Personal experience, avoid Frost Cutlery like the plague. Unless it's Frosts of Sweden, beware! Poor quality of material, poor heat treat, poor edge, poor company. Don't support them.

Leatherman makes great multi-tools, but their knives are funky. Gerber has good knives on their higher end, but they're inconsistent on quality control so watch out there too.

Spyderco, Kershaw, Benchmade, KA-BAR, and Buck have good reputations and they intend on keeping them. They have low and high ends in their product line, Chinese at the low, Japanese and USA made at the high. You generally get what you pay for, though sometimes even the cheaper ones can surprise you (i.e. Spyderco Tenacious).

If you're looking for a warranty that will protect you against abuse, I would recommend you get a crowbar instead of a knife. Too many people think a knife is made for anything but cutting. Do we use handguns for pounding in tacks? I sure hope not. I don't mean to offend at all, but it's a point that has to be made.

All said, the Buck 110 is a good knife. But it's also heavy, large, and when you say hunting I think skinning. Ideally, you'd have a fixed blade for a hunting knife. The 110 can stand some serious abuse, but it's not a fixed blade.

As for every day carry, convenience and quickness are important. You might look into a more modern knife with a clip. One-handed opening is always very nice. But don't think an assisted opener is necessarily going to open faster than a manual. Because it's not, and that extra complexity is generally a downfall at one time or another.

In the end, to really do yourself justice, you should do some research. And if you can, go out and feel some knives. Open them. And perhaps take some band-aids with you.

Obviously, all above is completely opinion and though I've spent a lot of time with the problem of "which knife" I still have a lot to learn. I carry a Kershaw Junkyard Dog II Composite Blade, and it's just spiffy. I also carry a Spyderco Ladybug3 and a Leatherman Blast, and occasionally a SOG Trident.. And of course hunting/camping I have a Becker BK7. They all fill different roles, though I couldn't tell you quite what those roles are.

Whatever knife you choose, you should come back and post pictures. And you might, if you catch the bug, post which other knife you were eying at the store.

And of course, after you get it, you'll have to think about what kind of sharpening system you'll use.

 

[usmc1371]

Benchmade. I just took a ten year old benchmade in for sharpening and got it back completly rebuilt, good as new and shaving sharp. no charge.

Spyderco. Great knife good price and they stand behind their stuff.

 

[Sav .250]

As noted there is more than one but just to add my $.02, Buck knives.

 

[Towboater]

I thought BUCK made the warranty a little less all inclusive a few years ago. I know they wouldn't fix mine about 10 years ago because "it liked like I had abused the knife" I had washed it with sand on a camping trip and left some fine scratches in the finish! Sheesh, last buck I bought!

 

[hso]

Welcome to THR, Rain Dog.

Any reputable company will stand behind their products as long as they've not been abused.

CRKT will replace any knife not obviously stupidly abused.

Since "folding hunter" means different things to different people you can look beyond the Buck 110 for options. You just need to keep in mind that a blade for whitetail will be different than one for pheasant.

 

[Pizzagunner]

R.A.T. Cutlery, not to be confused with the R.A.T. line of knives produced by the Ontario Knife Co., has a lifetime warranty with the only condition being that you have to tell the tale of the breakage when you send it in. Folks who have intentionally destroyed RC series knives in testing have even been offered "one time" replacements, which is more generous than anyone has any right to expect.

For a folding hunter, I'd get one of the upgraded Buck 110s sold at Cabelas or get a custom directly from Buck and be done with it. There are generations of walking their talk with no BS at that company.

I ordered a Custom 110 from them and was not totally satisfied with the alignment of the blade when it was closed. Just a cosmetic thing. It was subtly out of true by few shades of a millimeter and didn't even rub the frame but it bugged me. They said to send it in and they totally realigned or rebuilt the knife just to shut me up at no additional charge.

I thought BUCK made the warranty a little less all inclusive a few years ago. I know they wouldn't fix mine about 10 years ago because "it liked like I had abused the knife" I had washed it with sand on a camping trip and left some fine scratches in the finish! Sheesh, last buck I bought!

Fixing scratches has never been a part of the warranty. Scratches buffed out and resharpening are services offered as customer care. Warranty service covers blade wobble, locking failures, and other physical operations of the knife. I had a 110 get worn to the point that the blade developed vertical play when locked, a potentially dangerous operating condition. I was offered a free replacement for that one after they inspected it, even though I had used it hard for about fifteen years. Customer for life.

 

[alaskanativeson]

For fixed blades, Busse Combat knives can't be beat, they have a lifetime warranty. I'll agree with Pizzagunner, RAT Cutlery also forever stands behind their knives (again, be sure you're not mistaking the cheap "RAT" line from Ontario knives - they've become quite disreputable lately.) Both Busse and RAT make their knives so damned near indestructable that they know their warranty won't be needed hardly ever. While I don't know about a specific warranty he offers, our own Valkman on these boards makes some incredible knives and in my dealings with him I have no doubt he'd stand behind any knife he sold you. Money spent with Valkman is a sound investment.

As for folders, like several others here have mentioned, Buck Knives will always take care of you. If ever you have a bad experience with Buck, post it here and I guarantee you someone from Buck will contact you and make things right. They're a genuine American tradition.

 

[Rockwell1]

For day to day walk around I carry a Gerber AR-3 (At least I think that's what they call it) and it works in that capacity. But if I'm going to the back country I carry either a Buck 110 or 119 or the Craftsman ( that I suspect was made by Buck) I won't trust any other knife

 

[loandr.]

Strider


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[zignal_zero]

i can't figure out how to include a quote :-( but HSO said any reputable mfg. will stand behind their product and i couldn't agree more.

when i first saw the question, all i thought was - don't they all?!?!

i would not expect it out of Frost, United, M-Tech, or maybe even CRKT. however:

Benchmade, Kershaw, Spyderco should all be safe bets as far as lifetime warranties go.

 

[Black Toe Knives]

Most Customs Knives have a lifetime warranty.

My Warranty

I have a no non-sense Guarantee, you break it under normal use. I Promise I will fix or replace it as long as I am able to work in the shop. Plus if for any reason you are ever unhappy with it. Send it back to me for a "FULL REFUND" Because I don't make a knife I wouldn't love to own.

 

[hso]

Jim has a good point.

Every custom maker I know provides a lifetime limited guarantee with their knives (the lifetime of the maker that is). The limitation is whether the knife broke in normal usage. The maker knows what the knife was designed to do, and what it wasn't.

 

[Valkman]

It's not the lifetime of the maker, it's how long he can work on knives. Guys quit or have their shop burn down (that just happened to Trace Rinaldi) or get injured or crippled up, so my guarantee says "As long as I can work on knives". I know that accident I had with the table saw almost put me out of business, but I'm lucky that in a week I'll be back to work!

 

[TimboKhan]

Don, I like your warranty. It's reasonable to expect you to fix your stuff; it's unreasonable to expect you to fix it if you are physically incapable of doing so or must rise from the dead to complete the repair.

 

[Mokwepa]

leatherman! 25 year garantee, Ive skinned and quarterd a wildebeest (+- 400lb) with a supertool 200. Not the best for thge job but its all i had. It is probably the most versatile EDC tool on the market and leatherman do honour their garantee.

 

[cpirtle]

Aside from what's been mentioned.. one of the best warranties in the business is not offered by the manufacturer but by a reseller.. AG Russell Knives.

He offers a lifetime replacement/refund warranty for every knife he sells regardless of brand.

We guarantee total satisfaction. You, the customer, decide what satisfaction is. You decide how long you are entitled to be satisfied.

If you buy a knife and don't use it for ten years and when you do use it you want to return it, do so. If you think that a knife should provide good service for ten years and it only does so for seven years, tell us so. You are in charge of our guarantee.

Does anyone pick up one of our knives in a flea market or pawn shop and send it to us saying, give me a new knife for this? Yes, two or three a year do this. They misunderstand our guarantee, they are not our customer. The customer obviously felt that the knife had served its purpose and traded or sold it to somebody else.

Sears and Wal-Mart once had guarantees as strong as ours, but abuse forced them to change. We have an advantage over them. Our customers are not the general public, they are people who like fine knives and are for some reason, special. We have the greatest, most trustworthy customers in the world. We can afford the worlds strongest guarantee.

A. G. Russell

They tend to be on the higher side of other web prices but they really take care of their customers. He also carries his own line of knives which are excellent values, always seem to go up in price on the collector market once he discontinues them and cannot be purchased anywhere else.

After a long wait I just recieved on of the Texas Ranger commemorative Gunstock lockback's. They were held up in customs. For $70 it's an incredible piece with custom quality fit & finish. Also have their Hawkbill which is just a nice.