Sage 5 in REX 121 + burnt orange

[Flash]

At the end of the day burnt Orange is just a colour in the plastic. It’s nothing that particularly excites me.
What would concern me is how a steel HT’d to circa 70 HRC is going to perform in the real word of cuttin’ stuff:
How would the blade’s edge react upon receiving a small, unintentional impact from something hard?
Would it be overly fragile this low geometry?
Can it’s microstructure cope with the rigours of day to day use?
Would Spyderco provide any assistance to me if it breaks or gets damaged when I use it within the realms of where I would a expect knife with a more conventional steel to perform perfectly fine?

[Manifestgtr]

Would Spyderco provide any assistance to me if it breaks or gets damaged when I use it within the realms of where I would an expect knife with a more conventional steel to perform perfectly fine?

TBH, I would keep it as more of a collector piece if that were a concern. I want Spyderco to be releasing these exotic steels and if they have to warranty them in some sort of outstanding way and/or tie up extra resources helping people out of jams, we probably aren’t gonna see as many of them. So I’d much rather take the L if I do something goofy and chip my edge. If it means a long night at the stones once in a blue moon, so be it.

I’m just not a fan of companies covering user error under warranty. In my life, fishing gear has taken the biggest hit. We’ve seen the prices of decent fly rods and bass rods skyrocket in recent years because companies have started implementing these extravagant warranties in order to compete with eachother. And again, I’d rather pay $500 up front then buy a new one if I goof up as opposed to $1100 for the same product with some warranty that I’m probably never gonna use anyway.

[Bolster]

I’m just not a fan of companies covering user error under warranty. In my life, fishing gear has taken the biggest hit. We’ve seen the prices of decent fly rods and bass rods skyrocket in recent years because companies have started implementing these extravagant warranties in order to compete with eachother. And again, I’d rather pay $500 up front then buy a new one if I goof up as opposed to $1100 for the same product with some warranty that I’m probably never gonna use anyway.

So they're building insurance into the price...which benefits careless people, and penalizes the prudent, it seems to me. "Safety-nettism."

[weeping minora]

I’m just not a fan of companies covering user error under warranty. In my life, fishing gear has taken the biggest hit. We’ve seen the prices of decent fly rods and bass rods skyrocket in recent years because companies have started implementing these extravagant warranties in order to compete with eachother. And again, I’d rather pay $500 up front then buy a new one if I goof up as opposed to $1100 for the same product with some warranty that I’m probably never gonna use anyway.

So they're building insurance into the price...which benefits careless people, and penalizes the prudent, it seems to me. "Safety-nettism."

AKA "The CalyFRNia Tax".

[Unbrokenchain33]

Wonder which new Sage 5 variant drops first.

[Manifestgtr]

So they're building insurance into the price...which benefits careless people, and penalizes the prudent, it seems to me. "Safety-nettism."

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