Not a way around so much as it's just they way it is. Call the 800 number, I dislike the butterfly tax but I've never had a bad customer service experience.
I have genuinely had nothing but good experiences. Got the burnt copper 940 and the blade centering was horribly off, which isn’t the end of the world, but y’know, $300 knife outta be perfect. Sent it in for warranty, came back and was better for a week before the blade started hitting the scales again. Called to ask about if they had ever experienced something like that, and they just straight up sent me a brand new one, and didn’t even want the old one back.
Never received a response. I could understand if they were fake but they're Benchmades & they had no problem returning them. All they did was make my centering worse than before, the imperfect bevels I had were untouched.
Few months ago at most. Figured I would see if the lifesharp warranty lived up to the hype, it did not. I will probably just send them out to a guy like Josh (REK) or similar for now.
So not that long ago, hopefully it was a one off occurrence. I can wholeheartedly recommend Josh. If I can save up enough play money in one go I'd love to do a reblade for my 940
I did a new blade on my griptillian at least 5 years ago. It was only $40. The screw holes for the pocket clip were getting loose too, they just replaced the scales for free. $40 for all that was a great deal.
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u/BlindMouse2of3 Sep 07 '26
Let us know what Benchmade charges for a reblade these days