I'm childish and my rants are getting old, hmmm I wasn't aware I post rants all the time, please feel free to share them all since it appears there are so many of them, and your little comment about the old ford, well read my above response, there was a defect according to benchmade, and thy no longer had the parts to repair, so I'll go get glad in the pants I got mad in and you sit on the computer, it's Saturday and I'm over this sh1t, have a nice weekend folksYou'd probably want brand new, factory parts from the dealer for your 1979 Ford F-100 too, I'm surmising.
Get glad in the same pants you got mad in. They treated you way better than you deserve. The defensive posts of your rants are beginning to get old and childish.
I'm sorry that you didn't get the exact same knife back in better condition, but unfortunately times and technology change and it's just not possible to replace or upgrade parts at some point in the future and this occurs with EVERY PRODUCT MADE. You have reached that point with this product. It sucks, but you'll just have to put your big boy pants on and enjoy your new, 'lower' quality knife. BTW- I bought a Benchmade about 20 months ago BECAUSE of their quality. It's heads and tails above what Kershaw, Cold Steel, SOG and others are putting out these days!
Best of luck to you, good sir!