I carried it a couple of times, to a military dining out and to a wedding, always in the pouch. I don't think I've had it in pocket otherwise. I went over the edge of the pen blade with a Spyderco ultrafine rod to clean up a roll in the edge near the tip.
What seems to be the blemish? I will take a closer look, and also provide a more detailed pic of the spot.
If I remove the url links in the generated forum code, the thumbnail does not link to the larger pic. If I put the url for the full size pic in img tags, it doesn't display. I don't know what I'm doing wrong with it. If it is an issue, I will resize the pics and use another host.