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- Jun 7, 2019
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Long time lurker, first post. 
I finally found my dream knife, sort of. I have wanted a Bark River Aurora LT in 3V with a wood burl handle for a long time, but it's always out of stock.
Well, I got my hands on one in A2. I'm not unhappy that it's A2, though I would have preferred 3V.
My issue is, it was not advertised as a 1st production run blade, but that is what has arrived.
Are there any problems, benefits, or otherwise with the 1st run of this knife I should look out for? I'm not really a 1st run type of guy, more of a tried and true type of guy.
Were there any problems with this knife's first run that you are aware of?
Additionally, there is a slight edge where the wood scales meet the tang. The wood is very slightly raised above the tang. It's not much, but enough that I can feel a small, sharp edge when I run my fingers across it. Any way I can fix that, and is that normal for these?

I finally found my dream knife, sort of. I have wanted a Bark River Aurora LT in 3V with a wood burl handle for a long time, but it's always out of stock.
Well, I got my hands on one in A2. I'm not unhappy that it's A2, though I would have preferred 3V.
My issue is, it was not advertised as a 1st production run blade, but that is what has arrived.
Are there any problems, benefits, or otherwise with the 1st run of this knife I should look out for? I'm not really a 1st run type of guy, more of a tried and true type of guy.
Were there any problems with this knife's first run that you are aware of?
Additionally, there is a slight edge where the wood scales meet the tang. The wood is very slightly raised above the tang. It's not much, but enough that I can feel a small, sharp edge when I run my fingers across it. Any way I can fix that, and is that normal for these?