Blade Steel Defect? Help?

[TOMBSTONE]

I was wondering if anybody with knowledge(knifemakers?) could tell me if I might have a problem with my new blade.I just got in a 1095 production blade that comes finished from factory with parkerizing.I looked at the blade before but never noticed anything,though not thoroughly.I decided to give my knife a Matte black Gun-Koting baked on finish over the phosphate.After finshing,While wiping the knife down under my lamp,if I hit the light at just the right angle I can see a thin line run down from spine pretty much to the edge almost straight, just curved slightly.It is pretty much only visible at a certain angle,and can not be seen from spine or opposite side of blade.Is this just from the factory finish or my finishing?Would something like that be a possible defect in the steel that might fail,snap under use? I don't have a camera,but even if I did it would probably not be seen in a picture it is so light,almost looked like a fold in a piece of paper.It is not deep but looks surface,should I be concerned? Thanks

 

[george tichbourne]

Could be nothing more than a heavy scratch left over from grinding the blade, not uncommon.

Depending on the depth and nature of the scratch it could, possibly, be the source of a stress riser that might cause a failure under abuse.

I would not be too concerned about it.

 

[TOMBSTONE]

thanks for the response