Cabelas Alaskan Guide Vanguard

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jor fly

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Hey folks.
Just got the Alaskan Guide Vanguard. Beautiful knife but noticed something: Between the blade and the brass bolster, there is a very small hairline gap at he front and back of the blade. Is this normal? It's very fine, and you only can really see it if you shine a flasight behind the blade. I figure this is the "lip" of the blade where the stick tang goes into the handle. Any cause for concern??
 
jor fly said:
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probably no cause for concern. most gaps as you are describing and i am assuming im understanding properly are cosmetic flaws at worst. rarely ever structural issues.
 
jbmonkey said:
probably no cause for concern. most gaps as you are describing and i am assuming im understanding properly are cosmetic flaws at worst. rarely ever structural issues.
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awesome thanks. I actually have a regular rubber handle vanguard and checked it out and noticed the same thing. So maybe this us normal for the vanguard??
 
and yes it's just a very small gap. So thin I can't get a finger nail between blade and bolster.
 
Blade seems to be firmly in handle, no wiggle or play at all, so it's structurally sound
 
yeah i think your knife is fine. probably normal tolerances in the design. i dont own that model myself so i cant take a look but somone will come along and verify.
 
It's 100% normal. If there wasn't a gap you couldn't assemble the knife. Two parts can't be exactly the same size.
 
Kansaswoodguy said:
My Alaskan Guide Vanguard has a very slight gap at the back also. So I'd say it's normal
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Ahhh ok. in that case it's staying with me and not going back to Cabelas. It's nit picking to even notice it I guess. I had my wife try to wiggle the blade to just make sure it was secure cause at this point my OCD was playing tricks on my mind lol.
 
Badhammer said:
It's 100% normal. If there wasn't a gap you couldn't assemble the knife. Two parts can't be exactly the same size.
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That makes perfect sense. It was actually my wife that pointed out a similar point and I remembered the tang was a stick tang. I suppose my concern was blade stability, but there seems to be no wiggle in the blade.
 
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