Well good news and bad,first the bad,I cleaned with hot water and soap and did a mineral oil bath and still the same.leaning on sending it back.now the good news I decided to soak my close to 40 year old Swiss army knives from my son and I camping trips we took to the north and west of canada(sorry America we have great spots in the north west)we took every summer.i thought that the scissor springs were cooked in both .after the mineral oil bath they are springy as the first day.the Germans knew steel quality back then