Case mini copperhead 62019w SS with blade rub

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Well, my wife loves me. Above is my anniversary gift!

However, there's some blade rub. After opening and closing it a half dozen times, there are scratches on both the pen and wharncliff blades where they touch. Looking at it from top, it appears that the pen blade isn't angled enough. As there is lots of room between the pen blade and the liner while there is no space between the pen and wharncliff blade.

I'm presuming this isn't right. This was a mail order knife. Should I make an exchange? Or should I whack the pen blade with a hammer while in a vise to bend it over more?
 
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Exchange it! Your wife paid good money for it and it should not be like that. Happy Anniversary!
 
Both of my mini copperheads have a small amount of blade rub. It doesn't bother me. If it bothers you, send it back to the vendor, send it back to Case, or fix it yourself.
 
I have the exact knife and there are rub marks on the warncliff blade other than that everything was perfect and remains that way.
Really depends on your motives. Mine is a user so I didn't worry about the rubbing.
 
I would just put it to use and add a few more scratches. I have a hard time finding modern case knives without blade rub.
 
That one, being a single spring, is probably about as prone to blade rub as any knife you will find. I also thhink it may be one of those cases where you actually push the blades together a bit when opening (unless you are very careful to pull up and not exert lateral force).
 
MarkPinTx said:
That one, being a single spring, is probably about as prone to blade rub as any knife you will find. I also thhink it may be one of those cases where you actually push the blades together a bit when opening (unless you are very careful to pull up and not exert lateral force).
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^^This.

I don't have that pattern, and wasn't sure if it was a single spring or not. But if it is, just opening & closing the blades will likely deflect them laterally enough to make them rub a little bit. It's a combination of the very narrow space (one spring's width) for two blades, and thin blades that flex a little bit, that'll make it happen. I doubt sending it back to Case will do much to prevent it, even if the blades don't quite touch when closed. Just the tiny bit of lateral flex when opening/closing will be enough.

If one blade won't open or close because the other is in the way, then that'd be justification for sending it back. Otherwise, for a tiny bit of rub/scratch marks, I doubt it'll be worth the trouble.


David
 
I look at my knives as tools more than works of art. Blade rub to me is similar to gouges in my sledgehammer faces, they are going to happen unless they are stored in a time capsule for future historians to puzzle over why they appear unused.
 
Thanks for e feedback folks. I thought I'd give you an update.

I sent the knife back to the vendor and I've already received the new one. I am definitely much more happy.

First, about the blade rub. Since it is a single spring knife, yes, I do believe when I open the small pen knife I can push it into the wharncliff and cause some scratches. So I'm certainly expecting to eventually have scratches over time. They'll probably show up more conspicuously due to the polished blade.

Here's what's different between the two knives
1) the original one did have a significant gap between the liner and back spring. I was overlooking this before, but the new one has no gaps whatsoever.
2) the original wharncliff blade was next to its liner, and the pen blade was straight right next to the wharncliff. There was a big space between the pen and its liner. So Overall it looked like the Pen was straight and the wharncliff was crimped over. The new knife has a little space between the liner and the wharncliff, a small space between the wharncliff and pen, and a small space between the pen and liner. So on the new knife it looks like the wharncliff is straight and the pen is crimped over a bit. The blades just look more evenly spaced out within the knife.
3) the one thing the old knife had better was the cosmetics of the blue bone dye. It had many more shades of blue within it, whereas the new blade is more uniformly darker.

In any case, thanks for all the input. It was helpful.
 
Sounds like maybe the pen didn't get crinked and some weirdness with the main blade allowed it to pass inspection. Glad it worked out for you!

I do have that knife, blue bone too, but a "regular" Case shield. It does have a bit of blade rub that is largely my fault for pushing them together.

It's really a gem of a small knife.
 
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