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I just bought a neck knife by a well known maker and after wearing and using it for a couple of days noticed a grind defect. The knife is beautiful and works fine. I have several of his knives and all are perfect. I bought this particular knife from a sporting goods store rather than the maker, since waiting periods make me nuts, but it was new. I don't think the flaw affects the functionality of the knife at all and like always with a new knife it is impossible to let go of for a while so I am hesitant to send it either to the store or the maker. I am wondering what others' opinions would be. The flaw is just about impossible to photograph so I will try and describe it: Viewed side on from either side the knife looks flawless. Turning it back and forth in the light it is possible to discern a slight flat spot on the corner of the spine where the rest of the spine is 90 degrees. Looking at the knife straight down on the spine you can see, on a 3 1/8 inch blade, an area approx 1 1/2 inches where it looks like the corner of the spine has apparently been broken with a slight touch on a grinder. The ground spot curves up slightly, like it would if ground on a wheel, and the remainder of the spine is 90 degrees. That is on the left side of the spine as seen from the top point forward. The right side has a similar grind though visibly less deeply ground. The grind on both sides extends rearward under the cord wrapping though I have not removed the cord so I can't say how far, though the butt of the tang is squarely ground. The spots are so slight that it took two days of fondling at home before I noticed them. My non knife nut other half took about five minutes to find it when I gave her the knife with instructions to find any asymmetry.
My inclination is to keep the knife since in addition to the usual honeymoon period it is just now becoming perfect weather for wade fishing the coast and I frequently forget any knife I wear and end up submerging it and this knife is made in S30V whereas all of my other favorites are not stainless.
It should also be noted that since the grinds are similar on both sides of the spine this could be a normal feature of this knife with just a slight depth of grind differential and both of the ground spots are polished to the same degree as the rest of the blade. Also, the maker is a very nice guy and I really have no complaint at all, just curiosity. Thanks for your opinions.
My inclination is to keep the knife since in addition to the usual honeymoon period it is just now becoming perfect weather for wade fishing the coast and I frequently forget any knife I wear and end up submerging it and this knife is made in S30V whereas all of my other favorites are not stainless.
It should also be noted that since the grinds are similar on both sides of the spine this could be a normal feature of this knife with just a slight depth of grind differential and both of the ground spots are polished to the same degree as the rest of the blade. Also, the maker is a very nice guy and I really have no complaint at all, just curiosity. Thanks for your opinions.
