Hello. I have been reading the forums for a long time, but I have never posted because I didn't really have anything. After saving my money for a very long time though, the members of the knife internet discussion group I hang out with talked me into buying one.
I am concerned, however - I am not used to high - end stuff like this, I thought $45 for a S&W was an obscene amount of money. I got the MT-L S30V from Triple Aught Design and it looks like this:
As you can see, it appears to have a fracture that was repaired, or maybe a large groove as if from some tool.
On the other side, it looks like this:
The picture does not show it very well, but all down the length, there is a course, criss-cross pattern.
I was thinking that maybe high-end knives are like this, ugly and stuff. But my friend got the same knife, and his looks perfect, on both sides. No grooves, no criss-cross patterns. This is his:
I know you guys make fun of things like Cold Steel, but they are not nearly as expensive and I think things that look like mine are sold as seconds. For Striders, are some of them perfect like my friends, and others just absolutely horrible looking like mine? I kind of feel stupid, spending so much money on a knife so ugly now.
I am concerned, however - I am not used to high - end stuff like this, I thought $45 for a S&W was an obscene amount of money. I got the MT-L S30V from Triple Aught Design and it looks like this:
As you can see, it appears to have a fracture that was repaired, or maybe a large groove as if from some tool.
On the other side, it looks like this:
The picture does not show it very well, but all down the length, there is a course, criss-cross pattern.
I was thinking that maybe high-end knives are like this, ugly and stuff. But my friend got the same knife, and his looks perfect, on both sides. No grooves, no criss-cross patterns. This is his:
I know you guys make fun of things like Cold Steel, but they are not nearly as expensive and I think things that look like mine are sold as seconds. For Striders, are some of them perfect like my friends, and others just absolutely horrible looking like mine? I kind of feel stupid, spending so much money on a knife so ugly now.
However something like that on the first pic I would have it look at.
ut in order for MT-L.
). As for the scratchy pattern, I know little about knife-making but I would expect that is something that can be remedied with a refinish or just a slight polish. 