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howdy ya'll! had a question for ya', and I promise, I'm not trying to slander or badmouth needlessly, but I am being candid in my perceptions...so here goes...in early December I had a couple extra bucks, and bought a Commander on a whim. there were LOTS of things I liked about it, I loved the blade design, the comfortable handle, the "Wave" feature (of course) the materials put into it, the fact that it could be adjusted with simple, everyday hand tools, etc. all in all very striking, and rugged looking. after about a week I noticed it did have flaws....the lock was very weak, I could smack the top of the blade and it would fold, keeping an appropriate amount of tension on the blade was a constant task of re-tightening and loosening the blade screw (maybe Loc-Tite coulda done some good there) and I actually started to HATE the chisel ground blade (which I realize is just a matter of preference) thing is, it had enough good features to make me tempted to try buying another one, I already met a couple of folks that said they could do something about the chisel grind for me, was my knife just somehow extraordinarily the bad apple of the bunch, or have other folks had similar experiences? I normally shy away from a product altogether when I've experienced a disappointment, but man! that knife really had a lot of good features! anybody care to share their own experiences? Any input is appreciated!