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I just received a recent Sharpfinger 152 purchase in the mail today (ebay #300067902713). Coming on the heels of a recent 156OT purchase it took me a while to make peace with, I think I might have gotten screwed on this Sharpfinger. The seller described the knife as "New" & "New, unused, old stock," & "Excellent condition as it has been in storage since brand new". It does not appear to be so. I have several questions. Hopefully you guys can help.
1) The blade looks like it has been subjected to post-factory sharpenening. There is way more "edge" than on any 152 factory grind that I've seen, particularly near the choil and particularly on the side opposite the tang stamp. The profile of the edge is uneven. The blade, other than the edge, looks untouched. I ran an edge tester down the blade. The blade edge is rough and bumpy. No question here.
2) There is HEAVY rust on the tang on the butt of the knife. The rest of the tang looks clean; but, the brown portion of the delrin adjacent to the tang is completely gone. The only places where I have the usual uneven brown on top of cream on the bottom and top of the handle is where there is rust. I looks to me like someone took a dremel to the tang and took off the brown in the process. Probably didn't do the butt because they would have had to take off the lanyard and were too lazy. I know handling processes changed over the years. WAS THERE EVER A TIME WHEN NEW 152's HAD ALL THE BROWN GROUND OFF THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE HANDLES OR HAVE THE HANDLES ALWAYS HAD THE UNEVEN WAVY LINE WHERE THE BROWN AND CREAM MEET?
3) The sheath looks clean rather than new, if that makes any sense. Also, the lower half of the back of the sheath is considerably darker than the rest of the sheath and there are very pronounced vertical wrinkles in the leather on the back of the sheath - almost like the sheath got wet and rested on something uneven. No sign of mildew or unusual odor. ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS WRINKLING EFFECT AND THE DARK HALF OF THE SHEATH? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS BEFORE?
4) The tang stamp, sheath design, box, and literature seem to be contemporary. However, the brown box has a white sleeve over it, which can be removed. The sleeve perfectly fits the box and the brown ends are exposed with no underlap or overlap. HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN A SLEEVE LIKE THIS OVER ONE OF THE BROWN BOXES BEFORE?
One wonders what a seller is thinking when he tries to pull something like this. This is the downside of the internet age. In the old days of in-person purchases, if a guy pulled a fast one and wouldn't make it right, you could always elect to take the thirty days of three hots and a cot on the county option. Sometimes it was worth it (or felt like it at the time).
On the upside, I got in a Sharpfinger user yesterday that I paid $15.50 for that's in better shape than this "NEW" one. Go figure.
1) The blade looks like it has been subjected to post-factory sharpenening. There is way more "edge" than on any 152 factory grind that I've seen, particularly near the choil and particularly on the side opposite the tang stamp. The profile of the edge is uneven. The blade, other than the edge, looks untouched. I ran an edge tester down the blade. The blade edge is rough and bumpy. No question here.
2) There is HEAVY rust on the tang on the butt of the knife. The rest of the tang looks clean; but, the brown portion of the delrin adjacent to the tang is completely gone. The only places where I have the usual uneven brown on top of cream on the bottom and top of the handle is where there is rust. I looks to me like someone took a dremel to the tang and took off the brown in the process. Probably didn't do the butt because they would have had to take off the lanyard and were too lazy. I know handling processes changed over the years. WAS THERE EVER A TIME WHEN NEW 152's HAD ALL THE BROWN GROUND OFF THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE HANDLES OR HAVE THE HANDLES ALWAYS HAD THE UNEVEN WAVY LINE WHERE THE BROWN AND CREAM MEET?
3) The sheath looks clean rather than new, if that makes any sense. Also, the lower half of the back of the sheath is considerably darker than the rest of the sheath and there are very pronounced vertical wrinkles in the leather on the back of the sheath - almost like the sheath got wet and rested on something uneven. No sign of mildew or unusual odor. ANY IDEA WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS WRINKLING EFFECT AND THE DARK HALF OF THE SHEATH? HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS BEFORE?
4) The tang stamp, sheath design, box, and literature seem to be contemporary. However, the brown box has a white sleeve over it, which can be removed. The sleeve perfectly fits the box and the brown ends are exposed with no underlap or overlap. HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN A SLEEVE LIKE THIS OVER ONE OF THE BROWN BOXES BEFORE?
One wonders what a seller is thinking when he tries to pull something like this. This is the downside of the internet age. In the old days of in-person purchases, if a guy pulled a fast one and wouldn't make it right, you could always elect to take the thirty days of three hots and a cot on the county option. Sometimes it was worth it (or felt like it at the time).
On the upside, I got in a Sharpfinger user yesterday that I paid $15.50 for that's in better shape than this "NEW" one. Go figure.
