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The knife arrived yesterday afternoon. I was moving the pocket clip to right side tip down carry position, when to my chagrin, I find that the screws not only are extremely tight to thread in, they don't even seat all the way down in that position, leaving the pocket clip dangling on the knife. The holes seem not to be fully tapped. Really frustrating. I found myself having to grind the screws shorter! Because why not finish it the way I like? I already knew I would have to (reviews advised me in advance that I would have to sand the inner edges of the scales and grind off the choil nub that interferes with hassle free closing of the compression lock, and I already knew I would have to reshape the handle per my pic below for it to be comfortable for my hand in both choked up and standard grip - I'll get to that tomorrow, the pic is a photo edit), just this is one more thing that got added on to the task list. And the clip still has play, so I might have to risk shortening the screws even more... I'm at the point where every time I buy a knife, I pretty much expect I am going to have to mod it in some way for it to be either better for me, or just plain adequate to what it should have been in the first place. I hope I don't sound bitter, but I truly believe that this faulty liner should never have left the factory. I am dealing with it, and I am pretty sure after all the hemming and hawing, I'll have a knife that I love. But not everybody is a tinkerer...
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