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Got my first Rat in a trade on bladeforums. It's an HCLE 4.0. I'll take a few glamor shots of it later or tomorrow if I can to show you it's full glory. I'm really impressed and happy with the knife. I'm a little curious about something though. The trader said the knife was new (Unused and mint from Swamp Rat) and he disclosed that it had this stain on the tip that was not rust. I checked it out - and I agree I don't think it is rust. But I'm not sure what it is.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc294/m103552/20120422_113120.jpg
There's an image of it. We also noticed that it had a very minimal burr from that photo. He stropped that burr off before shipping it to me but the stain is still there. It's honestly hard to see. It doesn't bother me about the knife, it's just in my curious nature to learn more about the hobby. How did that stain show up? What is it from and what is it?
That same side of the knife also seems to have very very light black speckling that the other side does note running through the grain of the knife. It's 154cm.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc294/m103552/20120422_113120.jpg
There's an image of it. We also noticed that it had a very minimal burr from that photo. He stropped that burr off before shipping it to me but the stain is still there. It's honestly hard to see. It doesn't bother me about the knife, it's just in my curious nature to learn more about the hobby. How did that stain show up? What is it from and what is it?
That same side of the knife also seems to have very very light black speckling that the other side does note running through the grain of the knife. It's 154cm.
