Hairline fracture or scratch

Brett Sisco

Brett Sisco

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Just recieved this knife. Brand new out of the box and i notice this scratch or fracture. When i rub my nail over it i can feel it catch a little. With it being maxamet im worried it may be a frature. What do you guys think?
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I mean it doesn't look like it continues on down the edge just on the flat ground face of the blade. But I understand the concern.
 
Looks like there was a little grit on the final grinding wheel that left that mark.
I see the same thing quite a bit actually and just live with it on a non collector user piece.
 
TheJon said:
I mean it doesn't look like it continues on down the edge just on the flat ground face of the blade. But I understand the concern.
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I feel like at the right angles i may see something on the bevel. Impossible to catch with my camara. But it could just be a scratch as well. As long as its functions im good with it.
 
Brett Sisco said:
Dont have it. Never did it before. Have you seen this before?
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Never seen it before but there are a few posts with snapped Maxmet in here. I haven't used the ferrous tester because all my suspicious stuff is non-magnetic so it's all dyechem but it's never been wrong.

Tagging in @Sal Glesser for a school of life opinion.
 
Barman1 said:
Looks like there was a little grit on the final grinding wheel that left that mark.
I see the same thing quite a bit actually and just live with it on a non collector user piece.
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Would a crack be pretty obvious on the bevel?
 
I would put the edge under some high magnification, cracks usually start from somewhere, not in the middle of the blade. I am thinking scratch as mentioned earlier.
 
nephron said:
I would put the edge under some high magnification, cracks usually start from somewhere, not in the middle of the blade. I am thinking scratch as mentioned earlier.
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Yea im with you guys i guess. I think it must be a scratch. Thanks for everyones help.
 
That looks like a crack to me. Regardless, once you start using it you'll find out either way pretty darn quick.
 
Doesn’t appear to continue onto the edge bevel and looks to be perfectly perpendicular with the grind lines so I would guess scratch (possibly from the grind process). Hard to say just from a photo though. I suspect a 10-12x loupe would be enough to give you a definitive answer.
 
Surfingringo said:
Hard to say just from a photo though. I suspect a 10-12x loupe would be enough to give you a definitive answer.
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This.

Brett Sisco Brett Sisco If you don't have a loupe you can turn around a pair of binoculars to get a similar look at magnification. I've done that to look at edges and investigate possible cracks.
 
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