I took delivery of my first (semi) custom today. Having waited over six months to pull the trigger, I drove home like a maniac so excited to get my filthy paws on it. However, this brand new beauty (and it is pretty) showed up....not dull per se but....umm...yeah...just this side of dull. So, my first night with my first nonproduction blade will be spent bent over stones. Am I wrong to be disappointed?
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Is sharp too much to ask?
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NO! IN my mind any decent maker should have the common courtesy to sharpen a blade.
Are you POSITIVE the blade did not dull in transit? It happens occasionally.
Are you POSITIVE the blade did not dull in transit? It happens occasionally.
I disagree. The OP bought a semicustom, and if it doesn't fit his definition of sharp...whatever it is...the maker should make it right.
Well, I have it whipped into shape and, frankly, don't want to send it back. I wanna play with it! I suppose it could have dulled a bit in shipping but, it was in it's kydex sheath. As far as sharp, no it wouldn't shave arm hair. I don't require it to win awards or get me chicks but, I did expect at least a decent shave.
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In my opinion no knife should come dull. I mean it is a KNIFE. Only butter knives should come dull. If the custom maker sells butter knives then it's OK. If not, it is not acceptable.
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Yes, in my many years of knife buying and sharpening I can hardly count on one hand the knives that came "sharp". Sharpening is part of knife maintenance and is taken for granted that every knife made should come razor sharp, in most cases knives are sharpened in less than a minute using high speed equipment. The goal is to simply put a workable edge on the blade so the end user at least has a base to work off of.
You want disappointment? Buy a few slipjoint knives, in my experience most don't even have bevels that meet.
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I've actually heard of makers "purposefully" sending the blade "less than shaving sharp" for safety reasons during transit.
I always chuckle when I hear this.
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Dirty Room Knives had an incident, he mentioned it in one of his youtube videos.
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Yes, and a brand new knife that has never been used should NOT require maintenance as soon as you take it out of the box.
It's taken for granted for a reason. If I'm dropping over $100 on a knife you better be damn sure that it comes as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel. I do not enjoy having to sharpen a new knife as soon as I receive it, especially for the price I paid for it when some other cheap $20 Chinese made knives get it right.
The OP has every right to be upset with the fact that his knife came dull. Your username is orange. What exactly do you do? Are you a knife maker? A sharpener? With that attitude don't expect many people to want to do business with you.
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Shaving hair might be too high of an expectation. 
I have been really un-impressed with the sharpness of some factory slipjoints. All the companies seem to have problems with this from time to time. Queen has been the worst from my experience. Even the chinese slipjoints (Rough Rider, Frost, etc.) are typically very sharp when you buy them.
I have been really un-impressed with the sharpness of some factory slipjoints. All the companies seem to have problems with this from time to time. Queen has been the worst from my experience. Even the chinese slipjoints (Rough Rider, Frost, etc.) are typically very sharp when you buy them.
Whether your new knife is production or custom, a dull blade is an insult to the customer. Would you accept
a new 911 with a slipping clutch or oil leaks? You buy a premium product because you have expectations of
something special; if those expectations aren't realized then you have been ripped off.
I generally can't afford customs but I am upset when my new Case, GEC, Benchmade, etc. is dull right out of
the box. I've even had a Sebenza that was poorly sharpened and have wondered just what goes through the minds
of the manufacturers and makers when they ship a badly finished product.
You are well within your rights to ship something like that back and demand you get what you paid for.
a new 911 with a slipping clutch or oil leaks? You buy a premium product because you have expectations of
something special; if those expectations aren't realized then you have been ripped off.
I generally can't afford customs but I am upset when my new Case, GEC, Benchmade, etc. is dull right out of
the box. I've even had a Sebenza that was poorly sharpened and have wondered just what goes through the minds
of the manufacturers and makers when they ship a badly finished product.
You are well within your rights to ship something like that back and demand you get what you paid for.
