Issues with 105 Pathfinder Bone Handle.

[DeSotoSky]

Here is a 2009 bone handled Pathfinder I recently acquired. These were sold thru Bass Pro. I'm disappointed to find a full length crack in the handle and about 10 short 1/4" cracks all around the pommel. Is this cracking normal for these knives? Will the handle be stable or did I buy a problem? This knife came in the black Limited Edition box with a brown sheath. It was not marked as a blem. This is the first knife of this series I've seen in person. As a "limited Edition" is it correct for this knife to have a standard non polished blade and normal 3 line tang stamp?

 

[BG42EDGE]

Can't you just take it back to BP and get a good one?

 

[David Martin]

Yes, that is common with that material. DM

 

[DeSotoSky]

Can't you just take it back to BP and get a good one?

Internet purchase. Cracks not revealed in description.

 

[jb4570]

Hi DeSoto,

As DM said you can breathe easy that is normal with bone and it gives your handle an aged look. In the photo's below is the BP bone 119 I got a few years ago, not one line has changed at all.

jb4570

 

[Plumberdv]

I think it's just the nature of the handle material. I have a 2011 version of the 119 from Bass Pro and it has the same 'cracks'. I can see, but not feel them so I don't find a problem. It's not an FB either. It also has the non polished blade and standard stamp.

 

[BG42EDGE]

I'd just send it back.

I can't see the full-length crack you mention, but it should have had a little FB on the side to designate it as a blem.

I've seen plenty of blems like that on e-Bay.

Check the blade to see if such a mark may have been polished off. Buck's blem marks are light.

 

[J Hubbard]

It's a natural product. Not a blem.

 

[Plumberdv]

It's a natural product. Not a blem.

I agree. Now this one WAS a blem. I've never seen a blem that came in a LE box either.