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Greetings everyone,
I was about to buy a Muela Rhino knife with black micarta scales at my local knife store and while observing it, I saw a little dirt between the blade and the micarta scale. I asked the seller whether it is just a piece of black dirt or something more serious. Then he took out a tin-can from a shelf, probably "Zippo petrol/ gasoline, and poured it on a piece of towel. Afterwards, he rubbed and cleaned off the dirt of the micarta scale with the substance and it was clean.
Then I purchased the knife and went back home. As I observed the knife at home, one of the micarta scales was brighter (whiter) near the blade than the other. I realized that it was the scale which has been cleaned by the seller with the gasoline substance and I think the black color was partially taken off (cleaned off) of the micarta scale. I know that Zippo gasoline is highly aggressive and dissolves almost anything I can think of. In addition, the brighter micarta scale is also more rough on the discolored side than the other one.
Is it possible that this brightness (whiteness) is not a discoloration caused by the seller´s inadequate treatment, but is as his colleague told me, a normal feature of a brighter micarta layering from the factory (to guard his back)? The black micarta is not entirely black, because it has alternating layers of whitish micarta as any other micarta scales. However, this part is too bright compared to the rest of the micarta scales and brought up my suspicion.
Is there a way to do something about it, like paint it black somehow to look more like the other micarta scale? Or is the seller obliged to give me a refund?
Thank you for replying in advance.
I was about to buy a Muela Rhino knife with black micarta scales at my local knife store and while observing it, I saw a little dirt between the blade and the micarta scale. I asked the seller whether it is just a piece of black dirt or something more serious. Then he took out a tin-can from a shelf, probably "Zippo petrol/ gasoline, and poured it on a piece of towel. Afterwards, he rubbed and cleaned off the dirt of the micarta scale with the substance and it was clean.
Then I purchased the knife and went back home. As I observed the knife at home, one of the micarta scales was brighter (whiter) near the blade than the other. I realized that it was the scale which has been cleaned by the seller with the gasoline substance and I think the black color was partially taken off (cleaned off) of the micarta scale. I know that Zippo gasoline is highly aggressive and dissolves almost anything I can think of. In addition, the brighter micarta scale is also more rough on the discolored side than the other one.
Is it possible that this brightness (whiteness) is not a discoloration caused by the seller´s inadequate treatment, but is as his colleague told me, a normal feature of a brighter micarta layering from the factory (to guard his back)? The black micarta is not entirely black, because it has alternating layers of whitish micarta as any other micarta scales. However, this part is too bright compared to the rest of the micarta scales and brought up my suspicion.
Is there a way to do something about it, like paint it black somehow to look more like the other micarta scale? Or is the seller obliged to give me a refund?
Thank you for replying in advance.
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