just got one today, too... similar issue witht he flat side of the tip rubbing on the liner... out of the box! Felt a little tight on opening, too, and the pivot screw wasn't that tight. Tight enough that the wave was a hit or miss affair... the knife just didn't want to open.
ugh.
Guess I'll have to dismantle.
On a plus side, I'm really liking the thumb grooves EKC's been putting in lately, on this, the newer commanders, etc.
Am I the only one who thought the specwar style handle would be a lil bigger?
edited 5 minutes later to say that...
The detent thing helped some, but now it doesn't hold closed as well... ugh. And bending it back in to make it a little tighter on closing caused the detent ball to pop out. Lucky for me I still have good eyes. So it's back in now.
I dunno... I love the knife, don't get me wrong. As I said, I love the grooving on the thumb ramp... adn for the pinky as well. It's a great touch. But as it stands the screws have seen and show more use than the blade, and it just got out of the box. 10 minutes ago.
:grumpy:
I guess I shouldn't fuss... it is a nice knife... and if it's as good as all my other emersons (this will be my... 5th?) then I know it'll serve me well. But I'm also a fairly handy guy, and I can't help but hope that the rest of EKC's customers are, too, just so that they can make the minor tweaks on their own knives that will make them work as well as they are designed to.