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I have to be on K9's side on this one. I get pretty bummed when I get a product that by some miracle got past quality control. This is similar to my bent bk14
 
I just don't like those weird metal cosmetic imperfections in the blade. I stripped a 14 and it had some ugly blemishes I couldn't sand out. I did a GAW. If I get another 14 I will prob not strip it. I got some work to do on my 16 too. Got some 300 and 600 grit and I'm starting over.
 
C_Tanner said:
No big deal. It isn't exposed, and isn't going to affect anything. Wouldn't bother me.
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Yes, this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

UNLESS- it was 2 cracks that were welded up. IDK. Look close & tell us what you think.
 
Pretty sure there is no welder sitting beside the grinders to repair this kinda stuff. Had it been a crack, I'm sure it would have been tossed. That being said, I'm surprised that made it through as is.
 
Just a thought. I have never seen a grinder that makes horizontal & vertical marks while traveling in one direction. But thats just me i guess.
 
TwinStick said:
Just a thought. I have never seen a grinder that makes horizontal & vertical marks while traveling in one direction. But thats just me i guess.
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Really doesn't look like a weld to me. Did you see my pic on page 2? Looks to be the same thing, but the marks are spaced much wider apart. Just looks like it got bumped with a grinder to me, but I'm certainly no expert. No clue what kind of process these go through, maybe it got hit with something else?
 
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I don't know what did it, but it's definitely not a weld. As for the OP, I can see your point but at least your knife now has character. Clear scales would be awesome.
 
Wooly Bugger said:
I don't know what did it, but it's definitely not a weld. As for the OP, I can see your point but at least your knife now has character. Clear scales would be awesome.
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Not just character---it has SCARS !!! And "everyone knows that chicks dig scars !" LOL :D
 
Boy , Now you did it K-9 . Now everybody is going to have to take there scales off and see if they got a birthmark.:D:D
 
K9-Handler said:
I took the Grivory scales off of a brandy-new BK-9 getting ready for my next project, and this is what I found:

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Really? Quality Control let something like this out the door as a first-quality product?
Granted, the defect (wayward grinder it would appear) is under the scales, but Beckers have removable scales!
Not only was someone there when it happened, it made it through the coating process without being rejected.

A little too much "A-a-a-ah, good enough!" going on here in my opinion (as a former U.S. manufacturer).
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I fail to see a problem here. Why on Earth would something be rejected that is not visible, nor affecting the performance of the products in the absolute slightest?
 
thatotherguy said:
think about it- on the off chance that someone steals your knife or if you lose it and it ends upat the police station, you can say that theres a grinder mark on the tang under the handle on the mark side- you will be the only one that knows about it and you get your knife back!
It's a cute birthmark too... :D
As far as the "scratch or don't wanna use it" goes, in the flashlight forums some guys are known to send a $200+ light spinning down a paved street to get the first scratches on it intentionally so that they won't be afraid to use it.
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I did that with a new snap on 1/2 in ratchet , I guy I work with thought I was crazy but I don't have time to worry about scratching tools, I figured problem solved.
 
sqoon said:
Why on Earth would something be rejected that is not visible, nor affecting the performance of the products in the absolute slightest?
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You, sir, just qualified to be a Detroit automaker...

UPDATE:
This morning I took the comments about a possible weld to heart and blasted the birthmark to get a better look. It is neither a crack nor a weld.
Something in the manufacturing process moves the blanks along some kind of conveyor or something like that -- maybe into the hardening furnace or into the grinder?
Whatever process it goes into, there is something like a cogged wheel that presses against the blank to move it along. On my blank it looks like something hung up and the cog just spun. That's how it got both many vertical lines and one horizontal one. Something was dragging. Those marks on JHUSS's blank kind of confirm that. His just slowed down, I think mine stalled for a while and "burned".
So it really IS a birthmark -- a mark made while it was being born!
 
K9-Handler said:
You, sir, just qualified to be a Detroit automaker...

UPDATE:
This morning I took the comments about a possible weld to heart and blasted the birthmark to get a better look. It is neither a crack nor a weld.
Something in the manufacturing process moves the blanks along some kind of conveyor or something like that -- maybe into the hardening furnace or into the grinder?
Whatever process it goes into, there is something like a cogged wheel that presses against the blank to move it along. On my blank it looks like something hung up and the cog just spun. That's how it got both many vertical lines and one horizontal one. Something was dragging. Those marks on JHUSS's blank kind of confirm that. His just slowed down, I think mine stalled for a while and "burned".
So it really IS a birthmark -- a mark made while it was being born!
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Awesome sauce. I'd like to find something like that on one of mine.

What a unique marking.

Moose
 
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