Sere 2000 blade offset when closed.

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I just received a sere 2000. The blade is canted away from the lock when closed and just clears the liner. Its hard to judge but it seems straight when open. Is this normal for the knife? thanks woody
 
Many knives have blades that are not centered. This is especially noticeable when closed since you have the frame/liners to reference centering. It is likely slightly off center when open also, it's just harder to tell with nothing to reference around the blade.

As long as it's not so far off that it's rubbing one of the liners, you should be ok. You can try adjusting the pivot on each side as well as a few of the other screws to center it.
 
Off centered blades when closed are normal, in general, with all knives, as long as they don't rub the liners.

ALL multiblade slip joints are required to have this "crinking" simply to nest the blades together. Single blade lockers have some clearance, which liner/framelock tension pushes to a cant on one side. Back locks, not being ground perfectly flat, will do it, too.

Some think that when the blade is offset when open and locked it's a sign of poor quality, especially in higher priced knives. They don't temper it with the intended purpose of the design toward performance or pocket jewelry, but insist all high priced knives must be straight.

No argument if the knife is a show off piece, but none of them cut any worse just because the blade is visually out of parallel - and after 30 years of playing with knives, most are.

Heck, even fixed blades like the Gerber Mk II have out of parallel blade-handle relationships - its' really tough to get when the human eye can see ten thousandths of an inch - and the cost to get them perfectly straight is prohibitive in factory knives. Custom makers can do it, but look around . . .
 
Loosen the pivot a 1/4 turn, open blade, apply pressure on the flat of the blade and press towards the liner it is scrubbing or about to scrub, retighten slowly, close knife and check for rubbing. This is a method I read about from a vintage post and tried it to find that it does work.:thumbup:
 
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