So I just got my brand new 2012 Mini-Commander in the mail after a week of waiting and checking the mailbox every few hours. I opened it and held it in my hands and could feel something felt odd. After looking at the handle, I saw that the G-10 liners were hilariously over and undersized for the steel and titanium liners. It was not just plain old ugly to look at, but it also definitely felt weird to hold.
I have attached the following pictures. My camera is a pretty bad and dated so it probably did not get the extent of the problem, it looks a bit more pronounced if you look at it in person.
It is like that around the entire handle, but most pronounced at each end. Comically oversized G-10 on one side, and hilariously undersized G-10 on the other.
I can forgive the knife arriving with dusty G-10 handles, or an extremely gritty opening. I don't mind a slightly off-centre blade or machine marks on my liners. Yet when it comes to something this ridiculous, I can't help but be a bit pissed off.
Why didn't the 'professional' guys at Emerson who put this knife together notice something that I, a normal guy, noticed in the first seconds of holding the knife? They make such a big deal about how they are a small family operation building a limited number of knives at a time, yet how can they miss something like this? When a knife's fit and finish go past cosmetic and start affecting ergonomics, that's when I make threads like this.
I am an Emerson fan. I own a Karambit, CQC-7V, Horseman, and Mini-15. So I am by no means a 'hater'. I just can't believe I'll have to waste my own time and money to fix this problem when it should have been stopped at the quality control lines of Emerson's factory.
I have attached the following pictures. My camera is a pretty bad and dated so it probably did not get the extent of the problem, it looks a bit more pronounced if you look at it in person.





It is like that around the entire handle, but most pronounced at each end. Comically oversized G-10 on one side, and hilariously undersized G-10 on the other.
I can forgive the knife arriving with dusty G-10 handles, or an extremely gritty opening. I don't mind a slightly off-centre blade or machine marks on my liners. Yet when it comes to something this ridiculous, I can't help but be a bit pissed off.
Why didn't the 'professional' guys at Emerson who put this knife together notice something that I, a normal guy, noticed in the first seconds of holding the knife? They make such a big deal about how they are a small family operation building a limited number of knives at a time, yet how can they miss something like this? When a knife's fit and finish go past cosmetic and start affecting ergonomics, that's when I make threads like this.
I am an Emerson fan. I own a Karambit, CQC-7V, Horseman, and Mini-15. So I am by no means a 'hater'. I just can't believe I'll have to waste my own time and money to fix this problem when it should have been stopped at the quality control lines of Emerson's factory.