Southard with uneven stone wash showing grind lines?

trakcon

trakcon

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I've been browsing the forum for quite some time and have learned a great deal. Now I'd like some advice/help with a new Southard that I just purchased. Everything on the knife is absolutely perfect except for one thing. The stone wash on the titanium/clip side of the blade appears to be uneven or incomplete compared to the G10 side. On the G10 side, the blade is beautifully smooth with no hint of grind lines. The titanium side is smooth as well, and the stone wash looks good, but there are still grind lines visible, which kind of distracts from the smooth stone wash finish. The lines aren't visible under the direct light in second photo below, but they are visible in pretty much all other light.

Two questions:

1. Has anyone else noticed this?

2. Am I being ridiculous? I know it obviously won't affect the function, but part of the draw of the Southard has been cosmetic. Am I expecting too much for a $200+ knife?

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In the picture it appears that the knife has a black G-10 handle, and a stonewashed blade. I don't believe that Spyderco produced this knife in that configuration. I suspect It's a fake.

Tom
 
T Schloz said:
In the picture it appears that the knife has a black G-10 handle, and a stonewashed blade. I don't believe that Spyderco produced this knife in that configuration. I suspect It's a fake.

Tom
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Looks brown to me, not black.

Trakcon, those grind lines wouldn't bother me in the least.
 
Thanks for your feedback, guys. Do you think many/most are like that?
 
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I just pulled mine out of my pocket to check it out. I've never noticed these before, but mine has very slight grind marks as well. Like Hoppes said, they don't bother me as I can't really tell they are there unless I whip out my microscope :P
 
It's a production class knife. Expected variation for a machine ground blade.

If you spend a bit more, you can expect more attention to detail and hand finishing, but you're pretty much talking about a midtech then.
 
Question 2, the answer is yes. It's not a custom knife, rather a production. While most of the knives from Taichung are excellent quality, somethings little things like this happen. Not the end of the world at all, just simply a very minor thing that at best is a slight annoyance. Won't hinder performance at all.
 
My Strider SnG 3/4 has visible grind lines as well. Caught me off guard too but it's cosmetic only and only visible in the right light and angle.
 
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