Spyderco Serrations

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jwyslak

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As a self proclaimed spyderco snob and one who appreciates the cutting abilities of spyderco knives, I was wondering about an unusual irregularity I noticed on one of my finer acquisitions. I was lucky enough to purshase from Spyderco's website a numbered J D Smith C58BMS on closeout. I was thrilled to be getting such a cool knife for such a great price. When the knife arrived, it was better that I had expected, beautiful linen micarta handles, silky blade, this knife is definately a collectors piece. One thing I noticed immediately, the serrations on the knife weren't perfect. I own 12 serrated spydies, have drooled over countless more and have never seen an irregularity such as this. It is hard to describe and I guess the best way I can is it looks as though the wheel that ground the serrations jumped and there is sort of a notch on the first five serrations starting at the tip, probably about 1/32 inch.
Has anyone seen a spyderco serration like this?
Honestly is does not look like it would affect the cutting ability and I'm not whining, I just want to know if there are any thoughts?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7463958@N03/431684867/
 
looks like no big problem that I can see, especially if it was bargain priced.
 
Hi Jwyslak.

Welcome to the Spyderco forums and thanx for the support.

Serrations are plunge ground with a formed wheel. The wheel also wears with each blade. The wheel is "re-formed" after about 25 - 50 blades depending on the steel. No two serrations are exactly the same.

It looks like the wheel "dimpled" while serrating your knife. It shouldn't affect the performance in any way. If it was a "2nd", it will have a small file mark on the spine behind the opening hole.

sal
 
Thanks for the reply! This knife looks mega sharp and I don't think that the irregularity will affect the performance at all. There is no file mark on the spine indicating a factory second and I am incredibly pleased with this rare folder, I am in no way complaining. Has anyone else found anomaly grinds on their spyderco?
 
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