I don't think it's that unusual. Out of all the Busses I have, only one is exactly as thick as it "officially" is - and that is the FFBM I got recently from Old Physics. :thumbup: All of the others are either a tiny bit thicker than they should be, or notably thinner. And that is measured with calipers. I'm thinking this might actually be more the rule than the exception with Busses - and I don't mean that in a bad way - but since most people probably don't measure the thickness of their knives we don't know...