Vic Farmer -- Defective or normal?

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schofer

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Hi,

I just purchased my first alox farmer from amazon. I can see why everyone raves about them. HOWEVER: The blade seems a hair warped to my eye. Not horrible, but I noticed it right away.

At the handle, things look good. The bevels are (nearly) even. When looking directly at the edge, I can see that the edge is centered (more or less) in the middle of the spine. Toward the tip, however, the edge is lined up with _one side_ of the spine. (in fact, at the very tip, I think it is even a bit past the spine.)
-- Rather than having two equal primary bevels, the bevels at the tip are asymmetric... with one side essentially flat (zero degrees) and the other side having a steeper bevel.

The edge itself is fairly straight... it is as if the top of the blade was twisted (like if you stuck it in a keyhole and turned.. bending the spine but leaving the edge in line).

Is this "normal"? I thought maybe the subtle twist helps the blade fit compactly next to the other implements... or maybe my knife is just defective.

(At $15, I might just live with it, rather than deal with boxing/returning, etc... but then again I'm a bit OCD.)

Advice would be greatly appreciated.

Schofer
 
Mine is basically the same. Its done to help it fit into the package with the other components.
 
Yep I noticed that too, but I have three of them and they are all the same.
 
as said, it's normal. They do that in order to fit all the stuff in without rubbing against each other....the components that is, not the makers...;)

:)

Brett
 
It's called "krinking". Some makers do it as a final hand fit, twist and bend a little here and there to make everything fit, line up, open and close just right.

Seems to me, from looking at different SAKs, that they have their models doped out to the point that they can krink a blade while grinding it out, because they know which model it will be in and their products are so consistent, less hand fitting on assembly is necessary.
 
I have an A.G. Russell Premium Scout that has the same blade bend. At first I though it was wierd but then I've noticed it on all of my scouting style 4 blade folders. Makes everything fit nice and cozy in the handle.
 
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