What would you call this?

[Gravy]

Lines on the clip-side scale caused by the rivets in jeans. Kinda feel like it needs a name, because I've noticed some knives experience this wear more than others.

 

[Centermass]

Character

 

[jideta]

used

 

[knarfeng]

Character

used

To those I'll add, "Normal"

 

[Mecha]

Rivet rash.

 

[Billy The Blade]

A riveting thread...

 

[cbach8tw]

Sort of like pocket worn. i like Rivet Rash as mentioned above too.

 

[not2sharp]

Finish loss.

n2s

 

[Oklahoma Outlaw]

LRV (lower resale value).

 

[luethge]

Custom

 

[Hal]

double tap

 

[Hal]

I hope a hyphenized answer is ok...

OMG-now-I-have-to-worry-about-some-new-fangled-term-I-have-to-learn-in-order-to-describe-what-us-old-farts-once-upon-a-time-called:

normal wear and tear.

Good Lord - with the price of plain old hamburger hitting close to the $5 a pound mark, I have a whole lot of other stuff I need to worry about.

(all said in good natured kidding....)

 

[Bob Denman]

"History..."

 

[kobold]

Skid marks.

 

[abcdef]

OCD

 

[Lee D]

LNIB

 

[POCEH KOCEB]

Surface deposit.

 

[Bob Denman]

A figment of someone's imagination??

 

[Oklahoma Outlaw]

Honest wear.

 

[Boattale]

I think it would be safe to call those marks "scratches"