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The action is incredibly stiff, requiring a hurt finger or two hands. I don't currently have small enough Torx bits to hand for loosening it. Repeating the action for 20 minutes hasn't loosened it.
The scale on the clip slide has scuff marks near the blade and a crack running almost halfway down.
A better angle on the crack, which has a shiny stain at the pivot (glue? oil?).
Same side again. The scale does not follow the shape of the metal frame below it, most noticeable along the bottom where the gap goes thin to thick (left to right). Also notice the chip rounding off the bottom right corner (more on this next). (It's difficult to see the full length of the crack below as it becomes hairline. I can try get a better shot if anyone wants to see it clearer.)
Chips on the same scale. I have no idea how this scale passed QC with four significant issues. The other side is much better with only a small, fixable, alignment issue.
Lets finish with some good news: The blade came incredibly sharp, it passed my skin test nicely (Oops, dang that stiff action). All the logos are crisp and nicely centered. The blade itself is perfectly centered. The mirror finish; a small amount of cleaning with a microfiber cloth really brought it out. This picture was taken at a fairly steep angle showing clear and sharp text with very little grain from the blade (Excuse the shallow depth of field and camera grain it's pretty dark here). Edit: #0399 Despite joining the drop late July. I would have preferred unserialised.
The replacement knife is much better than the original. The only fault being that the wooden scales still don't follow the shape of the metal frame accurately; I am totally OK with this as it's only noticeable if you look for it. The small amount of wax(?) finish on the original has gone on the replacement. This means I can easily put my own finish on it, which is nice.
The knife is beautiful and is instantly my favourite. After all the problems I'm glad I joined and didn't cancel.