Against my better judgement I ordered another case knife from knivesandtoolsuk. A mini trapper in s35vn.
On initial inspection I could not only visibly see the pivot pin but it was slightly raised to the touch.
The only time I have seen this is on knives before was after someone had attempted to fix a wobbly blade.
And sure enough the clip point blade had a lot of play
So I contacted them and said I was not happy that they had not only sent me a defective knife but to my limited knowledge it looks like someone has had a go at fixing it before I even received it..
They have no more in stock and offered me a 40% partial refund.
Now I would not be happy with a 90% refund if there was no prospect of me being able to fix the blade play.
And even if I did manage to remove the play by tapping with a ball hammer it would not be pretty as if I were to try and buff out the protruding pin and any damage I did tapping it after it would be at the expense of the three lines engraved in the bolster, one of which runs across the pin.
So I have declined there offer by email and won’t hear back from them till tomorrow.
I am really disappointed as I really want this knife and it is taking all my strength to resist my natural urge to fix things and giving it a belt with a hammer
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