All About Pocket Knives

I recently bought a really nice Case XX baby toothpick with beautiful amber bone scales and one of the most beautiful, unusual Damascus blades I've ever laid eyes on. It arrived yesterday, and I must say, I was most dissapointed in the fact that in three places the jigging had continued into the bolsters. Although it wasn't much, it was very evident, even at first glance and I was quite dissapointed to say the least. Do you think I'd be too pickey to contact the seller ( an old E-Bay seller friend of mine from whom I've bought several knives in the past) and ask for a refund? The imperfections were totally unexpected, especially considering that I spent $109 for the little knife. For me, that's one heck of a lot of money for a knife that will never see the outside of her cotton lined bed. And to know that each time I show it off, anyone with eyes will see the imperfections is just about more than I'm willing to bear.

So....what to do. eh?

dewman; Sounds to me like you should send it back, simply for the

reason that everytime you look at it your eyes will go to the

imperfections and you will see nothing else! Just my humble opinion.

When you say "the jigging continuing into the bolsters" I'm not sure this is a possibility. The jigging on the bone is done before it is installed on the knife, what you are seeing is more than likely where the edge of the bolster was eroded away when the knife was buffed. This is fairly common on some of the older stag knives I have seen. If this is happening on a jigged bone handle, I would suspect that the bone was too thin and didn't have enought left over to grind it down to match the bolster.

As far as sending it back thats up to you it's your $

Or maybe in the buffing process it hit the bolster.
Singin46

Sorry ag, yours I did'nt finish reading.
Singin46

During the Great Eastern posts I learned that they called this jig hafts and it's fairly common on older knives. As Jeff said this happens during the buffing process. This is where they are finishing the knives. I'd keep them, unless they are unusually large, over 1/8 inch would be huge and i would have to ask questions. However I did learn that many old timers consider this a mark of quality and won't buy them unless there are jig hafts. Let's see a picture, we all love knife pictures!

Never Keep a knife that you see a problem with.

Even though it may be a common flaw in the manufacturing process, if it bothers you, it will always bother you. Most people you show knives to, do not even notice. It is our trained eye that has the problem.

Two choices are return it to the seller, or re-sell.

The biggest thing for the seller is all the fees associated with the transaction. Maybe you could help him out with these fees and the deal could be made. I have done that on a couple of knives and it has smoothed over the sting of the return.

Buzzard

Send it back..the same thing happened to me with a $80 Fight'n Rooster,I kept it and every time I look at it I wished I hadn't!!!

Return IT. Get a divorce as soon as possible.
She is bad in your eyes and that will never go away.
Like a girl that cheated on you. You will just never Love her again.
Even if you have to do like Buzzard said (smart man).
She may cost you some but, $109.00 is to much to have a bad felling to keep around. If you get $80.00 back look at it like Lawyers fees.... ...

I have never been divorced but a wealthy man told me "it cost him over one million to get rid of his wife and it was well worth it." That made me think. He got rid of her and got on with his life. He stopped winning and went back to work making $$$$$. (A very smart man)

Just my way of looking at this to help you.

The seller should have a return policy. I always offer seven days - no questions asked. If a seller re-sells an item, it's possible to recover the listing / final value fee. I would never keep something I didn't like.