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Sent my Shaman in to be looked at, the tip was below the scales but looked similar to yours. I was told it was normal and within spec though others in the "normal" range might sit a little low. My recent Bodacious is also similar.

I think it's just the way the knives were designed and thousands ...

I have the same "issue"" on my Lil Native Slipit as wwell as Lil Native back lock, the tip just seems to ride a bit high, and phenomenon I mostly encountered on traditional folders so far. I still enjoy the Lil Native, but it wasn't what I was expecting.

On the Native 5, the Chaparal, as well as ...

I recently picked up a bodacious, sage 5 salt and a microjimbo. Love those knives, but why all three have a same issue which is that the tip is not into the scale deep enough. Why can’t these scales rise a bit at the end of the handle??

I could be mistaken, but that looks like corrosion, likely from close contact between the blade and the liner in the closed position. Scratching from the liners/scales is normally axial, like an arc, not a straight line.


Oh Corrosion might be it. That explains why after I sand down the scale ...

sal wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 1:14 pm

Hi Kou,

Welcome to our forum.

sal

Thank you for greeting me Sal! I love my sharp spydies!

Delica is the first Spyderco I owned, love the compactness and ergo. But I noticed the blade developed a pretty noticeable scratch mark near the Spyderco letter and I wonder what the cause is. Is it the liner? I tried to sand down the inner edge of the frn scale and the liner edge on the show side ...