If the blade is notably off center, then B. I buy a good many through mail order, so A is the default. That said, I have bought more than a few open box knives at the SFO with slightly off center blades because the price was right. The Endela I carry every day was an open box item, blade slightly off center, but it cuts and cuts and cuts and never quits!Reject wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:03 amSo: :) you walk into a bricks and mortar store
You have the money in your pocket, ready to spend the top limit of your knife budget on your dream Spyderco knife.
They have several of the model you want in the display case.
The person behind the counter hands one to you look at. It looks fine: :eek: except! The blade is not centred.
What do you do?
Choices.
A. Yep! :D Close enough and buy it.
B. Ask to have a look at another, to see if the centring is better.
A and B are the only choices. :D No rambling essays on the philosophy of the choices of mankind or the quality of cutlery through history are required. Just A or B.
For me; B.
Now, I'll say that the majority of the knives I purchase are FRN and cost less than $150. Being the cheap bastich I am, if I was looking at a $200 or more knife with nicer scales, I'd be buying in person and you bet the blade would be centered! Definitely option B in that case.