Pappy--

I had one of those. I carried it standing up in my front jeans pocket--until the day I reached in to pull it out and slid my finger along the front of it...and sliced the end open.

The blade was set into the handle in a way that had the very tip right at or just outside the handle frame.

I had paid $35 for it new, sold it for the same and felt good about it until:

1. They became collectible, and I could have sold it for much more later; and
2. I ran into Barry at a show and mentioned the incident to him. He swore for a moment, then apologized, saying that the guy or guys working with him knew better when they were assembling the knives and it should never have left the shop that way. He also told me that I could have sent it back and they would have corrected it. Too late!

Larry