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A Minus Grade Swiss Army Knives |
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Our A- grade used Swiss Army knives are intermediate in quality between the A grade knives and the B+ knives. These are still very good knives, but they show a little more signs of use than the best of the used knives. Blade Scratches Many of the A- knives will show some scratching on one or more blades, and the blades may have been lightly sharpened.
This example is about the worst we'll accept in an A- grade knife-- it has some scratching, and part of the blade was lightly sharpened. Most of the A- blades will be much better than this one. A- knives will not have missing tips or changes to the blade contour. They may have very slight rippling or gouging in the blade, if the rest of the blade is in good condition. However generally knives that have been misused like that will drop into the B+ grade or lower. Click here for more info about our grading standards for blade wear. Blade Snap and Movement All A- grade knives still have acceptable blade "snap". Most of the knives in this grade will "snap" as well as the A grade knives. A few blades may be a little sluggish, and may require a light push to put them into their fully closed position. That happens most often on the can opener and bottle opener, which seem to have weaker spring action than the other tools. Case Scratches A- grade knives will always have "pocket wear" on the plastic shells-- usually in the form of many small scratches in the nylon case. However they will not have any deep gouges, holes, cracks or gaps in the plastic shells.
The scratches on the example above are about the worst we'll accept on an A- grade knife. If the scratches were deeper or there were more of them, the knive would automatically drop to a B+ or lower. In this grade, we'll sometimes accept very small broken spots in the shells (no more than 1/16" / 1.5mm), especially when the blades are in "like new" condition. However nearly all of the A- knives have shells that are fully intact.
The example above shows the worst possible shell break that we'd accept in an A-knife. Click here for more info about our grading standards for shell wear. |
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