Native 5 CS Exclusive is awesome but..

[Slicydicey]

Just got my Cutlery Shoppe Native 5 in the mail and everything looked great except... The blade gap between the FRN was all on one side. My other native lw has a small gap on both sides between The blade and FRN. I also noticed the lock bar and FRN was not as tight of a fit as my other native. Initially I assumed as always I was being overly critical, but I spent the night at work thinking and decided this wasn't right. Normally I would send it back to supplier but living in Canada the shipping cost alone would not be worth it. I figured it was a FRN burr or some sort of assembly issue as my other Native lw is just perfect. As soon as I got the knife apart I could see there was residue orange FRN burrs where the octagon part of the pivot spacer inserts into the handle. With a couple Q tips and some persuasion with the tip of a para 3 I removed all excess FRN. Re assembled the knife and it was perfection as always. :)

https://imgur.com/a/ZMHZX

[twinboysdad]

You fixed it, that's for sure. Looks fine now

[JRinFL]

Nice troubleshooting and repair! Great pictures as well, thanks for posting.

[bpahk]

Always nice to see disassembly pics. Thanks for posting.

[Evil D]

Nice fix, initially I expected the blade grind was off center.

[DrawBackwards]

Nice job -- and thanks for the great pics! Cool to see what's involved in pulling a Native apart in case I ever have to.

[bouhunter]

Thanks for posting and the pics. I ordered one this morning!

[Freediver]

Nice job fixing that, thanks for sharing.