So this went from one guy arguing for his skewed definition of LNIB, to drawing the attention of the site's owner and potentially getting multiple paid accounts banned? Oops!
FWIW, I don't think any knife sold on the "individual" pages here is "NIB", as technically speaking, manufacturers could refuse to service them if they weren't sold by an authorized dealer. I'm sure most wouldn't quibble about it, but without a receipt from an authorized dealer, you can't really "prove" that the knife is legitimate, and not an extremely accurate counterfeit, etc.
And yes, I'm sure I have called knives "NIB" without being an AD myself - especially when selling on Ebay, given their definitions for "new" vs. "used". As I said, that's a very technical definition
For me, LNIB implies that I could return it to the dealer for a full refund, and they'd be justified in selling it as new. In other words, you didn't do anything to it that you wouldn't do in a store, in front of the dealer, when trying it out. Flipping it open is fine, cutting some paper is fine, pocketing it to see how it fits is fine. Anything beyond that isn't fine. Disassembly clearly isn't LNIB any more.