My 8K seems to have worn in and smoothed out a bit after a few weeks and some tweaking. I'm sure the healthy amount of CLP I put down into the pivot area helps too.
One surprising thing I have noted, the 8Cr14MoV steel is pretty rust resistant. I have used mine in both the pool (chlorinated) and lake (brackish) water and not washed it off afterwards and there is still no rust showing. I assume the DLC coating is part of the reason, but even the edge bevels are corrosion free. This is unusual, this type of steel is not known to be very rust resistant at all.
One surprising thing I have noted, the 8Cr14MoV steel is pretty rust resistant. I have used mine in both the pool (chlorinated) and lake (brackish) water and not washed it off afterwards and there is still no rust showing. I assume the DLC coating is part of the reason, but even the edge bevels are corrosion free. This is unusual, this type of steel is not known to be very rust resistant at all.