Scott,
The tip on mine is seated lower than yours. If I cram the tip of my pinky in there I can reach it but it's acceptable.
I read where some of the early batches had your problem but BM remedied this with the later ones. I believe BM will correct this if you send it in.
Here's mine
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Thanks for the pic. I've had good experience speaking with BM CS in the past (better than e-mail, but that too was OK). I've never sent them a knife back for work, but this will be an interesting experience to report on.