Just putting this out there. I have a J.A.C.K. in silver titanium, carbon fiber, and satin m390 blade. Love the knife, perfect centering with perfect action.....blade falls shut smooth. I'm taken back by the over built quality of this piece but I have found the weakest link in the chain which has me scratching my head. While inspecting my knife I noticed I could see all the screws engaging the threads on the inside of the knife from the handles and clip.........except one on the clip. I took the clip off and discovered that one of the screws for the clip is too short. One screw sits higher on the clip and this particular screw only engages one turn of threads into the titanium handle!........the other/lower screw engages about 3 turns. That screw is just barely engaging any threads. Both screws are the same length but one should have been longer. Only engaging one turn of threads is not good and bugs the mess out of me. One could argue the clip is secured with the other screw but.......the mill out area on the carbon fiber is shallow.......and the clip was made with 2 screws for a reason. I worry about the longevity of the clip on my/all Jack's as I feel this will be a failure point. I emailed REATE and got a response. The response said the screws are suppose to be the same length and to not worry about it.......the knife would be covered under warranty if any problems arose. Knowing that screw is way to short is bugging the you know what out of me................and if and when it does fail they could always claim the end user stripped the titanium in the handle........when in fact it was a flaw from getgo.........
I still LOVE my J.A.C.K. and feel reate makes the best production knives in the world.....opinion of coarse. That one screw is the only thing stopping this knife from being perfect.
