Nice rant, Knifeguy! I feel your pain. I also expect a new knife to come very sharp. Buck does it. Cold Steel usually does. Some SOGs do, some don't. My Bark River came scary sharp, as did the Bayley. Now I know how to sharpen a knife, but I would expect a "high end" knife to come that way.
cold steel . . . maybe sometimes. way back before i even knew what Busse was, i used to get cold steel knives. the peacekeeper's edge was the sharpest factory edge i've ever seen, but the rescue tanto was probably the dullest.
