Yes, it’s not out of the question that this may have happened en route and don’t doubt he inspected the knife. I didn’t come here to bash JNS but rather get some other opinions and ultimately learn. I do retract my statement made of taking my money elsewhere but it is frustrating finding an issue like this with a blade and not knowing the how.Sadly this happens, the reality of soft Sanmai blade is that they are more susceptible to minor bent and not spring back like a monosteel. Tho that said under enough force a monosteel would simply break whereas Sanmai could still be fixable. Here’s a example of my bad packaging combined with UPS brutal force