MIL-DTL-20277K
TABLE I. Workmanship defects.
Requirement
Examination
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Metal components
Scratches, cracks, burrs, dents, pit marks or cuts
Metal surfaces shall be free of cracks, laps, and seams
Phosphate or preservative coating missing or wrong color
Contractor does not have documentation available for identification of material,
material finishes or treatment
Surface unclean or containing embedded foreign matter
Knife blade:
Blood groove not as specified
Point broken or not ground smooth
Cutting edges of blade not uniformly honed to a keen edge
Cutting edge contains nicks or burrs
Back edge of blade not ground to the tip
Contour lines not clearly defined
Marking - missing, illegible, or not as specified
Knife handle:
Any component loose, handle not integral with blade
Leather portion not smooth, not grooved or not colored to match
Butt pin not peened or not ground smooth
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Tang protruding from butt plate surface
Guard not at right angles to the blade
Guard edges not flush with blade heel
Color wrong including cut edges that improperly colored or color not
matching
Leather
Open briar, scratches or scars:
Single scratch longer than 2 inches
Any scratch wider than .0625 inch (1.59 mm)
Three or more short scratches.
Slaughter cuts:
Cut longer than .50 inch (12.7 mm)
Cut deeper than .25 inch (6.35 mm)
Cut wider than .0156 inch (.397 mm)
All other slaughter cuts
Flaky leather:
Two or more adjacent folds or wrinkles, each wider than .0625 inch
(1.59 mm)
Pitted - six pits anywhere or four pits within .25 inch (6.35 mm)
Bronzing
Fat wrinkles and heel scratches conspicuous at a distance of 4 feet (1.22 m)
Sheath components and assembly
Flesh sides of the leather on the outer side of the sheath
Skived end of back inadequately attached
Color wrong including cut edges that improperly colored or color not matching
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