Winkler Knives II Woodsman Sculpted Maple WK027

This is my fourth Winkler ll knife. I actually purchased two at the same time so it was easy to compare and judge. The other purchase came well packaged and appeared new. Winkler never spends enough time sharpening the knives so I run them on a wheel with jewelers rouge and in five minutes they are razor sharp. THIS KNIFE out of the box was in the sheath, no internal packaging. The blade was dull, slightly rusted/discolored and had the appearance of having been used. The handle did not have that rich oiled finish and appeared dry and not well done.Regardless, I put it to the wheel and after some elbow grease and oil it is now sharp, still used a little, but Im not going to send it back because it takes to long to get. However this is the last Winkler I will be buying as 21A9 did not cut the mustard. They just aren't worth that much money for the work put into the knife.