NWS finishing problems?

[akatsuki]

Just got a set of NWS Titan finish and noticed some finishing issues where the my hinge. Do I need to send these back?

https://imgur.com/a/OA2wbmR

 

[knobby]

Just looked at my identical pliers bought from lee valley a couple of years ago and they have the same flashing/poor finish on the backsides so I would say that that is how they all are.The diagonal cutters from the same set look worse LOL.

 

[davethorik]

Looks like those are the surfaces that are hidden when the cutters are closed. I imagine that depending on how tightly the parts fit, they might not even be able to take the factory paint/coating because there's no room. I wouldn't worry about it.

Edit: I have 3 NWS pliers with the same black coating, 2 look perfect and 1 looks like it was dunked in paint, has runs everywhere and is ugly. But it still works great.

 

[kctyphoon]

It's not the machining, it's the coating.. it's normal.