Quote Originally Posted by johnmrson View Post
I wrote "excellent condition, deep etching on the blade" and this is one of the photos that I posted. I think that the deep etching on the blade is in excellent condition and you can clearly see the level of hone wear in the picture.
I believe that the comma makes it as two independent descriptors, instead of 'excellent condition' being qualifier to the deep etching. If I wanted to describe the etching as being in excellent condition I probably would have phrased it like "the blade has deep etching in excellent condition". Also I would have explicitly noted the hone wear and provided a measurement for the flat along the spine, rather than relying on just the photograph. I would say that the patterned background is making the hone wear rather hard to notice, especially by less experienced buyers who don't necessarily look hard for these things.

The thing is that it's easy to miscommunicate, these things happen, so best thing is to try to improve your future listings. If the hone wear wasn't explicitly noted, I would most certainly give your buyer the benefit of the doubt as you would share pretty large part for the misunderstanding.