I recently bought a Charlet Moser ice screw via mail order. When it arrived I found that the lovely grained spiral finish on the shaft between the handle and the actual corkscrew bit had a sort of flat bit where it had not been finished. This hasn't affected the overall shape of the barrel, and I suspect that it is just a finishing error. If anyone actually understands what I mean, as I am lacking the correct terminology to describe the thing, I would be interested to know if they think that this is likely to be a problem, is it cosmetic, or even is it meant to be there?