Well for the time being, I appear to be in the good luck group, since I received mine in early Dec, too. I never looked closely when it was new, but now that I’ve clamped a few different blades, I can’t see any jaw-end deviation. I do always use chamois, though, so I don’t have to get too torque crazy, though I will say I also don’t baby it that much either. I don’t have a blade movement problem when I do get it tight, and as I said the jaws seem to be okay for now.
Good to know that thigs will be taken care of if something pops up.