Bent tip

[The Fort]

Over the weekend I picked up a nice little user stockman. The very tip, about 1/8", of the sheep foot blade is slightly bent to one side. I would like to try and straighten it out. Any suggestions? Vise? Hammer? Pliers? Or????

 

[nhyrum]

I'd go with a vise, maybe a hammer. If all else fails, snap it off and send it to someone to regrind

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[BluntCut MetalWorks]

Heat up a shallow pan with about 0.5" of oil to about 370F, next turn off the heat wait until oil cool to about 350F. Put the tip into pan at 30-40 degrees (vertical is 90*), use a wooden chopstick or small flat screwdriver to press down opposite of the bent/arc tip. You can put a coin at pan bottom if you don't want knife tip to scratch it. Use a needle nose plier (tip in oil) if prefer more control straightening.

btw - Some knives are tempered at much lower temperature than 350F, so use tempered temperature when known. Otherwise + paranoia = use 325F.

 

[The Fort]

Thank you bluntcut for the detailed response

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

On a stockman in particular, make sure there's room for the blade to close properly after bending a blade. Many (or most) stockman patterns with 3 or 4 blades on 2 springs will have crinked blades (often the sheepsfoot) to allow them to fit into the handle and/or between the other blades. Sometimes the spacing is pretty tight. If a crinked blade is 'straightened' too much, it might not fit anymore. With just the tip of the sheepsfoot being bent a bit, I'd assume that might not be an issue, if you ONLY straighten the tip itself, and don't alter the bend/crink behind the tip at all. Just be sure you've got room on either side of the blade to work with, before diving in...


David

 

[The Fort]

Thanks O.W.E. I'll keep that in mind.