Blackjack magnum camp knife inbound!

[Aikiguy]

Sweet blade. Have fun putting it thru it’s paces.

 

[Bladite]

hit nail. cut nail. moved on...

a basic butcher's steel, or better, a very smooth hard steel rod - aka a burnisher. stroke that edge back into alignment... plus you get free work hardening?

worst case, a bit of peening of sorts.

 

[91bravo]

I'll take it!

 

[StrangeDaze]

So i spent a long time using the ceramic rod, and it helped a little. Then i switched to a steel and it worked a little better but seemed like it was taking off too much metal. So then i switched to a mediu-fine-fine sharpening stone, which seemed to work the fastest but also take off some metal. My ocd side took over and i worried i took off to much metal altogether, the blade is now about as wide as my kabar bk5, and the blackjack seemed wider originally. O well! I got the warp or whatever that was pretty much all gone, you can still see it a tiny bit in certain lights if your looking for it. Not gonna stress on it. Its shaving sharp and im gonna wale on it anyway. Got to chop a few vines and it can clear cut standing grass like a scythe!
Gonna keep updating with use and mod photos! Dont want to turn this into one of those “omg i ruined my knife (but really its fine)” threads.

 

[StrangeDaze]

Well this is embarassing...

I too, accidentally hit a piece of metal. I think i am over this knife, i will be putting it up in the exchange. Do you think i should sell as is or reshape it with a file (it would take off ALLOT of metal)

 

[Xr6x]

Well this is embarassing...

I too, accidentally hit a piece of metal. I think i am over this knife, i will be putting it up in the exchange. Do you think i should sell as is or reshape it with a file (it would take off ALLOT of metal)

BUMMER! That's not good. Don't file it , I think maybe a floor standing belt sander and the expert know how would be best as you wouldn't want it to get to HOT . That for sure from the pics is going to be a lot of metal removal and you will want to keep that convex edge. Dang sorry to see that happened

 

[Phixt]

Well this is embarassing...

I too, accidentally hit a piece of metal. I think i am over this knife, i will be putting it up in the exchange. Do you think i should sell as is or reshape it with a file (it would take off ALLOT of metal)

What in the world happened man!?

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Well this is embarassing...

I too, accidentally hit a piece of metal. I think i am over this knife, i will be putting it up in the exchange. Do you think i should sell as is or reshape it with a file (it would take off ALLOT of metal)

Sell It As Is. It's fixable with a lot of time and patience

 

[StrangeDaze]

BUMMER! That's not good. Don't file it , I think maybe a floor standing belt sander and the expert know how would be best as you wouldn't want it to get to HOT . That for sure from the pics is going to be a lot of metal removal and you will want to keep that convex edge. Dang sorry to see that happened

thanks, it sucks, but it is what it is. I really had high hopes for this knife, but i feel like it fell short (before the massive chipping). It has amazing balance which makes it feel lighter than the 5 and the leather sheath is top notch. But it wasnt what i was hoping for and actually preffer the bk5. I was going to put it up soon anyway but then this happened
I wonder about the heat treatment they were doing back then, it doesnt really matter at the end of the day though.

What in the world happened man!?

accidentally grazed a piece of galvanized steel. It was my fault, but i feel like the 1095cv kabar is putting out now wouldn’t have done that, or maybe it would, not going to test it lol.

Sell It As Is. It's fixable with a lot of time and patience

Thats the way i would want to go at this point, i just don’t have a clue where to start pricing. If anyone has suggestions please pm me. I might just put it up on thebay on bid if i cant figure a price out.

 

[Xr6x]

I have snapped a few Stainless knives growing up, abused of course. I've put 1095 under much more stress with non issue. I truly wonder if say S30V would take the punishment that 1095 takes. S30V is definitely a great steel as am sure the other newer super steels are too but for hard use ? I don't know ? 3V from what I've heard is another story can take a lot of punishment not sure it's Stainless though but it's like ah ah EXPENSIVE! I'll stick with 1095 Again Meshach sorry that happened.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

I would definetly want 91bravo advice on salvaging that edge.

 

[91bravo]

Wow! That's quite some edge damage right there. I usually try and stay away from metal when I'm swinging hard! That edge could be salvaged, but it would take a long time by hand, and a good bit of metal would have to be removed. Of course you would lose the original overall profile of the blade as well.

 

[knoefz]

Oh... the horror

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Gonna be a Blackjack Magnum Filet knife.

 

[GeofS]

Well this is embarassing...

I too, accidentally hit a piece of metal. I think i am over this knife, i will be putting it up in the exchange. Do you think i should sell as is or reshape it with a file (it would take off ALLOT of metal)

Aww man, those pics make me very sad. I’m sorry that happened.

 

[StrangeDaze]

I might try to fix it up. It wont be too bad i don’t think? Unless someone wants to trade for a bk5?

 

[GeofS]

I think I’d approach the same as you; make lemonade. Have fun with making the knife truly yours. Could be a grand experiment!

 

[GeofS]

Also, it might look killer with a tanto tip.

 

[Xr6x]

I might try to fix it up. It wont be too bad i don’t think? Unless someone wants to trade for a bk5?

Go for it

 

[StrangeDaze]

Kind of digging this reverse tanto look