Blade repair ?

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WickedSharp

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Hello,

My Dad gave me this 20 or 25 years ago:

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Somewhere along the line I did this to it:
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I've never sharpened anything in my life. I have some stones that I use for polishing the internals of my revolvers, but it took me a long time to get good at that. I'm looking for a quick repair.

Do I send it somewhere? Should I send it to a local knife sharpener? I'm guessing if I do that, they'll be setup for kitchen knives, etc....

Ideas?
 
Hello Wicked,

That's a good looking knife. If I were you, I'd shop around for a reputable sharpening service. It looks like the blade could use reprofiling (grinding a new edge on the blade), which would take care of that damaged tip. A good, experienced sharpening service should have no problem with this knife. Since this particular knife carries such sentimental value for you, you might 'test' a local service by having them sharpen another knife first. Or, perhaps they can show you examples of work they've already done, or even demonstrate while you watch. If you have any specialized knife shops in your area (especially those dealing in sporting & hunting knives like yours), ask them who they'd recommend for sharpening your knife.

You might also just hang around these forums a while. Read up as much as you can about sharpening. Hopefully, it'll give you some additional inspiration & ideas about what you should expect in a quality sharpening job. And maybe you'll catch the sharpening bug yourself, and start looking for opportunities to learn for yourself how it's done.

Good luck.:thumbup:
 
I found a local resource who is going to fix it up for me.
I'll post a picture when I get it back.

THANKS!
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Hello Wicked,

That's a good looking knife. If I were you, I'd shop around for a reputable sharpening service. It looks like the blade could use reprofiling (grinding a new edge on the blade), which would take care of that damaged tip. A good, experienced sharpening service should have no problem with this knife. Since this particular knife carries such sentimental value for you, you might 'test' a local service by having them sharpen another knife first. Or, perhaps they can show you examples of work they've already done, or even demonstrate while you watch. If you have any specialized knife shops in your area (especially those dealing in sporting & hunting knives like yours), ask them who they'd recommend for sharpening your knife.

You might also just hang around these forums a while. Read up as much as you can about sharpening. Hopefully, it'll give you some additional inspiration & ideas about what you should expect in a quality sharpening job. And maybe you'll catch the sharpening bug yourself, and start looking for opportunities to learn for yourself how it's done.

Good luck.:thumbup:
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best advice anyone could have given you :thumbup:
 
Picked it up today from The Knife Doctor.
I had him sharpen up some of my kitchen knives and he refused to accept money for repairing the tip on the Uncle Henry.

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I can't believe its the same knife. He polished it up for me too.
 
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