blade tip repair

[mccainphn]

what's the best way to restore a point on a knife tip that has been damaged?

 

[samhain73]

Easy. Grind a new one by cutting into a stone, them resharpen.

 

[ChapmanPreferred]

I prefer to grind away at the spine side of the point until it meets up with the edge.

 

[Jason B.]

If its less than 1/8 inch then normal sharpening will take care of it. If its more then grinding of the spine may be required.

 

[cj65]

I was real proud of the work I did on an Al Mar folder. It had about 3/16ths of a broken tip. I slowly grinded the spine down keeping the original blade pattern in tact. Once I was almost to a fresh point, I started rebeveling the edge and it met up with the point very nice. I then polished the spine so it matched the original spine finish. It was alot of fun. I used a drill bit stone about 2" diameter on a Harbor Freight drill press for the grinding.