Broken tip, broken dreams

traumkommode

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Was just cleaning up this here moose, let it slip, and into the floor went the poor, dear tip. It'll still cut, I'm in no rut, I can even fix it easily, BUT...

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So. Let's see yer damaged goods. Your broken tips, broken dreams, chipped edges, swelling/eroded seams.
 
Since his Moose-tip's left him, he's found a new place to dwell, it's down on the end of Lonely Street at, Heartbreak Hotel..

Nice poetry tk, sorry about the break. Looks really small, though...
 
It's ruined. Send it to me for proper disposal :)

Seriously that stinks but easily repaired and you will have a new and unique personal relationship with the knife after doing so.
 
Hate to see that, traumkommode, but I suppose it could be much worse! Fortunately I've never had anything too bad happen (yet). While taking a group shot of all my Beer Scouts yesterday, I accidentally dropped one (my Tortoise Shell acrylic from last year) on the concrete patio floor! I didn't want to pick it up to see what I'd done, but thankfully there wasn't any damage other than a scratch or two on the bolster (thank goodness it wasn't one of the bone handled ones!).

I think one of the things I kicked myself most for doing was on one of my first GEC knives (a #15 Farm Boy), not long after I got it. I had been using it to cut some food and ended up with something stuck on the blade that didn't come off with just rinsing. Not knowing the power of the green ScotchBrite sponge sitting beside the kitchen sink, I grabbed it and gave the blade a few light passes (away from the edge, of course) and ended up with all these tiny scratches. Not a big deal, I know, but I was still mad at myself for doing it.

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It's ruined. Send it to me for proper disposal :)

Seriously that stinks but easily repaired and you will have a new and unique personal relationship with the knife after doing so.

It's an easy breezy fix. But when the rhymes started coming to me, I thought we could use another reason to post pictures and write funny/thoughtful things.

Not knowing the power of the green ScotchBrite sponge sitting beside the kitchen sink, I grabbed it and gave the blade a few light passes (away from the edge, of course) and ended up with all these tiny scratches. Not a big deal, I know, but I was still mad at myself for doing it.

In my experience, doesn't matter how you baby it, if you use it to cut stuff, the blade will get scratched. But, re-satin-ing is easy, too!
 
That's a sinking feeling, TK. I'm sorry for that rotten bit of luck.

I'll have to see if I have a picture of what I'm about to say. Back in March or so, I had received my first GEC: a lovely Spear point Che Chen Rosewood 25. I was proud as a peacock, and I CE and CF'd that thing to death. I decided to touch up the blade a bit to get it screamin' sharp. After roughly 25 sweaty minutes trying to not screw anything up, I was satisfied. Snapped that puppy shut with a glorious noise and slipped it into my pocket. Next time it was opened, though, I realized that my Snap O' Satisfaction had put a massive chip in my edge just before the curve to the point. :o
 
Was getting ready to mow a field and forgot I had left this knife (GEC Tidioute Linerlock) on the tractor's back tire. Took off, the knife fell to the ground, and I mowed over it with the brush hog (some call it a bush hog).

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Note: Blade and back spring posed for picture. They do not assemble the way pictured.
 
Was getting ready to mow a field and forgot I had left this knife (GEC Tidioute Linerlock) on the tractor's back tire. Took off, the knife fell to the ground, and I mowed over it with the brush hog (some call it a bush hog).

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Note: Blade and back spring posed for picture. They do not assemble the way pictured.

Oh no Ed, looks like you win. :eek:
 
Ouch! I have had several knives with broken some tips (some my fault, most came like that), but just reshape and move on:) I have done it several times, here is one of my more recent jobs:

The main blade was a drop point that looked like someone tried to pry open a can with and snapped about a 1/2cm off!
 
I find more old Schrades with broken tips than without.
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(We've had about ten minutes of sunlight in the last two or three weeks.)
 
I've had this old Parker-Frost (Schrade) for 37 years now. It has seen better days. The spring is weak and it has blade play when the lock is engaged. Lost one of the bolster covers when it was dropped many years ago (showing the Swinden key construction). I snapped off the tip of the blade, which had been bent from prying at some point in the depths of time, by trying to bend it back. Bad idea. So it shows my poor attempt at tip repair. This was my only slipjoint knife for many years and though I don't remember using it that much, it sure seems to have some battle scars.

 
It's funny. If I bugger a tip or edge, I am more cross with myself than I should be. For several long hours or even days I'll look at the knife in utter disgust. How am I ever going to be able to use...this?! This monstrosity of a scarred horror show?

When I buy a used vintage folder with a clip point shaped like a butter knife my mind fills with wonder. "Ooo what kind of adventure caused such a gorgeous mark of character?"

No one said knife knuts were a logical breed;)
 
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