Browning Blade Chipped

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My daughter chipped the blade tip on her Browning sheath knife (opening clams). About 1/4" is gone from the tip. Its usable, but looks bad...

Who would you suggest to regrind it at a reasonable price? What should i expect to pay? Any chance Browning would do so?

Comments welcomed.
 
Dedicate the Browning as a clam opener. Then buy a new knife.
 
1/4 inch isn't bad. If you're using it to open clams regularly in fact I'd suggest leaving it blunt and just rounding it off a bit with a grinder, just use a very light touch and make sure the knife is secure. If you don't feel comfortable with that then depending on how clean the break is just hit it with some coarse wet/dry paper to remove any sharp edges.
 
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I bought her a D. H. Russell as a replacement.

She used the Browning for 8 years backpacking, river-rafting, climbing, and camping - mostly in Idaho. A real outdoors Tom-Girl, and I'm quite pleased with the way she turned out. Has a Masters in Geology and a BS in Chemical Engineering. I can easily afford to buy her a new knife once in a while.

The Browning is nice though, and I'll salvage it one way or another.
 
You have to watch those Browning products.

A buddy at work gave me a bunch of knives to sharpen for him. Amongst them was a Browning skinner with a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation logo.

It was very soft and it sharpened up real quick and very sharp. I assume that it will not hold an edge very long because it worked so fast. The knife looked familiar. I knew I had seen one somewhere before. Then it came to me. The next time I was at Walmart I checked the sporting goods department and sure enough there it was with the name of Walmart's house brand on it. Might be a fine knife, might be a cheap giveaway for Browning. I do know that I wouldn't buy one based on that.
 
grinding a tip is not hard at all if you have a grinder or bench sander. my friend asked me to do it for him and i was a little unsure of my self but he insisted he didnt care about the knife enough that it if was totally messed up it wouldnt be a big deal. it ended up being really easy and looked like it was never broken (other than the rougher part of the spine that i didnt get to smooth out cause i couldnt get to my sander or just lose sand paper even, but its a working knife so no biggy) just gota keep the blade cool and go slow as to not mess up the temper of the steel.

-matt
 
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