Buck 186 Titanium Folder Repair

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Greetings all-

I have a question about having a blade repaired. My carry knife is a Buck 186 Titanium folder. It is similiar to to the Buck 110 folder, but the frame is made from Titanium and the knife is made to be taken apart and put back together (no rivets). I recently broke the tip of the blade off while using the knife, and I need to have it repaired. The blade has about an 1/16" flat now at the end instead of a point. I'm guessing the tip could be reground to produce a point again. My question is-do I send this knife back to Buck, or should I search for a knife maker local to me? I live in Central Florida. Is there someone you might reccomend?
Thanks for any and all input-
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You can reprofile those usually back to a good point and blend it quite well with the smaller breaks. I could either walk you through it or do it or you may contact Buck and see what they say. They may be able to cover it for you also.

STR
 
STR-
While I am proficeint at welding and fabrication, I'm not sure if fixing the tip of blade would be something I might try to tackle. Not that I wouldn't attempt it, but if I could have it fixed for a reasonable amount of money, I would prefer to put it in the hands of someone who might have done this before. I don't want it to come out worse than it is now. Could you describe a little more of what it takes to recreate the point? All I have available to work with would be various hand files.
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I prefer a belt sander of some kind over a grinder. The longer the belt the better and if its a ceramic belt even better. They seem to cut cooler, but a standard 4x36 bench sander with aluminum oxide belts will work fine. Keep a cup of ice water handy to dip the blade every few seconds and take baby steps coming down on the blade off the Spine. (non edge part or thicker part of the flat upper part of your blade. )

Follow this pic. This is a Spyderco knife and while the blade is most likely not the same shape as yours the basic technique is the same. Keep the blade cool, let the belt do the work and don't push it trying to move things along too fast or you'll burn mark the blade. I go against the safety protocol for this personally and do it bare handed so I can feel the blade temp easier. Luke warm its getting hot and the closer to the tip the more likely to burn mark. Keep that blade cool at all cost.

Its not hard, just do it with a light touch with patience and you can do it. If by hand use a diamond but if the break is as bad as the knife in this pic, you will be there a long while by hand.

STR
 
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