Can this knife be saved?

DeSotoSky

DeSotoSky

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Here is a 2 bladed selector handle I found on my travels yesterday. Problem is the tip is broken off the fixed blade. Otherwise it's not in bad shape except for a scratch in the Valox on the backside. I already have a nice one in my collection but couldn't leave this one lie for not much money. The two bladed handles are less common. Question to the rest of you is what can I do about the tip? I have no experience with this. Will Buck reshape the tip for a fee or is there someone else to send it to? Too nice of a knife to end it's life this way.... :) What do you all think?

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DSS,

Looks like you got about 1/8" lost off the tip. Yes and you can fix that up yourself, take a file and re-profile the tip to meet your needs and the put the edge back on. That blade still has many years of life left in her!
jb4570
 
I use a DMT coarse stone for such repairs. I go back and forth in a rocking motion with the edge to the stone at a right angle. Only enough to bring the edge to the back side of the blade to a point again. Then work an edge back onto the point with the coase stone. Finally resharpen and if done well it will look "natural".
I've gotten some pretty good deals on knives with broken tips and they are my favorite users when I am done.
It's fun to save them!
 
So far it looks like you're saying it's a DIY job....I'm game.

Sitflyer....what is "DMT"?
 
DMT is a name brand diamond stone. Any coase stone will work, the diamond stones make shorter work of it.
 
Brother broke the tip on this one and I played with it using my Lansky system. Left a lot of belly on it, that I could have trimmed down some more.

Yours would be easy, and a fun learning process.

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Here it is (bottom) with a new one, showing what it is supposed to look like.

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Nice job! I have a 112 that I reprofiled and the tip is a little blunt! I'm going ta go back and take some more off to get it more pointy! Slow and steady is the trick. You can always take steel away; but you can't put it back!!!
 
well well ... dare i put my two bits in ?
i used to take the edge back ta the back side o the blade
but .. gosh darn it some times dat dang tip will not be covered when it is closed
and it will snag in yo pants get-n it out
and some times got a blood test when i reached in to fetch it out..
now how in the heck could i avoid that dang point being outa the handle?
well i took and got a new jar to think wit
and it come to me !! leave the edge in the handle!!
so i started to take the back side to the edge!!
nope is sure is not as easy as the way you'al's is a doing it
but it sure looked a lot better when it was done
'cides i did not get a blood test every time i reached fer it in my pocket!!
if you does it all the way back on that chime it really looks almost factory!!

well .. it was jest a thought come up before the jar got emphty
and i had the time so i tried it and liked it more better!!
youal jesta do what you think better ... am jest a shareing what worked fer me !!
 
What did y'all a use ta grindin der blade wit! A beltgrinin thingy. Iffin der point is gonna be outa de handles. Somatime deres unuf room to grind the kick jest weensy bit but that one dere can be a tricky lil job!


But seriously, I'm game to learn a better way. What's the best method for an amature to use to re shape the curved part out to the edge. And re do the angle grinds if present.
 
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As 110 Dave has stated (I think) if when you reprofile the blade sometimes the point is above the handle (have a couple like that). If you take the top down you shouldn't have that problem. If you had a picture with the knife closed we could see if the problem that 110 Dave talked about could happen.
 
sitflyer said:
What did y'all a use ta grindin der blade wit! A beltgrinin thingy. Iffin der point is gonna be outa de handles. Somatime deres unuf room to grind the kick jest weensy bit but that one dere can be a tricky lil job!.
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ya sir ya got it clear as shed juce..belt thingy do rite good at it
watch de angles go slow and keep your finger on the blade to check fer heat
ifn it too hot to hold finger on it it too hot period
an yep der be unuf room on dat kick ifn the point already be ground to the back most times
any ting to keep da finger tipd from bleeding ... :rolleyes:
 
OK, you all gave me the courage to give it a try. It was something I would have thought took special grinders or whatever. I have never broken a tip off a knife, but then I consider a screwdriver to be a "proper" prying tool. :) A file didn't work, it just skated accross the blade. I did have a diamond thingy from Harbor Freight laying around that I had never used. It was not very coarse. It took me about an hour to get the blade to what you see in the picture. I do not have a good edge on it yet. The blade now measures .24" shorter than the blade on my other Selector handle. The new tip is just barely covered by the handle sides.

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Looks great Desoto! If after time and sharpening/ blade wear the point becomes exposed a little, and if your brave the blade can be lowered into the handle. This is done by taking down the "kick". That's the flat part of the blade between the sharp edge and the handle. The test I use to see if this is feasible is to depress the blade while the knife is closed to see the available travel before the edge contacts the spring or lockbar. If done improperly every time the blade snaps shut it will dull where it makes contact !

110Dave; "point" well taken. ;)
Congats Desoto! Nice looking knife!
 
Thanks, you were right. It was kinda fun,...and satisfying to have done it myself.
 
Yes...very nice !!!

Here is a pic some of us were talking about once, as to how to lower the tip inside the frame.

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But do it a little at a time...
 
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