Chipped Fallkniven

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8thgentxn

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Ok, here goes. I just bought this A1 from my brother totally unused. I killed a buck this last weekend and used the A1 to clean it. It went through skin, muscle, and cartilage like warm butter. When it came to bone I figured "like a Dumbass" to hack away. It did the job but after I was done I noticed the chips. I was so bummed it took away the excitement from the kill. The buck was hanging so the only thing I hit was bone. After seeing all the YouTube videos of people trying to destroy the A1 I thought I was in the clear. After my brother saw what I had done he laughed and said I should have used an H1 for skinning and a saw for bones.
My question now is can I fix this and if so how?
Thanks
 
Pictures help define what "chips" refer to, some people think a chip is the size of a dime, others a grain of salt. Depending on the amount of damage, sharpen it up and continue to use it.
 
It depends how bad it is, pics would help. If the chips aren't too deep, start with 600 grit sandpaper laid on a mousepad and start sharpening them out. You can progress through to finer grit paper as the chips are sharpened out, then strop to finish the edge.
 
Honestly, in my experience of Fallknieven's VG10 this isn't uncommon with the factory edge. The good news is that once you sharpen past this - it seems to happen MUCH less, so I would say sharpen it, use it and don't over-stress about the knick/chip...

Hope this helps you.

Ben
 
Thanks for the quick response. I tried up loading the image fro imgur but it didn't work. There are two chips about three millimeters a one about a two millimeters. I will try out your suggestions.
 
After seeing the pic, it's gonna take a little more than 600 grit paper to fix that.
 
I'm surprised at some of the comments. I've used a VG-10 H1 for years on deer with zero chips.
 
Ouch. That's more than a little chip, almost a "chunk". It will keep functioning though after you sharpen them out, you just might have a bit of recurve afterwards :/.

Also, I'm not familiar with vg10 or falkniven. Is this type of damage "normal", or is this something that might be indicative of a bad heat treat?
 
yikes that is going to take some time to fix.unless you allready have a 1000 hours plus experence useing bench stones i would send it out to have the work done. if you want to try it yourself then get the bigest flatest and lowest grit stone you have and work the edge and the flats down
 
ocnLogan said:
Ouch. That's more than a little chip, almost a "chunk". It will keep functioning though after you sharpen them out, you just might have a bit of recurve afterwards :/.

Also, I'm not familiar with vg10 or falkniven. Is this type of damage "normal", or is this something that might be indicative of a bad heat treat?
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Holy hell people! Reread the OP!

He was literally chopping at bone!!! VG10 is fine for normal cutting......
 
Send it back to Fallkniven. Alternately, send it to Albert at Seattle Edge to reprofile. That is significant damage. A tool steel might be more appropriate for that sort of use. Watch out for those chips in your meat...
 
Krissig12 said:
Holy hell people! Reread the OP!

He was literally chopping at bone!!! VG10 is fine for normal cutting......
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For what its worth, I did read the OP. And with how it is written i saw a bit of ambiguity on what actually happened. I wasn't sure if he had cut up against the bone, or had cut through it. And as I mentioned, I have no experience with vg-10 (never even held a blade with it). The only other knives I've ever seen with chips that large had faulty heat treats, hence my question.
 
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