Chipped the hell out of my BR....

MBWirenut

MBWirenut

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Was clearing brush, not sure what I hit. What do I do to fix this one? Rest of the knife stayed really sharp. It is a thru hard model.


 
I have hit stapels and nails in wood along fence lines and gotten chips like that. Should be fine by simply sharpening it out.
 
MBWirenut said:
Was clearing brush, not sure what I hit. What do I do to fix this one? Rest of the knife stayed really sharp. It is a thru hard model.


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yah, just sharpening it out. Thru hardenned makes no difference as the Rc is the same at the edge. I have had chips like that on dozens of knives. I just sharpen them out, it takes about 5-10 minutes to get a good edge back. When I was hacking on the spine of the Ontario knife with the SHBM I got dents about half that size that I just steeled out and you could barely notice. I later sharpened them out and it took but a few minutes.
 
If you have any trouble send it in and we'll resharpen it for you. I would doubt that they are actually chips, probably just rolled/dulled the edge really good.

:D:D
 
I was gonna call BS on that and say, "Boy, it sure looks chipped to me."

But upon further inspection of the right-facing pic, it does look rolled. Even though it was all in my head, I apologize for thinking such blasphemous thoughts, Eric.
 
It really is chipped, it is okay, it be a user. Just have no idea what I could have hit. But I'll try to take most of it out, I'm sure it will be fine.
 
Eric Isaacson said:
If you have any trouble send it in and we'll resharpen it for you. I would doubt that they are actually chips, probably just rolled/dulled the edge really good.

:D:D
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So, if I can't glue this back on, Eric, ya'll will do it for me? :confused: ;)
 
Oh, it was just a combination of '74 GMC truck door, the exterior mirror frame, and an empty fire extinguisher.. :D
 
I would just leave it as is if the rest of the edge is still sharp. It won't affect performance. For a blade that gets used heavily and often, if you sharpen it every time you get tiny dings or chips, pretty soon you won't have much blade left.
 
Rich_S said:
I would just leave it as is if the rest of the edge is still sharp. It won't affect performance. For a blade that gets used heavily and often, if you sharpen it every time you get tiny dings or chips, pretty soon you won't have much blade left.
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yes, but you want to steel it and align it with a strop, otherwise the stress riser created around the chip will cause further fracturing.
 
TurnerIII said:
Thoes arn't chips - thems serrations!! Nice job!!! :D :thumbup: :D
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no, they are Rat's buck teeth:thumbup:
 
Tanks! I got a whole collection of people who are going to be run through the system. Hammy or Garth is next, followed by Porkerson, Amy and/or Skunker.. :D
 
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