Chipped tip?

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Im not quite sure how this happened but the blade tip on my Emerson mini cqc-15 looks chipped. No I did not use it as a chisel. This knife is about a little over a week old. The only thing I have used this on was to open boxes and occasionally tearing up a box. Can cardboard really cause the tip to get chipped? What happened to the "# 1 hard use knives' motto?

The knife has been in my possession the whole time. It has not been abused and only used on cardboard.

Here are some pics

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Here is a pic of the blade I took a few days ago

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It chipped itself in protest....stop using it on carboard and start cutting Tanks in half.


(Cardboard is notoriously 'dirty' material to cut with an edge, it contains many different fibres and materials which can attribute to some minute edge chipping)
 
Looks like you may have clipped the ground. Sometimes happens when your working with a knife. Its a tip and they can't take a huge beating on most knives. You have to be careful.

Sorry about your blade, but it will function fine:)
 
Yep, that happened when your blade hit something hard, not from cardboard. Could have been a staple in the box, or could just have been from sticking the point into stuff playing with your new knife. Needle-sharp points don't stay that way if you poke things... :D

Don't worry, it'll be fine, and you can sharpen that tiny little spot right out.
 
In the first picture it doesn't even really look like a chip. It almost looks as if the tip bent. Bad heat treat maybe?
 
GREAT NEWS!

You are USING your knife, and that is why you got it!

The tip looks like it rolled over a bit, this can happen under hard use. Look at it as an opportunity to become one with the knife as you sharpen it and fix this minor deformity.
 
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pedicabdriver said:
Bad heat treat maybe?
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No way. It's just called "use," otherwise known as "normal wear and tear."
This is not a problem, it is not a defect, it is not a travesty. It's just what happens to needle-sharp knife tips when you use the blade.

Oh, no! My brand new putty knife isn't shiny any more! My hammer has a scratch on it! The gold finish has worn off of my drill bit! Jeez. :rolleyes:
 
It looks to me like if the tip has being compressed. Not once, but twice.

What was the material of the surface your were working on with your knife?

~Paul~
 
It may very well be damage from heat treatment or especially grinding damage. If it is grinding damage [high heat at the tip] I doesn't take much force to break off the tip.I've seen that with a couple of good quality knives. Sharpen that tip and it will remove any grinding damage and you won't have any more problems.
 
dePaul said:
What was the material of the surface your were working on with your knife?

~Paul~
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As mentioned it was only used on cardboard.

The knife has not been dropped or used on any metal or hard surfaces.

What concerns me is if cardboard can do this to the tip, what going to happen with I really start using it?? :confused:
 
First: Cardboard can not do that to steel, period.
Second: It's not damaged, it's just been used.
Third: Did you expect your rugged, hard use knife to stay in perfect, mint condition forever? Stab it through a soda can and scratch it up already, and stop splitting hairs over something that's not actually a problem. This reminds me of a meth-head on a cleaning binge, scrubbing invisible spots off the bathroom tiles. AHHHHHHHH IT'S NOT COMPLETELY CLEAN!!!!!!!
 
CQC15 said:
As mentioned it was only used on cardboard.

The knife has not been dropped or used on any metal or hard surfaces.

What concerns me is if cardboard can do this to the tip, what going to happen with I really start using it?? :confused:
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It will get better through use. As Mete mentioned, you sometimes see grinders altering the hardness of fine points, making the points more brittle. This has been an effect also seen with S30V steel. I think that you can be quite confident with the integrity of your Emerson and you should understand that needle sharp points will be the first to go. Sharpen her up and carry on, knowing that you have an excellent knife.
 
Thanks for the info. It does seem bent more than chipped. As I run my nail up the right side of the blade, it gets caught up right at the tip. Left side is smooth
 
rolled edge!

Don't sweat it you using it as intended, now go sharpen it up and beat up on it some more.

in all seriousness though you must have hit either a staple in a box or unknowingly contacted something hard (floor, wall, desktop) while cutting up a box.
 
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