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Brutus013

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Well, I had a friend who asks to use my knives on a fairly regular basis, but he didn't want to spend money on one. I decided to let him borrow my Junkyard Dog for a while and see if maybe that would show him how worth the money a knife can be. I got the knife back from him today, and the blade has some pretty bad scratches and I can't get an edge on it with my sharpmaker anymore. He had some benchstones and tried sharpening it, and he messed it up substanitally, at least in my eyes. What should I do to get the scratches off the blade, and would Kershaw put the factory edge back on the knife for me?

Here's some pics showing the general damage, although it looks worse in normal light:
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A swift kick to the groin seems to be in order.

Kershaw can put an edge back on it for you. The scratches are another matter all together. I suppose that if you were so inclined STR could bead blast it and then put an edge on it.

If you want to do it yourself, a selection of sandpaper up to 400 or 600 grit and some elbow grease should fix the problem nicely.
 
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Eh, I would not be able to put a very nice finish on it, and certainly not a new edge. Maybe I'll have to get ahold of STR.
 
I'm guessing this friend will no longer be allowed to borrow any of your knives. What the heck did use it on anyway? :confused:
 
Set him on fire before you adhere to spiral's first comment.

I'd say your friend just bought a knife. Hope it all works out.
 
You need to kick your friend, and NEVER...NEVER EVER...EVER let anyone borrow one of your knives. I have a general rule that I never lend out knives or tools, because in all likelihood, they don't ever get returned in a timely fashion. And when they do, they've been abused. I learned that lesson by lending out my mig welder. My buddy borrowed it for doing some rebar on a house build. It came back to me coated in concrete splatter, was battered with dents, and full of dirt. I'm surprised it still works. NEVER lend anything out to anyone that has any value. Even your bestest friends will take advantage of kindness, even if it isn't truly intentional on their part. It's the nature of the beast.
 
Yeah, I usually don't let them borrow anything worth anything, but this time I thought I'd make an exception. Oh well. And yes, he'll be paying me for whatever I decide to do to have it fixed, and yes, I will kick him in the groin with a flaming boot.
 
Sorry to see that Brutus, but lessons are often learned the hard way, DOH!!

Kershaw, STR, sandpaper treatment at home....all of the remedies mentioned will help. Good luck.

Jon
 
Out of curiosity, does your friend wonder what the big deal is or was he apologetic?

I was taught to return anything borrowed in as good a condition as when I received it. Some people seem to think that it’s okay to treat someone else’s stuff as they would their own. And when you get peeved about it, they tell you that you are being ridiculous.

Personally, if he fubared the edge I'd ask him to pay the shipping to Kershaw. As for the scratches, you may have to just chalk it up to a lesson learned. Now if he goes out and buys himself a brand new knife . . . .

Hope ya'll work it out.
 
Meh...you get an edge back on that knife, and it'll make a heck of a beater.:thumbup:
 
Yeah, you can tell stories about how you had to use it as a handhold while rock climbing! Quite the user! :D
 
That's a good point, I'll get the edge put on it again and maybe I'll leave it like it is for a while before I decide to get the blade bead blasted. Good to hear that Kershaw will put an edge back on it for me, I'll have to get it shipped to them. Thanks for the suggestions!
 
I would punch that guy in his liver 'till he went unconscious and then when he woke up, I'd tell him to buy me a new JYD or that I'd give him a worse beat-down daily 'till he bought me a new JYD.

I'm serious about my property.
 
Good point, Dann. The liver is often overlooked as a viable internal organ for inflicting pain and punishment! Most people head straight for the kidneys! :D

But still, I think the fire/kick move is required in this case!
 
My Friends and I live by a simple rule when it comes to borrowing things from each other...

"YOU BREAK IT, YOU BOUGHT IT!'

If you damage, or break something, you'd better be Johnny On The Spot about finding a new replacement. In our group the replacement just keeps you alive; you will most assuredly receive a lifetime of crap for for your sin of breaking your Friend's tool.

I might be considered strange, but I keep a seperate set of tools, knives, and such, that get lent out. This practice started years ago when a former brother-in-law asked to borrow a screw driver, then proceeded to use my Snap-On Screwdriver as a chisel! I wish Dann was around then! The "Liver Treatment" would have been fitting. :D
 
I hear these stories...and it just reaffirms the belief that no one is allowed to use one of my knives. They're not cheap, if you're careless you can damage it, and they can hurt people.

I let a girl borrow a SAK to cut twine one time for a necklace...and she somehow almost sent me to the hospital for stitches across my face - cutting twine, with a little swiss army knife.

Like Thomas said, put the edge back on that thing, and consider them experience scars :)
 
That looks like a LOT of my knives. Actually, all of them that I've owned for more than a couple of months...

Put an edge back on it and make it a user!

That said, I don't mind having to reprofile an edge when *I* am the one that screwed it up. I would be ticked if somebody ELSE screwed it up, though, which is why I never let anyone borrow a knife. Not friends, not family, nobody.
 
My knives, for the most part, don't see much heavy work and so a lot of them have no, or very few, scratches and marks on the blade.
 
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Yeah, you can tell stories about how you had to use it as a handhold while rock climbing! Quite the user! :D
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Everyone knows that you're supposed to use these guys for that. And I try to keep my picks sharp enough that I could probably cut stuff too.

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In reference to your predicament, I'd go with a hand-rubbed finish. An hour with some sandpaper in front of the TV and it'll be looking better than new. As for the edge, sending it to Kershaw would be the easiest.

Phillip
 
I used to let people use my knife, not anymore. People generally do not appreciate something unless they earned it. Therefore if you let someone borrow a nice knife they probably will not take care of it because it doesn't mean anything to them.

Now if that person spends $100 of their own money on a nice knife, I bet they'll think twice before they beat it up.


In the future, if someone wants to borrow a knife, hand them a MORA or an Opinel.
 
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