cutlery repair person needed

J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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I had a couple e-mail me this week about a carving knife that broke on Thanksgiving. There's a whole story behind it, the short version is it was a wedding present of the grandfather's and the grandson accidentally broke the blade. The father contacted me about making a new blade or putting him in touch with someone who would. They seem like real nice folks and I'll end up doing it if nobody else will but, I really don't have the time to do repair work right now. I was wondering if anyone out here specializes in repairing cutlery as a profession or hobby and would be interested. I'll attach a picture of the knife as soon as I get it in the right format (8" carver with a scrimed ivory handle, hidden tang). Price hasn't even been dicussed yet. If anyone is interested, please drop me a note.
 
I just did a thread on this knife with a pic, J. Guess knife repair isn't the going thing.
 
J.N., Are my eyes playing tricks in me, or is that blade bent? I would imagine the blade was probably cracked or damaged before the boy knocked it onto the floor. Those old carving knives always seemed pretty durable. My 2 cents worth says the knife was cracked beforehand. You know how some folks tend to twist and PRY with a carving knife. Also, I agree with try the heat trick to soften the epoxy.
 
Yeah, the blade does look bent in the picture, I don't have the knife. I think it is more likely the knife was broken while prying something. I can't see a blade bending from a counter fall, break yes, bend ??? The epoxy heat trick does work well, I've used it before.

I found your thread L6. Yep, it's the same folks. This isn't really a project I want to get into, especially since we have 7 shows to do in the next 3 months and a farm to get rolling for spring. We'll see.
 
An easy fix would be to find another carving knife with a similar blade, which wouldn't be hard, there's lots of em out there. Pull the blades from the handles and insert the good blade into the ivory handle. It's just a matter of finding someone interested in doing the job.
 
I have included knife repair along with my regular making (still have a couple of repair projects in shop) and found repair work to me just doesn't pay as well as the making. It's OK if you are all caught up and have nothing else to do.Problem is most of us run at least a year behind so this means you have to delay your reg. work. I'm just now getting back on my feet after being laid up 6 mo., so I am not taking on any repair or restoration. I can recomend another maker here in IA. that may fix you up.His e-mail is dgethman@iowatelecom.net. Good luck, guy!
 
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