Damaged Paramilitary 2 Blade help

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BladeManiac10913

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Ok, so I'm relatively new to this forum, and have been into knives now for a couple of years, and just a couple days ago, my younger brother was messing around with my PM2 and managed to drop it, somehow damaging the blade. Anyone know the best course of action? What i planned to do was send it back to Spyderco for a sharpening, but i wanted to check with some more experienced knife owners before making a decision. Thanks a lot guys!
 
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Is it having an effect on your cutting? If not I would just use it til the whole thing needs sharpening and then send it in, the reason being if you send it in now, they're going to have to sharpen it up a lot to get rid of the ding. The more it's sharpened, the thicker it gets behind the edge, the worse the cutting performance. The PM2 already being a thick blade with a full flat grind (as opposed to a thinner-behind-the-edge grind like hollow) is going to be more influenced by sharpening over time than many other knives.
 
Definitely needs to be sharpened. Start at 120 grit and work your way up. It will take a bit of material, but not too much. If you have no faith in your own ability to sharpen, send it off to Colorado. They will take good care of you.
 
For general uses, not really, but it's definitely harder to get that nice clean cut when using it on smaller objects or those that require more precision. But overall i feel like the main problem for me is just that it's annoying that it happened to a relatively expensive knife XD Thanks for the reply though! I'll definitely take that into heavy consideration.
 
And to those who are saying to sharpen it out, i've already tried, but the only good sharpener i have is the spyderco sharp maker, and only with the basic stones, so right now i feel like i can only use it for resharpening, and unfortunately not fixing up a blade, but if someone knows a way to do it with that specific sharpener, I'm all ears!
 
That's pretty minor, they will sharpen out without much of an issue depending on sharpening skill and what one uses to sharpen with.

You could send it off to Golden for sharpening and they can fix that not problem as another option.

Looked like the factory edge from the photos also.......
 
Just resharpen it as usual with the sharpmaker. Spend a little extra time on the medium stones. The chips will go away as you remove the other steel.
 
BladeManiac10913 said:
And to those who are saying to sharpen it out, i've already tried, but the only good sharpener i have is the spyderco sharp maker, and only with the basic stones, so right now i feel like i can only use it for resharpening, and unfortunately not fixing up a blade, but if someone knows a way to do it with that specific sharpener, I'm all ears!
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If all you have is a Sharpmaker you have a problem as it will take awhile even if you got the Diamond or CBN rods...

I recommend sending it to Spyderco.
 
That's probably what I'll end up doing. Any recommendations for a good sharpener out there that is able to fix damage like this incase it happens to any of my other knives in the future?
 
The edge thing isn't that bad. I'd either use the knife or just sharpen it.

Main thing isis the blade bent? Is it still centered in the well? Pivot still good?

If so, play ball.
 
Heres another picture of the blade, I think there may be an issue with the angle of each side...

See tip of next two pics
 
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And i realize i have it sharpened like that also on some other knives...is it the fact that I'm right handed and when it comes to sharpening i put more pressure there???
 
I've got a Lansky crock stick turnbox with med and fine ceramic sticks, the sticks are a lot shorter than your Sharpmaker, with the extra length it will take lees time, it's definitely worth sharpening it out yourself. Take an easy evening and have a go, even with the shorter sticks of the Lansky I'd give it a go. If you get sick of it then give up and send it in to Golden, nothing lost by trying and if you get the nicks out then you'll have the satisfaction of having done it yourself.

What I should have said is that your blade is irreparably damaged and to send it to me for correct disposal. :D
 
8steve88 said:
I've got a Lansky crock stick turnbox with med and fine ceramic sticks, the sticks are a lot shorter than your Sharpmaker, with the extra length it will take lees time, it's definitely worth sharpening it out yourself. Take an easy evening and have a go, even with the shorter sticks of the Lansky I'd give it a go. If you get sick of it then give up and send it in to Golden, nothing lost by trying and if you get the nicks out then you'll have the satisfaction of having done it yourself.

What I should have said is that your blade is irreparably damaged and to send it to me for correct disposal. :D
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Thanks for the sharpener info! And i guess i'll just have to do that next time *sarcasm* XD
 
Golden would do a good job, but one of the customer sharpeners on this forum would do a better job. It looks like your bevel could be evened up with a good reprofiling. The Wicked Edge system would clean up that edge quickly and easily, but it's expensive. If you have a pro put on a refined, 30-degree inclusive edge, you could use your Sharpmaker at the 40 degree setting to maintain it. Keeping the edge sharp that way would be a snap and would strengthen the edge.

I don't see this minor damage as a problem, just an opportunity to put on a much better edge.
 
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Golden would do a good job, but one of the customer sharpeners on this forum would do a better job. It looks like your bevel could be evened up with a good reprofiling. The Wicked Edge system would clean up that edge quickly and easily, but it's expensive. If you have a pro put on a refined, 30-degree inclusive edge, you could use your Sharpmaker at the 40 degree setting to maintain it. Keeping the edge sharp that way would be a snap and would strengthen the edge.

I don't see this minor damage as a problem, just an opportunity to put on a much better edge.
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That's actually what i've been working on since my last post! I set my gray stones on the sharp maker to the 40 degree bevel setting, and have been working on mainly the left side of the blade (but the other as well of course) and actually it's a lot sharper than it was before, and the nicks are slowly fading! Thanks everyone, i'll post some pictures once I'm finished, although it may take a bit...
 
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