Fix knife blade on a fillet knife

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Tar18

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Hi folks.
I was asked to sharpen a fillet knife, the one made in Finland. It has a wooden handle. It has a name which starts with I believe a T and the last name seems to start with an M. When I looked at the knife blade it has a bend in the blade about a 3/4 inch or so from the tip.
Can someone help or suggest what I could do to straighten out the blade? There is also a slight bend in the blade itself. The blade is 7 1/2 inches long.
I have sharpened and cleaned up a few of these knives and they have cleaned up very nice but not sure how to fix this one.
Any help would sure be appreciated.
Regards
Tar :)

One more thing. I was going to post a pic of this but not sure how to so if anyone would like to explain please do.
 
A Marttiini perhaps? Not sure on the bent tip but I would clamp it between 2 sheets of iron and just sharpen away.
 
I'd just sharpen it up the best you can and leave it at that. If you try to straiten that thin blade, odds are 50/50 you're going to snap it off. Then you have to go buy the owner a new knife.
 
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean you should straighten the blade! Just clamp it in between sth. So it will be easier for you to get the angle evenly throughout the whole length.
 
Thanks for the replies.
Dallas83 it is a Marttiini. That is the name on it.
I thought of clamping it between two smooth surfaces to see if that would somewhat straighten out the bent part. It is a good knife and when I saw how it was treated that kind of burned my butt.
They do sharpen up real nice and I will try my best with the way the blade is now.
Again thanks guys.
Regards
Tar :)
 
I've straightened quite a few blades using just my hands and a flat table. If you put the bend near the edge of a table, and press down with your hand to hold the blade in place, you can then lift the handle with your other hand and gradually un-bend it. You can also try it just holding in your hands. One hand below the bend to hold it in place and your other hand pressing above the bend to take the bend out.

Of all the blades I've straightened, I've only broken one. It had a VERY severe bend and I was cranking on it much harder than any other blade to try to remove it. It snapped with no warning. The blade was more usable after, if ugly. It had been bent like that for 15 or more years according to the owner, who was still mad at the person that bent it in the first place! :)

It's not as hard or dangerous as you might think. Even if you don't try it on this blade, *do* try removing bends in blades. It's part of doing an excellent job in sharpening.

Brian.
 
Brian:
Thanks for the suggestion. I actually was thinking of doing something like what you suggested but I am just leaning all of this so not sure yet.
I will go nice a slow and hopefully it will straighten out. It is a nice knife and will sharpen up quite nice.
Thanks for the help
Regards
Tar :)
 
I've probably straightened maybe 10 blades and broken 2. I've found the odds of them breaking are directly proportional to how much you like them.

If it is someone else's, it will surely break.
 
Hi folks
I finally finished the fillet knife and I guess I had beginners luck because it came out just great. Brian I did as you suggested and bit by bit the blade get straighter.
It also sharpened up real nice.
Thanks to all for suggestions.
Regards
Tar :thumbup:
 
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