David Martin
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The guy that likes to stir things is wanting to calm it down now . This is an interesting twist . DM
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I can't read anything stirred up or calmed down David?? I wonder why? Weird!!!
I gather by your user name argonstrom you may know something about welding?
If not send me an email, I may be able to help you out! :thumbup:
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Thanks for your input, Joe! It's refreshing to see companies actually interacting with their customers; your posting in my thread will certainly influence my future knife purchase decisions.
If I still have your ear, Joe, how about a spring assist 110?
I totally respect the fact that Buck would not want to repair this knife; that would be like asking Ford to fix a monster truck under warranty!
So, back to the repair - I welded it, and visually, anyway, the heat never even got close to the BUCK stamp. I think the rest of the tang would likely fail before anything else now. After the repair, I hammered the tang, blade, and repair area against angle iron, flat concrete, and an anvil with no issues.
I kinda have to depend on my welds for my own personal safety, postfallsidaho.
BG42EDGE - I hope the "some blundering wanna-be backyard blacksmith" comment was not directed at me. Further, I earnestly hope you were not suggesting I would sell something without full disclosure.
Thanks again for your interest, all!
Yes, it's an ugly repair, but it only warrants so much time (plus, it's a knife, not a pry bar):
If I still have your ear, Joe, how about a spring assist 110?
I totally respect the fact that Buck would not want to repair this knife; that would be like asking Ford to fix a monster truck under warranty!
So, back to the repair - I welded it, and visually, anyway, the heat never even got close to the BUCK stamp. I think the rest of the tang would likely fail before anything else now. After the repair, I hammered the tang, blade, and repair area against angle iron, flat concrete, and an anvil with no issues.
I kinda have to depend on my welds for my own personal safety, postfallsidaho.
BG42EDGE - I hope the "some blundering wanna-be backyard blacksmith" comment was not directed at me. Further, I earnestly hope you were not suggesting I would sell something without full disclosure.
Thanks again for your interest, all!
Yes, it's an ugly repair, but it only warrants so much time (plus, it's a knife, not a pry bar):
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No, Argon.....I wasn't referring to you personally (couldn't, since I know nothing about you).
Welding a 119 that has been broken at the tang is a bad idea on several levels, not the least of which is that it may encourage others to try the same thing.....and we sure as hell don't need more such knives being sold to unsuspecting buyers like yourself.
As I said before, thanks for sharing the knife. It has been an interesting and educational story and will probably cause a lot of us to examine knives we buy a little more carefully for signs of tampering.
Welding a 119 that has been broken at the tang is a bad idea on several levels, not the least of which is that it may encourage others to try the same thing.....and we sure as hell don't need more such knives being sold to unsuspecting buyers like yourself.
As I said before, thanks for sharing the knife. It has been an interesting and educational story and will probably cause a lot of us to examine knives we buy a little more carefully for signs of tampering.
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Not to step on any toes...I mean this is just a forum about knives and the guys/gals that love to collect/use them. Thats why we all come here right? If I wanted an argument, I could insult my wife's cooking.
So here is an observation I would like to share.
If the intent of a repair is to decieve, I bet we can all agree that thats a bad thing.
But what if it is just someone being resourceful instead of wasteful? They break their knife and rather than just toss it and buy another, they attempt a repair. We get those kinds of knives in our warranty department all the time and I respect that. I always try to fix something myself before turning it over to someone else more qualified. Of course it always ends up costing me more since they have to fix my "fix" first!
Argone, if the parts dont seem to stack up correctly, you might check for dingle berries near the weld. (Thats a technical term they used around the shop back when I was a welder )I tiny speck of weld will throw everything off.
So here is an observation I would like to share.
If the intent of a repair is to decieve, I bet we can all agree that thats a bad thing.
But what if it is just someone being resourceful instead of wasteful? They break their knife and rather than just toss it and buy another, they attempt a repair. We get those kinds of knives in our warranty department all the time and I respect that. I always try to fix something myself before turning it over to someone else more qualified. Of course it always ends up costing me more since they have to fix my "fix" first!
Argone, if the parts dont seem to stack up correctly, you might check for dingle berries near the weld. (Thats a technical term they used around the shop back when I was a welder
)I tiny speck of weld will throw everything off.
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Of course.
Trouble is.....once a knife gets a repair like this it can be sold with no intent to deceive.
Knives often end up being sold by relatives or friends who know nothing of the "repair." It is not marked to show that it has been tampered with, nor is it marked with anything to indicate the skill of the one who "fixed" it.
We all go to auctions, estate sales, garage sales, etc.
Will some of us be unintentionally deceived by a knife just like the OP? Remember, he was able to break that tang just by twisting it in his hands.
No, I don't think we want more of these out there waiting for unsuspecting buyers.
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In my opinion, your opinion has merrit.
I hope that if someone does not agree with my opinion, which is their right, they will be nice when telling me...I'm just saying.
I hope that if someone does not agree with my opinion, which is their right, they will be nice when telling me...I'm just saying.
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So, back to the repair - I welded it, and visually, anyway, the heat never even got close to the BUCK stamp. I think the rest of the tang would likely fail before anything else now. After the repair, I hammered the tang, blade, and repair area against angle iron, flat concrete, and an anvil with no issues.
I kinda have to depend on my welds for my own personal safety, postfallsidaho.
:thumbup: Not a problem, you're in good hands!
I think it will be fine. We can't be wasting nice Buck knives, right!
Good save!So whats next for the handle then? Factory or custom???
I hope that if someone does not agree with my opinion, which is their right, they will be nice when telling me...I'm just saying.
If only everyone was as respectful as you when posting their opinions Joe!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:
Besides that Joe, I have never seen a Mod lock one of your threads or edit your posts for rude and inappropriate behavior.
LOLI guess those that can't be respectful will have to weather a bit of flak...
LMAO!
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