Fixing a bent edge

That she will! :thumbup:

Got an email from her letting me know to send it back and she will replace it. :)

I am hopeful that she will have another nice full tang with white metal for me. I really fell in love with this blade in the short time I had it!
 
coldone, from your pics it looks like it was around the front of the blade.
I'm pretty sure they're diff. heat treated and the front/tip isn't made for chopping, maybe that's why the tip rolled/waved.

idk though...
 
Differential hardening would leave the spine softer while keeping the entire edge hard. Having an edge that goes from hard to soft will just cause trouble. If you look at diffrentially hardened blades that have been etched you will see how the transition point keeps the edge hard along its entire length.
 
...and yet the edge on my 12"AK,17"CWWII and 18" CAK are...
draw knife hardened around the curve above the cho, field hardened on the sweet spot ( 2 or 3" from the tip for a span of a few inches... ), and softer near the tip- bendy yet really sharp and easily sharpened...makes for a tool that can chop like an ax, draw like a draw knife and skin from the tip, while not breaking and yet be easily sharpened. When the edge goes from hard to harder to less hard it really works well for me as long as I am aware of what part of the tool I am using and for what.

My 2 centavos.

happy new year to you all...

mark
 
Mine looked similar to coldones, only much worse.
I sharpened it out, ill use it hard and see if it happens again.
 
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