Getting Gouges Out!

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So my Brother-in-Law decides to go camping and doesn't own a knife. I lend him my Russell belt knife (jump knife) from my time in the army. This knife has been through everything and always come through in perfect shape!
In his hands, however, it was different...

After he got back he wanted to "surprise" me and sharpen it. He took it to a freakin' grinding wheel!!! There are chips and gouges all over the steel.:mad:
I was suitably pissed!! He came in, handed me the knife, apologized and ran before I was able to throttle him.

Anyway-how do I get these marks out? Do I need to take it to a pro or is there a way I can work them out?

Thanks
 
If they are on the body of the knife then you have to resand the surface, it takes a long time by hand. You basically take a sanding block and start out really coarse and progress up to fine.

-Cliff
 
Why are brother-in-laws so good at trashing stuff?

When I was grinding my bowie it slipped from me and got caught and jammed in the grinder so bad the wheel stopped before I could shut it down. The result was a beautiful gouge width-wise and the deepest part was around the center of the barstock - a beginner mistake for sure but it's my first {4 years and still working on it :>) }

For 2 years I left it that way afraid I coudn't fix it, but I eventually got the nerve and just said screw it. I layed it flat on the belt sander on coarse and let it disappear, gradually moving to fine grit. The bowie is primarily flat on the outside, not hollow ground or beveled except for the false edge. Of course the gouge is way back 1-2" above the handle.

Best thing I found when getting out deep gouges is to use a file and roughen up the "mistake" in the direction of the grain. This speeds up the leveling of the hi's and low's and then move to sandpaper.

Of course this entirely depends on the depth of the gouge, etc.

Good luck.
 
I also want to add that the same mistake also bit into the edge I had already roughly ground but bad enough that it looked "bellied" - tried regrinding the edge but wasn't coming anywhere near evening out so I put the edge 90degrees on the sander lengthwise and took off the excess until the entire edge laid flat and then regroound the edge.
 
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