I dropped my knife.

[RaiderJameson]

if there is a split or the scales are coming loose, as hick as i might sound, super glue is a really good way to hold stuff together. It just somehow holds really well. i used that on a scale that came aprt on my knife and you cant even tell. The gel stuff works best.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

We’re you carrying it in a pocket slip?

I only drop knives when they fly out of a pocket slip onto the ground, so at my house pocket slips are forbidden!

 

[baxtrom]

Lol...thanks for your input guys.

It's strange, I have no compunction about putting a knife into a pocket with keys and coins. The scratches that result? Just par for the course. But dropping a knife bothers me to no end as in my mind the damage was due to carelessness and should have been avoided.

Reminds me of many years ago when I bought a BSA Meteor air rifle and scratched it with a screw driver. It was tiny scratch but I could not come to peace with it, so I ended up sanding the entire stock and re-staining it. So I feel your pain

 

[5K Qs]

My own carelessness caused this scratch, and I hate that it happened, but it turned out not to be the end of the world (so far).


- GT

 

[btb01]

Just to be in solidarity with you Christian kamagong , I might smack mine with a hammer tomorrow.

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errrrrrr - maybe. Lemme think about it.

Maybe just throw it on top of the woodshed, Ed.

 

[pease]

I like to think that I appreciate a patinaed knife. That scars and the marks of usage should be borne proudly and a well-worn tool only becomes such because it has proven its worth over the years. Like the resolza Fausto got from his father.

Who am I kidding? I dropped my laguiole onto pavement yesterday, and I've spent too much time today examining it, fretting over rough spots that weren't there before.

Do you think that steaming the juniper covers would work to take the dings out? It's the technique where you would place a damp cloth on a wooden rifle stock and then go carefully over it with a hot clothes iron.

Too much?

Go for it if it bothers you but is it stabilized wood it will not steam up.

 

[Primble]

I would leave the dings if it were mine, but, your picture doesn't really show us detail in the wood. A couple things that might make it look better are taking some mineral oil on a rag and rubbing hard with a microfiber towel. The second would be take a Minwax oil stain pen and dot the places and rub off the excess. A 0000 steel wool rub, followed by a microfiber hard rub is another.

 

[kamagong]

Hit it with a hammer? Hahaha...I like your style Modoc ED .

 

[Hengelo_77]

It is just a scar, she'll live. It just ads character
Don't play with heat. Wood and glue can act very strange and unpleasant under heat.