I love my Kabar, but....

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kneedragger650

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I rolled the edge. I bought a short tanto kabar early last spring and dropped it out of a tree a few weeks ago. Managed to roll the edge, right in the middle of the blade. I tried to sharpen it, but just couldnt get it to work.

So what should I do? Do i just junk it?, or can i re-profile the edge to make the "dent" go away?
I'm not a knife maker, but am undergoing my first knife project here in a few weeks. I really dont want to mess up the fit and finish on this blade though, more than i already have...


Any ideas guys?


Also, not quite sure if this is the proper place to put this, as I am new here. If it needs to be moved just let me know. Thanks
 
How's your sharpening skills?

A coarse stone and a little elbow grease will fix your edge but you need the stone and know how.

What do you use to sharpen now?
 
Well I haven't had much experience sharpening, before now my knifes didnt last that long (bought cheap stuff that broke).

I inherited some "Arkansas" stones... cant remember the name of the company, but they were my grandpas stones and i have 2 that are in good condition. I can get a better description of those later.

The dent is pretty deep, so i wasnt sure if just using a stone would work.

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Its deeper than what it looks like, but you get the idea
 
That's a pretty serious deformation!

You would need to completely reset the edge bevel to remove that. Power tools or a bench stone around 100 grit would be needed.

If its something you don't think you can do yourself send me a email and I'll see what I can do to help you out.
 
Very kind offer knifenut1013!

That is one substantial dent. How far up the redwood were you when the knife fell out kneedragger? :)

If I could be of assistance, please let me know. I'm in PA if that is substantially closer.

Doug
 
That can be fixed....though that's a lot simpler fix for one of the makers/sharpeners with a belt grinder as you need a pretty solid re-profile done. Definitely don't toss it, it's totally fixable. You'd be working on that quite a while with a stone.

Basically the new edge will wind up at the base of that dent...that's a lot of steel to balance by hand with a stone. That's assuming you want the edge straight. Otherwise you could sharpen the dip like a big serration...me, I'd just send it off to someone with a grinder.
 
Oh yeah...that's fixable. KaBars are built to take a beating. Short of breaking the blade clean in half, just about everything is fixable. I have put points on several Buck 110s the people snapped off prying the metal "cork" out those cans of Coleman White Gas.

Just don't take a bench grinder to it...that will ruin it. If you need it in the short term, before you can find somebody with this right tools and/or skills, you could just sharped up the dent as best you can and deal with it. With a big knife like that, a jagged, sharpened divot won't really hold you back for other tough cutting chores in the meantime.

It happens man, don't let it bug you too much. Every body does it.
 
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