Is it possible to remove a chip with the vanilla sharpmaker ?

Mister_Punchy

Mister_Punchy

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Hello everyone !

I just received an AD-15 that I ordered from Drop but it came with a chip in the blade.

Since I currently live abroad in a country where logistics are a nightmare, it will be near impossible to send it for a re-sharpening. So I decided to sharpen out the chip myself with my Sharpmaker, with the brown and ceramic rods (no diamond rods at my disposal).

Would that be possible to sharpen out the chip with the brown rods ? I am an amateur sharpener, and would take any tip you kind people could give me.

Below is a photo of the chip. It is not that big but can be seen with the naked eye, and can be felt when cutting paper.

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Yes but it will take an interminably long time. :( (I can't see the photo so I'm only going by your description.)
 
Well, yes, it can be done, but may take a good long while. I wouldn't try to get it all in one sharpening. Just sharpen it well, use it and repeat. It will be gone over time and you may earn other beauty marks along the way that match it.
 
That’s tiny. The brown rods will remove it.

I had a similar one on an MBK EZC I received. It worked out with normal sharpening. No reprofiling was necessary.
 
I honestly would not even emphasize removing that specifically or you could get a strange flattening in the belly you did not want. I almost ruined a Gayle Bradley 2 doing exactly that. Normal basic sharpening will take care of it eventually.
 
The problem with a chip, especially a tiny one that virtually no one else would even notice, is that it will drive you quite mad. I inadvertently stabbed my 943 into a metal meat cooler wall, snapping a tiny bit of the tip off. It in no way hurts the performance but to me it looks like a friggin tanto now, even though I need to use a 10X loupe to see it. But I know the #@!%$!!! is still there.

My recommendation is to use the knife (trying to ignore the feel of the chip) and sharpen when needed with the rods. After a short period of time you'll forget about it or at least there's hoping you do.
 
I've used the brown stones to remove chips slightly larger than that on M390, but, as others stated, it will slowly disappear with regular use and sharpening.
 
I heard the tale of a cat that licked a millstone smooth...it took him a while, but he got it done.................eventually.

Put on Breaking Bad and settle in.
 
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