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As many of you know, I broke the tip off my Woo a while back. I have pondered what to do with it for a couple of weeks and finally hit on what I considered to be a pretty good idea. Originally, Woos look like something like this:
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14703717&Sequence=0></center>
After the tip broke, I was left with this:
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14276810&Sequence=1></center>
I tossed around a few ideas before deciding that I would try to correct the knife by removing the top part of the blade (shown above the yellow line in the photo below).
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14702555&Sequence=0></center>
I thought about using a file, but was quickly discouraged when I actually tried it. I considered a hacksaw which probably would have worked well, except that, believe it or not, I don't own one. So what did I do? Glad you asked! I broke out the dreaded Dremel tool. Using a standard cut off disk while holding the blade under cool running water, I eyeballed and freehand cut the undesired section of blade away leaving this as the final result.
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14703296&Sequence=0></center>
Although the knife is shorter and tapers, the Kydex sheath feels as tight as ever due to the unaltered part of the knife fitting into the sheath as originally formed. The spine still needs some smoothing which I am doing with a coarse stone, sandpaper, and whatever I can find. I will most likely just use some Brownells 44/40 Gun Blue to touch up the knife until I find a plating shop locally who will refininsh the knife for me.
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14703717&Sequence=0></center>
After the tip broke, I was left with this:
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14276810&Sequence=1></center>
I tossed around a few ideas before deciding that I would try to correct the knife by removing the top part of the blade (shown above the yellow line in the photo below).
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14702555&Sequence=0></center>
I thought about using a file, but was quickly discouraged when I actually tried it. I considered a hacksaw which probably would have worked well, except that, believe it or not, I don't own one. So what did I do? Glad you asked! I broke out the dreaded Dremel tool. Using a standard cut off disk while holding the blade under cool running water, I eyeballed and freehand cut the undesired section of blade away leaving this as the final result.
<center><img src=http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=33630&a=208307&p=14703296&Sequence=0></center>
Although the knife is shorter and tapers, the Kydex sheath feels as tight as ever due to the unaltered part of the knife fitting into the sheath as originally formed. The spine still needs some smoothing which I am doing with a coarse stone, sandpaper, and whatever I can find. I will most likely just use some Brownells 44/40 Gun Blue to touch up the knife until I find a plating shop locally who will refininsh the knife for me.
