Question about eliminating nail nick

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Title says it all. I am looking for a way to delete the nail Nick's on my buck 110's. I don't use them, and they are a place for gunk to collect.

Wondering if silver solder could be used?

Thanks Ed
 
You could use Bondo body filler (used to fill dents on cars, you'd have to prep it by roughing the contact surface in the nick etc.), then after it dries sand it even and coat the blade with dlc or something to hide it
 
DLC won't take on a non-metallic surface.
You could just fill it with epoxy.
Silver solder (or even lead solder) requires too much heat and will hurt the blade hardness.
 
What about Cerakote or would heating to 350f hurt the HT? There's also Durakote which hardens by chemical reaction I believe
 
Cerakote and Durakote are paints, and will wear off with any use.
 
Shouldn't wear off if you prep right and allow adequate time for proper curing, not all paints are created equal some will harden far more than an enamel or lacquer not to say that any of them are indestructable of course
 
I'm well aware of what the gun paints are.
They will wear with any cutting of hard objects.
 
eveled said:
Title says it all. I am looking for a way to delete the nail Nick's on my buck 110's. I don't use them, and they are a place for gunk to collect.

Wondering if silver solder could be used?

Thanks Ed
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Pack the whole blade all around . . . except a slot where you need to work . . . with wet welding heat barrier putty stuff.
Take your TIG welder with a filler rod of similar alloy as the blade (so it blends in visually) and quickly run a bead that is convex in the nail nick.
Remove putty.
Grind flush
Texture or polish blade to taste.
Viola . . . no more nail nick.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...ermal-barrier-paste-gel-how-effective-131464/

https://www.amazon.com/COLD-SHIELD-THERMAL-PASTE-6170/dp/B00T8J5ZSQ

Wondering if silver solder could be used?
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Very bad idea. Silver soldering is BRAZING. Brazing takes a while to get the blade hot. Blade heat treat would go into the toilet.
TIG is super quick, extremely focused, 10,000 degree F. arc but very small heat effected zone and DONE quick.
 
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carc paint gets very hard, they use it on u.s. military vehicles, you know about that?
 
I know about lots of things.
One of the things I know is that no paint will hold up to a lot of cutting on a knife blade.
If you cut soft items only, paint will hold up better.
Remember, after sharpening, there is no paint on the edge. The edge is then forced through materials when cutting, and the paint/steel boundary layer is slowly worn away.
 
Good to know that makes a lot of sense I just assumed something would be hard enough to hold up, I suppose if you're doing the coating yourself you could always reapply as needed but could get expensive you're sending it off
 
I've seen some of the knives from Bucks custom shop that has no nail nick. Contact them and see if they would do that.
 
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