Re-profiling Blade Tip

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Boscobarbel

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Not sure if this is the proper place to ask this question, but here goes:

I owned a CKF Peace Duke a while back, but ultimately sold it--in spite of being one of my favorite EDC pieces EVER--because I realized the that blade just wasn't adept at puncture/stabbing tasks. It wasn't until much later that I realized that I should have asked the experts if it would have been possible to have an expert re-profile that rather thick tip to make it more suitable for that task. So, my questions are: 1) Can that be done? 2) Who should I contact for such work?

Including pictures of one here to show exactly what the blade tip looks like.

Thanks for any advice....

https://imgur.com/a/EzDFo8E
 
You could do it, but a lot of metal would have to be removed. I wouldn't do it.

I'd just get a knife design already suited to your needs, and let this design stand on its own.
 
I think the best way to thin down the tip would be to add a swedge, or in this case, pull the small existing swedge all the way down to the tip. It's something that anyone who does regrinds should be able to handle.

Something along these lines:

 
Twindog said:
just get a knife design already suited to your needs
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This. In the second pic I find it obvious this is a slicer, not a stabber.

That being said, this would be easy for me to do, and take me under ten minutes.

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Boscobarbel said:
Not sure if this is the proper place to ask this question, but here goes:

I owned a CKF Peace Duke a while back, but ultimately sold it--in spite of being one of my favorite EDC pieces EVER--because I realized the that blade just wasn't adept at puncture/stabbing tasks. It wasn't until much later that I realized that I should have asked the experts if it would have been possible to have an expert re-profile that rather thick tip to make it more suitable for that task. So, my questions are: 1) Can that be done? 2) Who should I contact for such work?

Including pictures of one here to show exactly what the blade tip looks like.

Thanks for any advice....

https://imgur.com/a/EzDFo8E
Click to expand...

Should be simple, depending on what you want it to look like. Get a sharpie and mark up the profile you want. I like to darken the areas I would remove as it highlights the new profile. If the steel is thin and only a little will be removed, I'll just use a very agressive sharpening stone.

And David already commented, he is who I would've recommended.
 
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