Recent Sharpenining

As just an update, the guy has replied to me and told me that "The tip was fractured & it had a small dinger midway. Call me Friday if you like, I will be less busy and can give you more details." and "I understand your concerns, you can share them with me on Friday." I guess I will talk to him Friday and see what kind of reimbursement we can settle at...
 
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if you bought this knife as stated 2nd paragraph post 33, used it may have had a few sharpening's under its belt before he got it, was it the correct length before he saw it or did you compare it?
 
It was BNIB and was fresh from where ever he had gotten it. I checked it over as I do all my blades and compared them. Was in fact brand spanking new.
 
Tekki said:
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This isn't a good sign.
I am not That familiar with Stainless steels and their temper coloration, but with a carbon steel like 1084, 1095, 52100, the temper would likely be damaged.

I am going to see if I can get someone more informed than I to weigh in on this in particular.
 
Yea I don't know hardly anything about the matter but I do know discoloration means high heat and high heat can mean temper damage... Even if its only that little bit, it could be down the whole edge of the blade for all I know...
 
It's very easy to burn the tip of a blade. I've had good brands that lost a tip with NO prying or other abuse .In other words the tip was damaged from grinding - very easy to do.. In my metallurgist life I developed expertese in discovering grinding damage Better way is to put away the power tools and get some good diamond sharpeners .Most are surprized at how well diamond sharpens even steels like S110V. Another metallurgist who has studied this problem is Roman Landes .He found that even by hand sharpening you could do damage.!! If you can read German get his book. You could also ask Mr Spyderco. He started life selling sharpening stones then made knives !
Get good quality diamond stones , a set of different grits. You won't have to press down , let the diamonds do the work. Pressing also tends to pull out diamonds of larger sizes.
 
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It did had the slightest bend at the tip where my dad pick it up and dropped it on my glass table. So I am guessing by the looks of it he did a regrind as well.
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I suspect that you already know the answer. Probably, the guy ground off the tip and reshaped it for you. This is quite possibly a good thing.
 
Sonnydaze Well that is the question I was here to get answers for because I am a beginner as of right now when it comes down to this stuff. But when I mean he dropped it, he dropped it from a height of a few inches and the tip had only the slightest bur on the top and on one side of the knife. To where when you rubbed your finger across it would snag. There was no breakage or any of those sorts, just a very slight roll over. If that roll over means that a quarter inch of tip has to be removed then I guess he did what he was suppose to do then huh?

Mete thanks for the information, after I first saw it and the discoloration on the tip I knew it had to had been heated up pretty hot, but when it comes to whether or not is messed up the temper or if anymore than the tip was affected I have no idea.
 
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How about you lay the "full" bladed one on a piece of paper with the scales off the edge of the table, and trace the blade.
Then line up the thumb ramp and Spydiechef hole and trace the ground one inside of it to actually how the difference against one another and bring the two knives and the paper to show how much damage he has done.

I would seek some form of compensation from him aside from just a few dollars back for the "sharpening", that is a Lot of edge missing.
On top of that, he likely made the blade perform slightly worse by making the shoulders significantly wider (primary bevel meets the flats) bringing the original width from .030 to .045ish (sheer estimation).


Edit to add: if there was a chip large enough to require that much material be removed, it would easily be seen with the naked eye and be cause for concern.
 
NjBillK I used a digital fractional caliper at work today to measure the length width and edge thicknesses at the tips, middle, and beginning of the blade. The width wasn't very off but the length was a hair shorter than a quarter of an inch and the width of the tip was around 2/3rds thicker than the original. Can't remember exact measurements, was already pretty pissed and was at work so neglected writing it down...
 
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