Repair advice wanted - Tip damage - CS Tuff Lite

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ThatGuyDave

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Hi everyone,

First post so don't stab me. :) Forgive me if this is in the wrong section.

I'm not new to knives, but I'm definitely new to proper care of said knives. I recently got a Cold Steel Tuff Lite. I love it and I've used it for everything for a couple days now. I was cutting through hard cardboard and ran into a staple. Like an idiot I decided to pry on it and ended up bending the tip of the blade. Trying to bend it back damaged it more. I've thrown plenty of knives away for things like this, but I really like this knife. If it was a curved blade I would just round out the tip a little more, but I'm not sure I can do anything since its a straight blade. Can I repair it or should I toss it and buy another?

http://i.imgur.com/hFcZxy5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/t0SdtRj.jpg

Sorry for the crappy phone pics. Any advice is appreciated.

I did search, but didn't find anything. It probably exists so please point me in the right direction.
 
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If you can free hand sharpen, water stones can restore it. I have fixed chips in blades before with my stones.
 
It seems like pretty minor edge damage for a utility style knife like that. I would think you should be able to sharpen past that pretty easily.
 
Right section, Dave. Even in the bad pics, it looks fixable. It looks like you broke part of the bevel off near the tip. Do you have a good sharpening stone? The way I see it, you can either sharpen it as is and just do the damage section. This has the disadvantage of making the blade look uneven. Or you can take the whole edge back to the same level. You would do this by cutting into the stone. But this would be a lot more work. I can give you more info on which ever technique you like.
 
Wow. Thanks for the quality responses guys. I'll be sticking around on this site for sure.

I'm not against any free hand sharpening, but I'm new and need to learn. I'm only concerned that I won't be able to restore the tip of the blade. I've attached another pic for clarity, but unfortunately its a phone pic yet again.

http://i.imgur.com/36J6lX0.jpg

I currently have some cheap sharpening equipment, but I'm not against buying the right stuff. I want to learn to do it properly, but I'd like to keep my spending below $200.
I have:
a GATCO 100% natural Arkansas pocket stone (I assume this is garbage)
Smith's 3 in 1 Sharpener (this seems OK?)

Anyway, I'm most concerned about the tip, but looked for general advice overall. Let me know. Thanks.
 
I like spyderco's sharpmaker myself. You can get the sharpmaker and diamond rods for less than 100 bucks shipped depending where you shop. Even cheaper here in the exchange if you find one up for grabs.

That damage looks like it could take a while to sharpen out but not too long I would imagine with the diamond rods.
 
Freehand is the way to go once you figure it out. My sharpmaker has collected a bunch of dust over the last few months. Especially with a nice straight edge, that one should be fairly easy to fix. You can get a set of DMT bench stones with coarse,'fine and extra fine in a wooden box for about $100 and live quite comfortably with the edges off of those.
 
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