Scrapped Knife

Walt2

Walt2

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I wonder how many have had something like this happen to them. I was shaping the guard area on a hidden tang, which had the sambar stag aready on, and got careless and the belt touched the blade in the spine blade creating a notch. This will be my first time to have to scrap a blade.
Dang!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Sorry to see that! I think we have all done that at least once. But i just reprofile and make another style of blade from it, then continue with what i was doing unless itwas a order in which case i start over.
 
The blade is 1/8" CPM 154 and the notch goes almost half the thickness of the spine and is about 5/16" in length. Since the guard, stabilized mesquite spacer, and a spacer of 416 stainless, and sambar stag is already on, it seems like it would be hard to reprofile and do anything with it.
 
Walt2 said:
the notch goes almost half the thickness of the spine and is about 5/16" in length.
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Nice filework - but it needs more. :D

Post a picture of the whole knife and I'll bet you get back a schwack of suggestions to re-profile it. You could work out most of it with a false edge.

It's not a failure. You just have to re-specify the design parameters. ;)

Rob!
 
Thank you Rob! I never thought about a false edge because I hardly ever do one. It also had a small mark on the opposite side at the edge that I think can be taken care of. I will have to work on this at a later time though. I was in a hurry trying to get some things done this weekend and messed up.
 
That's what I was gonna suggest. I swedge some of mine, just make sure you get the same angle and depth on both sides.
 
Just be creative and finish the knife out.I was told once that 75% of knifemaking is learning how to fix your mistakes.

Bruce
 
Knifemakers don't make mistakes......They make smaller knives :D
 
Everyone has done the same thing or similar. Fix it if you can or keep it as a user. I wrap my finished blades in masking tape and to be totaly anal then fold a section of worn belt over the spine and tape that down too. Lots of protection for your blade, especially the spine which usually cops the damage.

peter
 
I wrap the blades in a couple of layers of tape when finishing the handles.Saves a lot of, "Oh ,Crap...." situations.
Stacy
 
The blade was wrapped in a single layer of masking tape. It did not take much for the 60 grit to make the notch though.
 
definitely looks like the first cut of a rather dramatic file work spine to me. get some diamond needle files and go to town!
you should be able to match that cut easily with a triangle file,do some counterpoint with a round, polish it and sell the knife for more because of the fancy jimping! The nice thing about the jewelers diamond needle files is they cut damn near anything, and the grit is fine enough that you don't need much polishing when they are done

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