Scrapped Knife

jewelers diamond needle files

Edited origional question. I found some on ebay at a good price. Thanks for all the responses. I think I will try doing some file work if it can be done on the CPM 154 when it has been already tempered.
 
with diamond files if the grit on them is any good you should be able to cut steel when it is full hard. do not use too much pressure, let the diamonds do the work. diamonds are the hardest thing known, but if you bear down too hard you can fracture them or tear them out of the nickel they are embedded in. never cut gummy metals like aluminum or brass with diamond files, but hardened and tempered tool steel should not be a problem

please post pictures when you are done

-Page
 
Bill Siegle said:
Knifemakers don't make mistakes......They make smaller knives :D
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haha yeah!

What i was thinking is maybe carefully grind the whole spine down past the notch (like cutting the blade in half horizontally) rework the handle, and make it into a bird and trout knife, woodcarving knife, or desk knife.

Or you could just forget about it, sharpen 'er up and use the hell out of it as a beater.
 
Or you could just forget about it, sharpen 'er up and use the hell out of it as a beater.


That's what I'd do or maybe pass it along to a friend who could use it :)
 

That's what I'd do or maybe pass it along to a friend who could use it

I agree with Bill, Mark, ole pal a mine!!!! :D
There's a way to fix about anything, just gotta let the creative juices flow!!!! Set it aside for a while or even set it on the desk or coffee table so you'll pick it up and look at it every now and then. I bet you'll see some way to make a beautiful knife again!!!
 
I decided to give the knife to someone. Thanks again for all the suggestions.
 
Mark, I can't thank you enough!!!! I've always wanted a hand made custom but just can't afford one!!! You'll never know how special this knife is to me!!!!! :D
Ummm, got my address or do you need me to email you? :p
 
I don't ever scrap mine. I started doing this by modding and repairing knives, so I kinda like fixing the mistakes as I go.
 
Walt2 said:
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.
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use 400 grit until you get used to the 60 grit :D:D

I had a blade I was grinding once and it got caught and bent ~ 1" of the tip about 50 deg's :eek:
I thought I bit that one for a minute ..and just got some numb fingers out of it..
hell I just straightened it out and kept grinding :D
inlays and file working you'll find was to cover up rather that decorate when it was first done , Bruce E is right , thinking about plan B if plan A doesn't work out works.. and being inventive is a good thing to be.,,
 
i learned to use a little more tape after doing that once. also a thin piece of metal under the tape can help if you have "that feeling" that something could happen which it usually does.
 
I have had similar occurences of the ooops factor. It looks too deep to grind out.
Any chance of some kind of a saw tooth.

It breaks my heart to see it no matter who it happens to.

I got a bit compulsive 10 or 15 years ago and had to fall back to little bits here and there. A couple of good knives a year and a bundle of easy stuff to pay for the hobby. I remember the feeling I would get just before I would do something like that it for me was a kind of hurry hurry hurry feeling. I learnt to stop when I started to feel that way.

My biggest problem these days is getting started at all.
 
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