Scrapper 6

WILLIAM.M

WILLIAM.M

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Got a Scrapper 6 last week and tested it along with 4 other edged weapons on Saturday.Test results and photos posted on another forum--

http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/sh...hp?tid/780029/

Upon arriving home noted that the Scrapper 6 had sustained a chipped edge(1/16" or so)

Wrote Scrap Yard and asked them how I could repair it.

Any suggestions??

Any other owners of Scrap Yard Knives have the same thing happen??

Only struck trees with it...

Still very surprised and disappointed it happened-as it was the first time I used it.

Sincerely

Dr.Bill
 
Of course the link doesn't work. I just took down some cherry last weekend, so i'll go chop some this afternoon with my Scrapper and my Busse Basic 7. I'll let you know how the Scrapper does. Was yours factory edge or did you sharpen?
 
Just chopped 3 inch cherry branches with my Scrapper. Made polished cuts, no edge damage at all. I had my edge reground to a higher angle prior to doing this. Had not cut much with the factory edge. Still shaving sharp. Any word from Scrapyard on repair? They'll take care of ya.
 
We just received WILLIAM M.'s knife and were a bit surprised to see the edge damage that was reported here. From the description given, we were expecting a fairly substantial chunk of the edge to be missing. Instead, what we found, was edge deformation that was so minor (Less than .004" deep . . .that's the thickness of typing paper) that it was almost invisible to the naked eye and was quickly cured with a few passes on a ceramic stick and a leather strop.

Most likely the edge impacted a small piece of imbedded gravel or other hard substrate that caused the edge to deform.

The knife has been touched up and is on it's way back to the owner. :thumbup:

Thanks,

Scrap Yard Knives. :D



These are all pics of the knife's edge as it arrived direct from the customer.

Here's a close-up of the edge. (Pic below)

Scrapper6edge.jpg


Here is another shot showing the edge with a caliper. (Pic below)

ScrapEdge.jpg


And here is a final shot showing a PaperMate Sharpwriter #2 mechanical pencil lead next to the damaged edge for a size comparison. (Pic below)
ScrapEdge2.jpg
 
I had thought from the original description that the damage was a lot worse than the photos show. If the caliper setting is correct then the damaged area is under 1/50th of an inch wide and even less deep. When I go out chopping, I quite often find worse damage than that has been done to the edge of the knife used. It takes about ten seconds to correct the problem.
 
Keith Montgomery said:
I had thought from the original description that the damage was a lot worse than the photos show. If the caliper setting is correct then the damaged area is under 1/50th of an inch wide and even less deep. When I go out chopping, I quite often find worse damage than that has been done to the edge of the knife used. It takes about ten seconds to correct the problem.
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Same here. That ain't nuthin'. You should see the blade on a camper I have that missed the target 3-4 times and chopped into concrete. That edge was toasted.
 
Thanks for the pics! Can't wait to 'damage' my Scrapper some :) Always the best from the Busse family o' knives.
 
ROTFLMAO As I suspected, it was another BS posting. Hence my thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=430804

William I suggest you learn to sharpen knives or at least strop/steel them. Unbelievable, I've gotten knives from the factory with chips like that:rolleyes:

reminds me of the maroon who wiggled his swamp rat and it broke after only 8hours of pounding on it with a pipe wrench:jerkit:

whata maroon.....
 
Cobalt said:
ROTFLMAO As I suspected, it was another BS posting. Hence my thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=430804

William I suggest you learn to sharpen knives or at least strop/steel them. Unbelievable, I've gotten knives from the factory with chips like that:rolleyes:

reminds me of the maroon who wiggled his swamp rat and it broke after only 8hours of pounding on it with a pipe wrench:jerkit:

whata maroon.....
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Not everyone has the same level of experience or sharpening skill.

In the end, much ado about nothing.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Not everyone has the same level of experience or sharpening skill.

In the end, much ado about nothing.
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doesn't take much experience to run a knife down a fine ceramic spyderco sharpmaker. All it takes is keeping the knife vertical
Look at the size of that chip.
 
I agree that not everyone has the same ability to sharpen, but in the thread on the other forum Dr. Bill states that the Scrapper didn't come sharp enough and he was going to resharpen it, and test it again. That would lead me to believe that he has the prerequisite skill to remove that damage.
 
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