Sharpening a Tip

[kershaw72787]

I have owned a Kershaw Blackout for three years. Last summer I was playing with it and it slipped out of my hand while closing it. The tip hit the linoleum in my kitchen and cut through it, bending back the tip. I cleaned up the tip, but it is now rounded and I have had a nice knife with no tip on it for over a year now. I could buy a new one for $55, but I like this one. I was told in a knife shop/sharpening place that they could put a tip back on it for me. My question is, would this greatly change the knife? I know they owuld have to grind down the blade to make it even. Is getting a tip put back on a knife advisable? Let me know.


kershaw72787

 

[C. Marlowe]

I have "retipped" many knives for people over the years, 95% of the time they cant tell the tip was ever broken. If the person who is doing the work knows what they are doing the blade should be fine in appearance. It will obviously be shorter, usually thats not a prob. However, on a folder, one has to be mindful of how the job gets done or else the new tip could protrude above the handle when closed, causing obvious problems. Hope this helps-- Charles

 

[kershaw72787]

Thanks a lot forthe info. I will talk to the guy and see what he knows, which seemed like quite a bit.


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