A buyu asked me what I could do to his Fairbin-Sikes commando knife. He had thrown it and bent the tip. While thinking about straightening the tip with a pair of pliers the tip snapped off. The friend was made to understand that that was a possibility, depending on the steel and heat treatment. I began using my lansky, and it was going to take many moons to get the tip reprofiled. So, since this is a $30 less-than-utility- knife I decided to whip out my handy dandy tungten carbide sharpener that I keep around for cheap knives that I want to get a "working" edge on really quickly. The knife produced shavings that were really thin and curly, indicating soft steel. I immediately noticed that the shavings stuck to the blade. To make a short story unbearably long I found that the entire blade appears to be magnetic.
Thoughts? Opinions?
pat
Thoughts? Opinions?
pat