This turned me toward drop/spear points in 1985...

[Sonnydaze]

IIRC, in my very early yrs I had a Buck or something that looked like one...
The Brass on the grip looked like jewelry back then...once you polished it up a bit.
It's a good knife...so I am OFTEN told here. However, I will NEVER own one...with good reason.
A few yrs ago, at a bd party, I saw my wife's ex wearing one on his belt, and
he was a mean bastard to her during their marriage.
Now, I cannot even look at a Buck without a sour taste in my mouth.

Goes to prove: Knife decisions are NOT always based on logic...
(I sure am glad he wasn't wearing a Spyderco Slysz Bowie...)

 

[BillZee]

Yeah......I have broken a couple tips.....so I pick blade shape that are not so pointy....

 

[Hal]

I just finished my repair grind. I ground the top of the clip down to meet the new tip of the edge. I roughed it out on the bench grinder and finished it with a file and the diamond stones from my Lansky kit.









I don't quite have a needle-sharp point. Maybe after the next sharpening...

It's plenty pointy now though, and I'm pleased with how it came out.

You were fortunate that it didn't leave you with an exposed tip.
I wish I were that fortunate .
That seems to never happen to me.

 

[desmobob]

You were fortunate that it didn't leave you with an exposed tip.
I wish I were that fortunate .
That seems to never happen to me.

I thought it was pretty simple... If you grind the top of the blade down to meet the end of the edge, how could it leave you with an exposed tip?

 

[SALTY]

Desmo, knice job putting that knife back to pretty.

I'm a spear point guy myself but a clip along the lines of a Buck 110/112 is preferred for certain tasks - like field dressing game.

 

[Hal]

I wish I could post a picture here of my ancient Schrade Old Timer.
Poor old fella has been sharpened so many times over the years that the blades are just a fraction of what they were.

At the moment, I can't.


Anyhow - if you look at the picture of your knife from the closed side view - where the wood and bolster meet is where the tip can become exposed.
Any handle that has that "dip" in it like that - is a candidate for having an exposed tip when closed - if too much bade is removed.

I can't say you were "lucky" - because you did a great job reprofiling & reworking the blade - that was skill and patience, not luck.
You were fortunate though since you didn't have to go too far back on the blade to do what you wanted to do.

 

[desmobob]

Desmo, knice job putting that knife back to pretty.

I'm a spear point guy myself but a clip along the lines of a Buck 110/112 is preferred for certain tasks - like field dressing game.

Thanks Salty. I had put off doing it for a long time because I was worried I'd screw it up. I'm happy with the results.

About your field-dressing comment... I personally much prefer a shorter drop-point for field dressing; something that is about 3.25"-3.5" and allows me to get my index finger out to the point when laid along the back of the blade. I look at a pointy clip blade that's too long to get my finger behind as a gut-puncturer.

But, like you, many other hunters obviously have a different opinion as a whole lot of them carry Buck clip point blades, and big ones at that. Now that my Bear Paw is a touch shorter and has a less pointy tip, it's actually leaning more towards what I prefer for a hunting knife.

 

[desmobob]

Anyhow - if you look at the picture of your knife from the closed side view - where the wood and bolster meet is where the tip can become exposed.
Any handle that has that "dip" in it like that - is a candidate for having an exposed tip when closed - if too much bade is removed.

I can't say you were "lucky" - because you did a great job reprofiling & reworking the blade - that was skill and patience, not luck.
You were fortunate though since you didn't have to go too far back on the blade to do what you wanted to do.

Thanks Hal!

It doesn't matter where the blade breaks; you can always re-grind it and keep the tip inside the handle when folded.

Look at that side view of the knife. Is there anywhere on the folded knife where the blade edge is above the top of the handle scales? No... the entire blade edge is inside the handle and that's not going to change. So, no matter where along the blade it breaks, if you grind the top down to meet the edge, the tip will always be inside the handle.

 

[Hal]

It doesn't matter where the blade breaks; you can always re-grind it and keep the tip inside the handle when folded.

I'll take your word for it - - or - - better yet send one to you to fix! Along with a sawbuck for return shipping & enough left over for an adult beverage

 

[desmobob]

I'll take your word for it - - or - - better yet send one to you to fix! Along with a sawbuck for return shipping & enough left over for an adult beverage

I wouldn't lie to you, buddy! Draw yourself a see-through diagram of your knife with the blade closed. Draw lines from anywhere (at any angle or curve) on the top of the blade down to the edge. These lines would represent a repair grind. The tip end will always be inside the handle.

The only way the tip will rise above the inside of the handle is if you grind the edge, not the top. That's why the tip can become exposed after years of sharpening the edge. Grinding away from the top for a repair won't cause that.

Edited to hopefully improve clarity

 

[Smiling]

For some reason I simply strongly dislike clip point knives, and I kind of see them as cowboy/hispanic knives, and I'm not either of those, so I feel I shouldn't own one either then. And for some reason I associate that kind of looks with violence so it's probably an issue in my head...

I've always been picky, I always preferred drop points, and also tantos later on (possibly as result of my first real knife being a tanto).
Another thing really strongly dislike is scandi grind. I prefer saber grind, then full flat grind and at last convex grind. I dislike hollow grinds too, but not nearly as strongly as I dislike scandi grind, and not enough for it to be dealbreaker for me...
And something I would really never buy is wharncliffe or sheepsfoot knife...

I know that they are great for some purposes, and I know that I might be weird, I just can't buy something I don't see aesthetically pleasing, and I'm also avoiding partially serrated blades, as they look too "mall ninja" in my head...

I just realized I'm extremely picky...

 

[Old Biker]

I'll take your word for it - - or - - better yet send one to you to fix!

Maybe pictures will help. Instead of taking material off of the spine like this.

He took material off of the spine, similar to this.

O.B.

 

[cbach8tw]

Like the slightly different clip on the Slim 112 and 110.

 

[eveled]

Usually if the knife is oversharpened and the tip is exposed you grind the kick at the base of the blade to let it sit lower when closed too.

it’s an art to reshape a broken blade and have it look good. Drawing on the blade helps before you grind.

 

[desmobob]

Usually if the knife is oversharpened and the tip is exposed you grind the kick at the base of the blade to let it sit lower when closed too.

Usually. There is no protruding kick to grind back on an LB7.

 

[eveled]

Yep, doesn’t work on a 110 either. That’s when I send it back to Buck for a new blade. I don’t think that is an option with Schrade.

 

[eveled]

S Smiling you have some pretty weird hang ups. But that’s ok. We all do. You know what you like and what you don’t. Buy what you like.

It’s strange that I’m the exact opposite of you on every point. Love clip points hate tantos, love wharcliffs too. Lol

 

[DMG]

Leave it be.
What will happen is that you'll take so much metal off the blade when you reprofile it that it won't all be concealed by the handle anymore & it will tear the crap out of your pockets & your fingers if/when you try to carry it.
I have a couple of clip points that have broken tips & a few more that have been sharpened so many times they won't close all the any anymore.
Drop points seem to withstand more sharpenings though IIRC.

If he does the regrind material removal to the spine of the blade it will be fine.

 

[Smiling]

S Smiling you have some pretty weird hang ups. But that’s ok. We all do. You know what you like and what you don’t. Buy what you like.

It’s strange that I’m the exact opposite of you on every point. Love clip points hate tantos, love wharcliffs too. Lol

Yeah haha, we are really opposites, but I'd say that it's all good as long as we're both happy with our knives.
World would be much less interesting if we all liked exactly the same stuff.