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MY BABY!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! (Wails like Mr. Bill, assumes fetal position under desk mumbling incoherently, doesn't come out until wife offers key lime pie & root beer.)
Corey - sorry to hear about the tip. Can you give details about how you were sharpening? Like system used, angle, etc.? I know you were applying pressure, but . . . wow. That's the first time I've ever heard of that on an old U.S. Schrade. I figure you weren't doing anything wrong, but luck caught up with you. I have an old 8OT here, that has a strange 'swirl' in the forward part of the main blade, that I've dug micro-debris out of with a needle tip. Great old knife, good edges, but it's one that when new, I'm sure no one could see the defect. On the 89OT, there was no indicators on the box, and the tang stamp is intact, so I'm fairly certain it wasn't a second.
So, if you were wondering whether or not to use it, now you know
. I've turned at least four old U.S. Schrade blade tips into Wharncliffe types, and they'll work as well as any X-Acto knife in careful use. But, there is enough material left there in yours to work the main blade into a modified clip point.
You'll have to decide how far down the top needs to go, so it sits below the handle when closed. That'll be a mean point sticking up & waiting to bite if you're not careful. Whatever you do, if you do the work yourself: be patient, and don't try to do the finish work with the grinder or sander, you'll burn the heat-treat out of the tip. (Discoloration is not 'patina' from use, as my wife is so fond of reminding me. :grumpy
Some time with a file and emery cloth will make it look factory new.
If you decide you want a Wharny, I'd be happy to do it. Just PM me.
~Chris
Corey - sorry to hear about the tip. Can you give details about how you were sharpening? Like system used, angle, etc.? I know you were applying pressure, but . . . wow. That's the first time I've ever heard of that on an old U.S. Schrade. I figure you weren't doing anything wrong, but luck caught up with you. I have an old 8OT here, that has a strange 'swirl' in the forward part of the main blade, that I've dug micro-debris out of with a needle tip. Great old knife, good edges, but it's one that when new, I'm sure no one could see the defect. On the 89OT, there was no indicators on the box, and the tang stamp is intact, so I'm fairly certain it wasn't a second.
So, if you were wondering whether or not to use it, now you know
. I've turned at least four old U.S. Schrade blade tips into Wharncliffe types, and they'll work as well as any X-Acto knife in careful use. But, there is enough material left there in yours to work the main blade into a modified clip point. You'll have to decide how far down the top needs to go, so it sits below the handle when closed. That'll be a mean point sticking up & waiting to bite if you're not careful. Whatever you do, if you do the work yourself: be patient, and don't try to do the finish work with the grinder or sander, you'll burn the heat-treat out of the tip. (Discoloration is not 'patina' from use, as my wife is so fond of reminding me. :grumpy
Some time with a file and emery cloth will make it look factory new.If you decide you want a Wharny, I'd be happy to do it. Just PM me.
~Chris
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