Whoops...now what?

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gixer6

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Wasn't the knives fault. I was abusing the Hell out of it. Anyway, now what? Can I reprofile it myself and what would I need? Maybe turn it into a clip point?
 
Just sharpen a new tip on it. I suspect the bevel would be pretty wide near the tip because of the thicker steel behind it though.
 
Take off from the spine, keep the edge as is. Clip point would be taking lots of metal away. Just drop it down to the edge in a way to take off as little steel as possible. Or leave it, and you have a flat head screwdriver!
 
foxx said:
Take off from the spine, keep the edge as is. Clip point would be taking lots of metal away. Just drop it down to the edge in a way to take off as little steel as possible...
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That's my recommendation as well.
 
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foxx said:
Take off from the spine, keep the edge as is. Clip point would be taking lots of metal away. Just drop it down to the edge in a way to take off as little steel as possible.
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Exactly Take a look at the current Endura/Delica tip for an idea of what you can do by taking the back down, rather than the edge up.
 
Yup, as others have said, just take the spine down a ways. If I was doing it, I would probably start just in front of the spyderhole myself, and drop the entire spine a ways to bring it to a new point. I'm not a fan of the blunt-nosed "I ground on a new tip" look, I prefer to have it look original. Also, before you start grinding, just play with a Sharpie for a bit, sketch the new profile on the blade and eyeball it a bit, it's a lot easier to grind cleanly when you have a reference like that to use.

Go with a coarse belt to start off, something in the 60-80 grit range. It'll take the steel off faster and with a LOT less heating. Light pressure, and cool as soon as you can feel any warmth at all building up in the blade. Good luck! :)

EDIT: If you're in the Pacific Northwest, or don't mind paying some coin to the USPS, I'd be happy to do some re-grinding for you there if you're not comfortable or equipped to do it yourself. Although if you're patient, a concrete block or the sidewalk is a servicable surface for the job.
 
As mentioned take off from the spine. If you try to take off from the edge to bring the point up to the spine, you risk the new point sticking out of the handle. If you take off from the spine and drop down to the edge, you know it will remain safely in the handle. You also don't have to worry about the bevel being wide because the edge remains where it is and at the same thickness. You could also experiment and make a drop or clip point and maybe even add a swedge if you like the way they look.
 
That's pretty much exactly how my mind had it as well, only with a slightly flatter spine, closer to the original profile than a drop-point. Either way it'd look just fine, nobody would ever figure that the tip was a regrind. :)
 
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