What would you do - broken blade?

[keithlong]

I have been whittling for a long time, about 30 years now and I done a stupid thing today. I broke the tip on a knife of mine. It was the tip on the warnie blade, it still cuts and carves good, just dont have the sharp point. It was given to me my Plain Ole Ed and I feel awful about it. I have used that knife ever since I got it. I was cutting on a whimsey and got it in a bind with one of the links and it broke. My question is would you leave it alone or have it reprofiled? Is there someone here I can send it to and have it fixed? I feel real bad, I have never broken a knife blade in the 30 some odd years I have been handling knives. Need your help here. Thanks in advance.

[Tom-H]

Kieth,
I know how you're feelin. Package the knife up and send it to Rick at LITTLE SHAVERS. You might tell him the blade profile that you want, and he'll do it. You just gotta restore the blade so you can keep on using it the same as before the break. Log on to LITTLE SHAVERS.com, and click on "knife sharpening" and all the instructions and costs are listed.

Tom H

[Clifford_Parker]

I would suggest either regrinding it to a sheepsfoot or, if only the very tip is broken, a shorter wharncliffe blade.

If you aren't comfortable with regrinding it yourself I would agree that sending it to Rick would be a good investment.

[Buckskin]

I would reshape it and put it back to work right away!

[keithlong]

Hey Guys,
Thanks for responding. I am going to get it fixed. I have a friend that is going to repair it for me. he is going to make it a little shorter and keep it a warnie blade. Then I can get it back to work again.

[Claude]

I have dropped my Flexcut detail knife three times. The first two onto concrete, and snapped off about 1/8 inch each time. The last time was onto a $10 rubber mat I got at Woodcraft - no damage to the knife! I have a sanding drum and put some 220 grit wet/dry paper on it. I just ground off the back of the blade on a curve so it looked like the original, just a little shorter. The key thing if you do this yourself: hold it against the sandpaper for about 10 seconds, then dunk into a container of water for a couple of seconds. Do not allow the knife to get so hot you can't hold the blade with your fingers, as you'll ruin the temper on the blade. It probably only took me 15 minutes or so to grind down the back of the blade each time. After the grinding, all I had to do to the edge was just a few passes on the strop, and I was carving again.

[mateo]

Good advice Claude