Disaster - I killed my W&B meat chopper!

[Steelforge]

I just had a bit of a disaster in the garage. I was trying out a new setup consisting of a 6" bench grinder and some abrasive sanding wheels, and sisal/cotton polishing wheels.

Anyway I wasn't concentrating (for that read "girlfriend came in to ask if 8pm or 9pm was better for coffee with friends" ), and I managed to catch the razor on the polishing wheel. It "bit" and was launched downwards at a fair speed onto a concrete floor, resulting in a small chip out of the blade near the heel, and a 'ding' in the blade up near the point.

I'm pretty hacked off, it was a great blade with lots of potential for refurbishment and I was planning to make it my first major restoration.

But I'm wondering, since it's a big blade (over 8/8" wide and over 1/4" thick across the spine) - would someone like Joe be able to re-grind this down to say a 7/8 or 6/8 and thus salvage something from this disaster?

What do you think Joe, feasible or not?

Cheers,

Iwan