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Edge Repair or Repairable?
This is a blade that the scales are busted so I tried to sharpen it to see if I could get an edge before using some of the scales that I bought (wasting money). It is a "Blue Steel" with a "P&H" logo, so I don't know that there is any particular value to it.
I did the best I can photographing it with a cell phone camera (better than I thought it'd be). I started on diamond plate then went to my 1K stone. But, as I progressed through the stone chips kept forming. You can see on the photo that there is still surface corrosion on the bevel. I guess that the corrosion has damaged the edge so that as I sharpen it it just breaks bits away. So would I just be grinding and grinding away until if may get to nice steel after where those black pits are?
I did not sand this blade, just did some 3M and polishing compound. I for sure think that before I go further I will need to sand the blade and polish up near the edge. My next step was going to be to add two or three layers of tape and go back to the diamond plate to hasten the removal. But is it worth it? It is already less than 5/8", so I may end up with a 4/8" blade by the time I am done.
The photos make it look like there may be a crack in the blade, but there isn't. Also, it looks like the bevel is not fully set, which it isn't, but not as bad as the photo makes it look. There is just a small bit of reflection near where the chips and corrosion are. I don't remember seeing it while I was working on it, so it may have actually be from the masking tape I put on the edge so I don't have a sharp edge in the tool box.
Thanks everyone.
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Edit: I probably should have cleaned the blade. A lot of the rich dark black stuff just above the bevel is sharpie.