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    Default That one where nothing goes right?

    I got a box of stuff from a guy at a flea market for a good price, he had a couple Sheffields and Solingens, but one random one I decided to play around I just couldn't get anything to right. The blade had some sharpening damage, so I tried to reprofile it and a big chunk breaks out. Ok, fine. Try to get the pins out to reuse the scales and those won't come out no matter what I do to them. I think they're rusted beyond salvage, so ok whatever.

    Into the F-it bucket.
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    Yep. It happens. Ive tossed a few in that bucket before.
    It's just Sharpening, right?
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    What’s worse is when everything goes right and then the blade cracks while honing after you’ve cleaned it up and put it in new scales and the pins look just right..
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    We've all been there, one way or another.

    I had a nice Ern I was restoring that I'd knocked off the table at the finishing stages.

    Hit the floor just right....watched as half the width of the blade, exploded into shrapnel.
    Mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by outback View Post
    We've all been there, one way or another.

    I had a nice Ern I was restoring that I'd knocked off the table at the finishing stages.

    Hit the floor just right....watched as half the width of the blade, exploded into shrapnel.
    Yea I did that with a knife I made. Quenched it, went to put it in the vice to cool and dropped it on the cement floor.

    Bye bye blade.

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    Yep. Had a beautiful ERN (I know. What a coincidence ) got it to look beautiful and while pinning got a crack right in the middle of the blade. To quote... somebody: "I feel your pain"
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