Thread: Blade with a "turned up" toe: Advice.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

My guess would be a chip or crack honed out. It may get in the nooks and crannies and I can't think of anything to do other than leaving it. The toe will be an added pain to hone but what are the options. Round the toe and move the bevel up an 8 ?

+1 to being a pain to hone.. X strokes my man!
Or you could "bread knife" it down an 1/8 to make it flat again.

One of the big problems for me is to imitate the strokes of the previous owner/honer. Try the marker test with a fine hone to prevent unnecessary wear and see if you can copy it. Rather than "bread knife" it i would cut 1/2 or whatever is needed from the end. Although I think that either choice is extreme. The worst that will happen is that you will have an extremely muted tip!

My opposition to bread-knifing is the fact that I don't have the tools to confidently produce a flat edge...my edge would probably end up looking worse than the current one . And I don't have the tools to recover a bread-knifed edge (sure, I could send it out, but shipping would cost more than the blade did, hehe) Additionally, if you draw a line across from the tip of the toe-edge, the bread-knifing would go up to the shoulder....aesthetically, not my first option.

Your responses thus far to honing have been exactly what I feared. It looks like if I keep it like this, there's going to be more youtube watching on honing techniques! Here's the idea that's been bouncing around in my head, and the reason I'm seeking opinions from far more experienced individuals than I. (w00t photoshop!)



Obviously, the material removed is still extreme, but, in theory, is something I can do VERY CAREFULLY with a rotary tool, files, and a glass of ice water. However, would such a mod be TOO extreme? I'm kinda trying to do a cost-benefit analysis in my head between just dealing with the honing problems or re-shaping a blade and I need data points.

Not a bad idea. But now your scales are going to be to long.... Now you just have to find one with a broke in the wedge pin area cheap that you can shorten to match this one. Swap scales and away you go! Where does this stop???? Just having fun. your thoughts are reasonable. Its your blade. Go for it!