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Fixing mistreatment (AKA "I can fix it!")
Once again that "I can fix it!" thing bit me...
Someone mistreated a Japanese nakiri chef knife by using it as a cleaver. Needless to say, they put a healthy divot in the edge of the blade. .138" deep to be more exact...
After they damaged the blade more than what most people would be stupid enough to try to fix, they donated to our church. I am still a little confused as to 'why'... If it is bad enough that you don't want to use it, why would you give it your church for them to use?
ANYWAYS.... "I can fix it!" ugh. I need to somehow learn to keep my mouth shut.
The blade is san-mai construction and uses pretty good steels, so I went about repairing it.
I did not want to mess with the heat treat, so I selected the painstaking method of sanding the divot out. A LOT of sanding later, I finally got it finished! The blade's edge had a little bit of a 'wow' to it, that I did not notice until I was working on it. That is now fixed, and the edge is straight.
It is all sharpened up really nice again.
Enjoy!
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Permalink Reply by Kevin D on
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No 'before' photos. Sorry!
I did take a photo of the divot, but that was on a different phone and is not available to me right now.
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Permalink Reply by Lars on
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As usual - nicely done. It's so cool you have the skills to not only PRECISELY measure the the size of the divet in the blade, but that your skills include a full repair to like-new functionality. That's awesome!
As for the donation....I can empathize with your thoghts on that - and I am not surprised. Somehow it seems to be human nature that if somethng is no longer valuable to use, the mainstream thinking is that "a church can us it!". I am not sure why it is that any organization that serves others deserves our second best donations or gifts.
Well done Kevin - that's a nice piece of work you did.
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Permalink Reply by George R Naugle on
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You do great work, Kevin.
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What I do is email a photo I take with my cellphone to my email. I can then access it.
Kevin D said:No 'before' photos. Sorry!
I did take a photo of the divot, but that was on a different phone and is not available to me right now.
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I finally got the photo sent to me from the other phone. Its not much of a 'before' photo, but its all I have.
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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on -
"Wow" is right -- for all of it. Using a nakiri as a cleaver (though I suppose most people only think "cleaver" when they see this blade shape). Someone messed up a nice knife then donated it for someone else to use (how kind). You did some great work here, Kevin -- I hope they can put it to good use in the church's kitchen!
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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Andy Larrison on -
Nice save! I agree with everyone else, don't donate broken stuff to the needy. They need necessities, not other peoples problems.
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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on
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I am also confused about the donation but not about the restoration of a beautiful sharp object. Great work Kevin. I think you may have found your niche
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