I have a a few knives, a benchmade in particular. That have just been beat to fawk, and put away wet. The edge was straight, and now you could call it serrated :homer:

Should I just take it back an 1/8th and put a new edge on it?
I dont have jack for tools and equip right now :(

I need to go to sharpening school. I always used my dad's old 1960's clapped out lansky set. I have a mix of kitchen knives, straight blades, serrated, mixed fixed and folding. With most of the folding knives being high quality steel.

send it back.

send it back.

Yep, lifesharp is free.

sorry for the suk pics. All I have is the embedded iphone camera :shaking:

it's Benchmade. send it back. they'll sharpen, fix or replace it.

related dizzle thread:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=576631

you seriously could not find any other white paper to use as a background?? This goverment document will work just fine! :flipoff2:

Chris

it's Benchmade. send it back. they'll sharpen, fix or replace it.




Sounds like a good company.

I saw the lifesharp deal. But they will fix it if its been ABUSED? or just if its dull.

because I am missing steel :P





I could have just turned it over, but my laziness is overpowering sometimes

Try sending it back. If you were local, I could regrind it for you :p

Ok I will send it. See what happen's. If they say no can I send it to you mike?

I was local, lived in north tucson for the past 5 years before germany.

Sure, as long as you're OK with me getting to it 'as I can' (shouldn't take too long, just depends on work kids etc)

You would need a nice belt grinder to take out that kind of damage. Be very careful to keep the final grind angle the same and do not let it get too hot as you will take the temper out of the blade.
Seeing as how you payed for the benchmade name, they will probably just replace the blade and send it back.

Get a carbide sharpener, run it through until the edge is smooth.
May take a few evenings.
Then hit it on a stone.

You would need a nice belt grinder to take out that kind of damage. Be very careful to keep the final grind angle the same and do not let it get too hot as you will take the temper out of the blade.
Seeing as how you payed for the benchmade name, they will probably just replace the blade and send it back.
I have a slow speed wet grinder. It's actually made to regrind edged tools, including knives, kind of helps when you make tools. There will be no tempering problems as the metal never gets hotter than about 60º f. No sparks either.

btw, most knife people don't sharpen blades near as often as predominately hand tool woodworkers. :laughing: I got about a grand in stones alone.

sorry for the suk pics. All I have is the embedded iphone camera :shaking:

Sorry but that is nothing. Just work that sucker on a coarse, med, fine stone set so its still sharp.. The chips will go away as the blad goes down. My Benchmade has about 15% less blad material then when I got it 5 years ago and I've had to put the serades back in it twice with a grinder.

I have a slow speed wet grinder. It's actually made to regrind edged tools, including knives, kind of helps when you make tools. There will be no tempering problems as the metal never gets hotter than about 60º f. No sparks either.

btw, most knife people don't sharpen blades near as often as predominately hand tool woodworkers. :laughing: I got about a grand in stones alone.

Nice. I am saving up for a nice belt grinder so I can get back into knife making. I would love a bur king, but I don't think I can justify the price. You can shape a handle, as well as grind and sharpen blades on one.
The advice for sharpening was for him, not you.

Benchmade will re-sharpen that "not so bad" blade or replace the knife without a problem at all.

I know of only a handful companies that offer what is basically a "no questions asked" warranty, or used to. Gerber knives is one, Buck is another, Schrade/Old Timer is a third, SOG is a fourth, and Benchmade is a fifth one.

I am sure there are others out there, but I have had knives replaced by each of the above companies with no question, harassment, or delays of any kind.

The blade is worse than it looks. The pictures make it look almost ok.

Sending ti to benchmade tomorrow!