Never Tried This Before

[ront]

A friend at work brought me an old Delica with a broken tip. About 1/4 of an inch was gone. He asked if I could do anything to improve it. I told him I had never tried before, but I would like to. He said the knife was between 10 and 15 yrs old. It has the G-2 stainless blade i it. I don't know anything at all about this steel, but did not seem to bad to work. I gave the knife a very small drop point and used a grinder to get somewhat of a point back.The blade is pretty thick out at the end, but I was not sure what else to do. Any way, this gives him a useable knife again. Please tell me how you think I did. Please also tell me how you feel I could improve it. I would like to know. I would like to really make him happy when I give it back!
Here are a couple of pics of the knife. I wish I would have thought about a before picture. The tip was in pretty poor shape!




Thanks for any feedback. This was kinda fun.

Ron

[swissknife]

well done my friend, that looks like a good piece of work to me!!

i am just trying to sharpen my police.. its kind of hard to do..

[The Deacon]

Ron, it appears you did an excellent job of returning that Delica to serviceable condition. Plus, in a way it may be an improvement over the original, still "pointy" enough for tasks where that is a plus, but thicker, and thus less prone to snapping off again. Very good work!

[smcfalls13]

Well done Ron, looks like an excellent reprofiling of the tip.

That knife has obviously seen a lot of love. Give it a thorough sharpening, and your friend will love it.

[raven]

Hey ront, Awsome job/excellent. Besides what you did, not much else I believe you could have done with it. Another Vote here for a "Job Well Done". It looks much like the New Delica 4 tip now. Your friend will be impressed and happy with it.

God Bless


-raven-

[Coop de Ville]

Very nice.

My very first spydy a few years back was the Calypso Jr. I loved that knife. I did the same thing snapped a little less than an 8th off the tip.... I kept it but shortly thereafter lost it....

Wish I still had it.

Good work, Coop

[Tank]

Looks great Ron. Good Job

[ront]

Thanks for the feedback guys. It means alot coming from my fellow knifenuts!! That was pretty fun. I would not mind doing more like it.

Ron

[ghostrider]

Ron,

I'm a little late to the party, but I also think you did a good job. I did something similar to a CRKT Crawford/Kasper Folder once only I just tantoed it. Don't think there is much else you can do.

[zenheretic]

Hey if you like to practice making a blade all pretty again buy sanding all the battle scars off the blade this link walks you through the process...if that sort of thing is your bag... http://www.knifenetwork.com/workshop...ng_evans.shtml

[pjrocco]

Great work Ron. Very impressive for your first stab at it.

[Axlis]

I think it's great ront, looks very usable to me. I think your friend will be very pleased with it!

[fret]

Nice job. I bought my first Delica with the same problem. I didn't use a grinder tho. I used several honing stones with similar results. My Delica FRN handles with FRN clip, no Boye dent, AUS-8A stainless steel blade looks like the one you have pictured. I like it even tho it has a shorter blade than a new Delica. It cuts just as well as the longer blade. Works great in the kitchen.

[Slvgx]

Good job, I doubt I could have redone a tip like that on my first go at it.

[mikewww]

Great job, Ront !! Did you use a Dremel or a bench grinder ? My local hardware store has stock of the Tormek grinder. Anybody here use such a beast ? And is it good for re-profiling or only for sharpening ?

[spydutch]

Very great work Ron

[224477]

Pretty good job Ron! Gets a nice shape

[ront]

Well, I gave the knife back this morning. The guy was just really really happy with it . He immediently pulled the BM out of his pocket and replaced it with the Delica . I was really glad he liked it!
Thanks again for the feedback. Thanks for the link zenheretic. Great info there! I will study it more for future refence.

Ron