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Offline krink

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Good or Bad find?
« on: August 10, 2011, 01:05:00 AM »
I have a buddy that has been going to swap meets and I asked him to pick me up a draw knife if he found one.  Well he called a few days ago and told me he had one in his hand but it had a few chips in the blade.  It was 8 bucks and I told him to get it for me.

The handles were shot which isnt a big deal but the nicks are worring me.  I tried to file them out but my file just slides off without scratching the metal.  How can I get the nicks out to make the blade portion even?  Here are some pictures of it.  The biggest chips is about 3/8 long and 3/32 deep on the back side.

 

 

 

 
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Offline kbaknife

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Re: Good or Bad find?
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2011, 04:53:00 PM »
Someone with a belt grinder and new, sharp belts could grind that for you.
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Re: Good or Bad find?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2011, 05:52:00 PM »
I agree with Karl,  doing that by hand would be miserable!  Looks like the edge has been worked down in the past.  Still could be a good draw knife though...tippit
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