Don't have your knives sharpened at the gun show
Don't have your knives sharpened at the gun show
So, in the body piercing world (of which I used to work), there is a saying that goes something like "you wouldn't take your car to a tattoo artist to get it fixed, so why would you go to a tattoo artist for a piercing?".
Well, in the knife world, I think the same probably holds true to taking a knife to a gun show to get it sharpened. I sold this knife to a friend about a year or so ago with one condition: Bring it back to me when it needs sharpened. He didn't listen. Here's what he ended up with:
That's the same knife that had this gorgeous edge on it:
Well, in the knife world, I think the same probably holds true to taking a knife to a gun show to get it sharpened. I sold this knife to a friend about a year or so ago with one condition: Bring it back to me when it needs sharpened. He didn't listen. Here's what he ended up with:
That's the same knife that had this gorgeous edge on it:
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Ouch! Looks like it was sharpened on the sidewalk outside. Curious... Is it even sharp?
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Those "professionals" are idiots. You should have seen a serrated knife we had a "pro" sharpen in the kitchen years ago. Horribly horrible, and it snagged and wouldn't cut.
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OUCH!!!
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At first when I read the title I thought to myself, why would Evil D get someone to sharpen one of his knives???? It makes sense now though. That's brutal. Nobody sharpens my knives but me :)
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Re: Don't have your knives sharpened at the gun show
No he said it's more dull now than when he gave it to the guy.
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Is this candid camera? It's hard to believe that was an accident...or rather, that was someone's best attempt.
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That's an awful job, did they use an angle grinder?
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When I read the title and saw your name as the op my first thought was "you're the last person I thought would get a knife sharpened by someone else" haha. Ya they definitely butchered that knife, be interesting to see it after you fix it
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looks like a machine did that with a very shaky operator that did not know exactly what he was going for. Sharpening is always better by hand to check progress and test sharpness, that quick sharpening can ruin a blade fast.
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I see nothing wrong here. Basically, the guy took a PE blade in to get sharpened and ended up with a SE blade. :p :eek:
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Idem ditto. Must say i hope it still can be fixed. With my limited sharpening skills it would for me be RIP on this one :eek:Holland wrote: be interesting to see it after you fix it
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I have to say I admire your buddy's courage in asking you to fix the knife but you should charge him for it so he fully learns his lesson :p
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Re: Don't have your knives sharpened at the gun show
Ouch! At least a solid flick to the nut sack was warranted for this. :)
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You're not kidding. I'm a nice guyJohnnie1801 wrote:I have to say I admire your buddy's courage in asking you to fix the knife but you should charge him for it so he fully learns his lesson :p
SpyderNut wrote:I see nothing wrong here. Basically, the guy took a PE blade in to get sharpened and ended up with a SE blade. :p :eek:
More like he started out with serrations and ground them off lol. He lost a lot of steel. It's gotta be pretty thick behind the edge. Probably due for a regrind.
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Hah. I bet when that guy handed him his knife back he felt like he had just received one! :eek:Adrenaline_6 wrote:Ouch! At least a solid flick to the nut sack was warranted for this. :)
Sacrilege!
Hi Evil!
With all due respect, your friend deserves to pay some time for such sacrilege... :D
With all due respect, your friend deserves to pay some time for such sacrilege... :D
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That edge was a beauty... What a **** shame :eek:
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Cringe worthy!
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That is painful to look at