Spyderco can fix it up for ya... :cool:
But if you're more of a DIY'er, clamp your blade flat to the edge of your workbench, take your med. Sharpmaker stone and using it in your hand like a file, match the factory bevel and grind <gently> the bevel with a corner of the rod until you get the scratch pattern you desire. I try to imagine the weight of the rod is the only pressure I apply while I'm doing this. In reality, I am applying light hand pressure-- but very little.
Mangification from a good spy glass or loupe would be a great help at this point and further on also. :)
If you feel a burr on the backside, flip and clamp the blade, tip your stone about double the height that you were using on the serrated side and <very gently> grind away the burr and <in effect> make a tiny microbevel on the back <flat> side. Now check the serrated side to make certain you actually removed the burr and not just rolled it over. If you did roll it over, grind gently on the serrated side now at double the angle just like you did on the flat side. Check alternating sides and repeat until the burr is eradicated.
To bring back your needle like hawk bill tip, gently drag your tip thru the SharpMaker's groove. Flip your knife with the edge facing toward the ceiling & contact the spine in the rod channel about where the flat of the blade face transitions to the hollow grind and gently drag the spine tip through the channel toward you as you rotate the knife pommel upward following the gentle arc of the tip. Precision here is important because if you rotate the pommel too much you will round over your tip, so stop the draw just a tad earlier than you need to and check how well your precision is each pass under magnification until you get the "feel" of where you're grinding your tip optimally to bring back the needle like sharpness you crave. In addition, you should have very minimal pressure by the end of your draw stroke to minimize rolling/blunting your tip.
That little channel in the Sharpmaker rods is one of the most useful features on any sharpening aid I've ever used! :D
And yeah, I've had to do this myself before, in case you couldn't tell...
:rolleyes: :p
Hope you can visualize what I'm trying to say and it helps you! :)
so, had my eyes on a Tasman for couple months now, got it on Thursday. Was playing with it yesterday and somehow it slipped from my hand. Of course by natural law it landed on the tip and bent it. So I immediately went to work to try and get my new Spydie back in order. I was pretty easily able to mend the tip with a medium spyderco stone. Here's where I messed up even more...
