That's the strange thing... There were no staples or anything... Just cardboard.Evil D wrote:I would guess that you hit a staple or something. Never seen a chip that big come out just from cutting cardboard. Very minor thing to fix though.
It's the older ATS-55 versionsuedeface wrote:VG-10 steel? IMO the very tip of a knife with a factory edge may be sometimes brittle due to the heat involved when sharpening. More so since this is a SE model. Since Spyderco knives usually have thinner grinds and tips, it seems to be more noticeable. I would bet if you re-shaped the tip and re-sharpened to a bit thicker angle, this wouldn't happen again as you would sharpen away the more brittle material. Annoying, but I agree with the other poster/s, considering everything, it's not that bad of a tip damage and easily repairable.
The Spyderco sharpening service is free. They do however want you to include $5 for return shipping. I don't know about customs/international shipping, though, so sharpening yourself is probably the best choice.DutchBlades wrote:I think I'll try and sharpen it out.
Use a stone to reprofile the tip and then patch it up on the sharpmaker.
Don't know how much the sharpening service of Spyderco will cost me...
Shipping won't be cheap or fast by any means... Live in the Netherlands.
Will be trying this afternoon, will post results :DSurfingringo wrote:That's an easy fix man, don't stress it. I dropped my cts204p paramilitary and put a chip that size in the tip. I had it fixed and resharpened in 45 minutes or so with a coarse diamond stone. Vg10 should be no problem to repair with a decent stone. Take your time and you'll be fine. That thing will look good as new.
Thanks! First fix on a tip that snapped off... turned out better than expected :)razorsharp wrote:Awesome work :D
