Chipped

[Vincent]

Since I have gotten my Lil temp it has fastly become a faviorite carry, I am always carrying it and have not carried anything else since. I havent used this knife for anything out of the ordinary, not like other knives.

Opening boxes, cutting cardboard, mostly standard work.


But even with standard usage I got a chip in the tip and dont really know what to do since its so close to the tip.

here is the pic.

[bh49]

Is it S30V or 440V?

[Vincent]

Is it S30V or 440V?

s30V my man

[Halfneck]

Looks like you could re-profile it.

[bh49]

I had similar problem with my Native. There were several threads on BF about 7-8 month ago about chipping of S30V due to heat treating or final grinding.
There is a good chance that reprofile will help, it helped me back in December and I never had this problem again.
Good luck

[rcbalt2]

Reprofile it that should fix it right up.

[dedguy]

i had similar damage to the tip of my VG-10 harpy admitedly from slamming the tip accidentically into some concrete while cutting down boxes. sent it to Golden and they reprofiled it.

[Zac]

gonna have to be reprofiled...did you sharpen it before using it?

[Vincent]

gonna have to be reprofiled...did you sharpen it before using it?

no i havent sharpened it yet.

[Fred Sanford]

Hey bro,

That's no big deal. I did that to a BM I had with S30V. I just sharpened it out. Took about 40 minutes on a Lansky.

For some reason (at least with certain knives) S30V behaves better after it's first sharpening. :)

[Mr Blonde]

Looks minimal, I'd try to sharpen it 'out'.

Wouter

[Zac]

no i havent sharpened it yet.

:-/ I usually sharpen S30V knives before using as I have heard that can eliminate chipping. You may be able to diamond it out. If nothing else, Spyderco will hook you up but they are backed up

[GarageBoy]

Just let it be. Don't bother reprofiling, just sharpen normally and it'll be fine. Cutting bus seats again? =D

[Joe Talmadge]

Just sharpening out seems to be the right thing to do, given all the reports of this happening on fresh S30V edges, but ceasing to happen after a sharpening or two. Doesn't seem to be any reason to re-profile ... what's leading to the re-profiling suggestions?

[spyderknut]

Having a single serration near the tip like that probably aint too bad. I vote to sharpen it too.

[Michael Cook]

:spyder: I had no idea s30v works better after first sharpening. I always do that as I like a more polished edge and I've never had chipping issues. Maybe that's why! :spyder:

[Zac]

:spyder: I had no idea s30v works better after first sharpening. I always do that as I like a more polished edge and I've never had chipping issues. Maybe that's why! :spyder:

It's reccomended and I've always followed it. I've never had a problem with that steel and I have had problems with other (my foot can vouch)...

[yablanowitz]

Most of the factory edges I have examined on decent knives (not just :spyder: ) seem to have a wire edge. It is very sharp, but that wire has been worked back and forth during sharpening and is fatigued and brittle. If all you are doing is slicing the occasional lime for your Corona, it works OK, but it can be chipped pretty easily. A good sharpening (taking off that fatigued metal) to reveal fresh steel will usually take care of this problem, and it shouldn't happen again. I have had similar things happen with S30V, 440C, ATS34/154CM, and even ZDP189, which is why I usually sharpen my knives before I use them (unless I am testing a new brand or steel). Interestingly enough, the factory edge on my Byrd Flight stood up better than the one on my ZDP Delica. Go figure :rolleyes:

[dialex]

Thanks for the infos. I have a couple S30 knives that didn't cut anything (well, bread or a tomato and this just for demonstrational purposes ) so I wasn't aware of this issue.

[Edgy]

For such a small chip, about 5 minutes with a medium diamond stone would take that right out. Finish it up with a fine grit stone and celebrate your new tip :D