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There I was, cutting thin cardboard...
The underground was cardboard, so no hard surface on the steel.
Yet, it broke
I don't know the service of Spyderco on something like this....
I would love to hear from you guys.
Don't want to retire my Dragonfly already...

Don't get me wrong, it's no huge damage or something.
But it's quite substantial to me.
Many collectors will know this feeling :p

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.

Double posted this whilst fixing typo in the title... This thread is double, so is up for Deletion.
---> Never mind that... This is the one with posts on it :p

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.

That's the strange thing... There were no staples or anything... Just cardboard.

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.

If it's a collector, don't use it. If it's a user, sharpen it out. Not a bad chip, if you don't feel up for it send it back for spyderco's sharpening service.

I'd sharpen it out, drop the spine a little if needed and keep going.

suedeface 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.

It's the older ATS-55 version

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.

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.

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.

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.

Surfingringo 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.

Will be trying this afternoon, will post results :D

Hello.

Tough it is annoying, I don't think is a big damage. I hope you could fix it easily.

Regards.

Fixed it, thanks all :D
Ran it across my coarse stones and then diamond ones for fine tuning.
Sharpened it on the sharpmaker and stropped it up.
Good as new :D

Nice job!

Jax wrote:Nice job!

Thanks :D

Awesome work :D

razorsharp wrote:Awesome work :D

Thanks! First fix on a tip that snapped off... turned out better than expected :)
And it was a 15 minute job including sharpening :D
Blade was mostly sharpened already, but still, faster than expected!

Hello

You did it!!! Very nice job. Good as new

Regards

Good job there :) The good news is that at least now you know you have the skill to bring back a chipped blade if it ever occurs again in the future.