Customers with the worst knives - Museum of Horrors

[dragjp]

Looking forward to your 'collection', Jon!

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

i need to take more before and after pics because even the worst of these pale in comparison to what i see here sometimes

Yes!

 

[bjmsharp]

What happened to number 2? You'd think they'd stop after the first chip....but noooo. They wanted a Suji

I didn't get an answer when I asked

 

[BillHanna]

i need to take more before and after pics because even the worst of these pale in comparison to what i see here sometimes

Thanks for your hard work

 

[KasumiJLA]

@bjmsharp man I just can't believe the number 2 seriously! WE WANT DETAILS!

 

[blokey]

Ah feck it, why not. Let’s see what we can do...

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Looks like a custom knife with hook grind in the front

 

[bsfsu]

This is what a knife I'm working on at the moment

The knife was quite bent and it had a twist too! (I'll post some more pics tomorrow)

 

[Desert Rat]

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It is funny when customers come in and ask if you can sharpen their knife. Sometimes it's quite a bit of work to get the knife to sharpening stage.

I wish I had pictures of the knives I've been turning away for sharpening.

 

[KasumiJLA]

@bsfsu what is the game plan for this project doctor!?

 

[mike59]

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Customer - I have a little bit of rust on my knife.
Me - Indeed..

Some would call that patina with a partially serrated edge at the tip

 

[Jovidah]

There's a video from Murray Carter mentioning something similar.

 

[Jovidah]

This is that video:

 

[TokushuKnife]

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Here are a few good ones from a quick flip through my camera roll

Make it stop! But seriously good for you for bringing them back to life!

 

[Heckel7302]

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Here are a few good ones from a quick flip through my camera roll

Yeah, that second one (Manaka?) is hilarious. What I'm picturing is some poor dude's wife got angry and took it out on one of his knives. That one looks intentional.

 

[bsfsu]

@bsfsu what is the game plan for this project doctor!?

I hammered it till it was straight then did a major thin on it. It's pretty much a zero grind now but I put a little koba on it and scored a 40 BESS. I'm just playing with the finish on it now.

 

[KasumiJLA]

I hammered it till it was straight then did a major thin on it. It's pretty much a zero grind now but I put a little koba on it and scored a 40 BESS. I'm just playing with the finish on it now.

Already a massive improvement! Good job man

 

[plantgainz]

i need to take more before and after pics because even the worst of these pale in comparison to what i see here sometimes

Pleaseeee

 

[plantgainz]

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Here are a few good ones from a quick flip through my camera roll

Let's face it, we all love those toothy edges

 

[cotedupy]

I see a lot of badly chipped and mangled knives, but here's one someone brought in on Friday (so I haven't got round to yet) but it's a bit different, and something I don't think I've seen before...

This looks like a stainless clad san mai knife, that someone's then left in bucket of water for a year or three. And it's just completely corroded away the core steel for much of the edge, leaving the cladding intact. You can't really tell from the pics below but it also caused some delamination up at the tip, so the corrosion of the core steel probably goes even further up than you can see atm. I have literally no idea how much of this knife will be left at the end.

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Ah feck it, why not. Let’s see what we can do...

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Oh I forgot to post the results here. Back to front, including sharpening, these probably only took about 15 mins each. The gnarliest-looking knives are not generally the most time consuming to repair.

 

[deltaplex]

This is serious stuff right here!

Chips
Broker tip
Rust
Bends
Crack !?

You are currently the leader man

I think that's just a gouge in the iron clading from what looks like a tin can?

 

[Mr Kooby Shemayrew]

Oh I forgot to post the results here. Back to front, including sharpening, these probably only took about 15 mins each. The gnarliest-looking knives are not generally the most time consuming to repair.


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Hey, great job!!

(To the doctor. Can barely tell where he sewed it back on.)


(Great job on the knives too!)

 

[enchappo]

Oh I forgot to post the results here. Back to front, including sharpening, these probably only took about 15 mins each. The gnarliest-looking knives are not generally the most time consuming to repair.


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Lovely work on both. Looks like the core ended up being ok behind the cladding on this first one?

 

[jnat0215]

Something I have been working on. The story all begins one night after I finish cutting and cleaning, left this one aside cause my friend called me to drink, never thought the next time I saw it would be four days later covered in rust.

 

[tostadas]

Certainly not the worst I've seen. Some flat spots on the edge from bad sharpening, and the handle came off.

Edit: oops forgot to add the photo

 

[simona]

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I still haven’t fix this, I may mail to somebody because I’m not sure if I have the patience or skill to fix this

noooooooo!

 

[KasumiJLA]

Certainly not the worst I've seen. Some flat spots on the edge from bad sharpening, and the handle came off.View attachment 270768

Edit: oops forgot to add the photo

It's indeed a not so good looking blade! I really like that splinter factory on the handle

 

[tostadas]

Certainly not the worst I've seen. Some flat spots on the edge from bad sharpening, and the handle came off.View attachment 270768

Edit: oops forgot to add the photo

Here's the result of my rework on the knife from my friend. Reprofiled the blade to fix the long flat spot, thinned behind the edge, a quick cleanup of the scratches, and a new burnt oak handle to replace the original plastic ferrule ho one. Hopefully it will continue to get good use for years to come.

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Here's the result of my rework on the knife from my friend. Reprofiled the blade to fix the long flat spot, thinned behind the edge, a quick cleanup of the scratches, and a new burnt oak handle to replace the original plastic ferrule ho one. Hopefully it will continue to get good use for years to come.

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Great job!

 

[Benuser]

Here's the result of my rework on the knife from my friend. Reprofiled the blade to fix the long flat spot, thinned behind the edge, a quick cleanup of the scratches, and a new burnt oak handle to replace the original plastic ferrule ho one. Hopefully it will continue to get good use for years to come.

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[Heckel7302]

This is the worst one I’ve done. A 12” vintage Lamson

Before

After