S.O.S warning the image maybe disturbing.

[Guindesigns]

so my uncle brought me the knife i made him back today. is there any way to bring it back to life or should I give it the proper burial ceremony and make a new one? lol

 

[opaul]

Make big matching serrations! No seriously I can’t see repairing that damage. What happen BTW?

 

[Greg Rice]

tried a forged in fire test huh?

 

[Owl]

What was the user doing with it when it when the damage occurred?
Couple of indentations plus the big chunk out.
Yeah, FiF is what I thought right away.

 

[Mark Barone]

I was so afraid it was going to me a detached finger or something, it was worse.

 

[billyO]

is there any way to bring it back to life

With the abuse that seems apparent (the dents and break) perhaps you could just weld on a chunk and re-profile it until the end user learns what are appropriate tasks for a knife?
(j/k...no offense to the uncle intended)

 

[Daniel Macina]

Do you know exactly what he did with it? Could there be any sort of heat treat issue on top of the abuse?

 

[SS369]

Looks like it was shot at.

 

[Guindesigns]

Make big matching serrations! No seriously I can’t see repairing that damage. What happen BTW?

cleaning a deer he was trying to break a joint apart.

 

[Guindesigns]

What was the user doing with it when it when the damage occurred?
Couple of indentations plus the big chunk out.
Yeah, FiF is what I thought right away.

cleaning a deer.

 

[diverdale]

Yikes ... looks like it was too hard/brittle but I’m just a journeyman here.

I have enjoyed the comments thus far ... lol

My wife often refers to the forged in fire “bat hitting blade against metal pipe” test ..

 

[John Wilson]

Soooo... he tried to pry a joint apart instead of cutting around the joint and parting the tendons. Homeboy needs a hatchet, not a knife.

I'd turn it into a fillet knife, which is plenty for skinning out a whitetail deer or a hog if you don't try to use it as a crowbar.

 

[Bruce McLeish]

Think this guy needs a butcherin lesson. Or at least a knife handlin lesson.

 

[chrisstaniar]

I copied this right from my knife care instructions that every client gets:

6. Do NOT: Throw, chop, pry or dig with your knife. Get a pry bar, shovel, or axe instead.

You definitely don't try to pry the joints apart, they just fall apart if you cut the tendons.

 

[tmr]

just grind the edge back to the bottom of the chip and see what it looks like......looks to me like you may be able to save it....you have nothing to lose..........i see at least a filet or a boning knife there.......post a pic of the result

 

[Guindesigns]

Yikes ... looks like it was too hard/brittle but I’m just a journeyman here.

I have enjoyed the comments thus far ... lol

My wife often refers to the forged in fire “bat hitting blade against metal pipe” test ..

yea it was the thinest part of that blade and he torqued on it.

 

[Guindesigns]

well after a grueling 20min on yhe grinder I have to say it was an success. I did however have to take more than I thought.

 

[Sean Jones]

well after a grueling 20min on yhe grinder I have to say it was an success. I did however have to take more than I thought.

That's a good save!

 

[Owl]

Nice job!