A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
Been trying to learn some knife repair skills, just because I'm interested, and have a few to practice on. Now, I've never been a huge Barlow fan, but, been going through the Venerable Barlow thread, there are some pretty knives in there. I have a Camillus Barlow whose blades were both pinched inwards, toward each other, and no amount of oiling was helping them close on their own. I guess I understand the basic idea of crinking, didn't really want to break a blade, but, this was a knife I got in a lot buy (no wonder), little to lose, so....jump in with both feet! Using a variety of makeshift tools, because I'm NOT a knife repairman, so I make do with what's at hand---like a tinner's hammer (for sheet metal work, too big for the job, but, it worked), angle iron on my trailer outside for a stiddy (trying to keep the noise down in the house, significant other is sleeping), I either got very lucky, or accumulated life experiences allowed me to correctly "feel" what I was doing, and I have a functional, albeit cheap, Barlow to carry. I'm quite pleased with this, though I wish the blade was a little fuller, it takes a great edge. I'll smile a little everyday I slip this one into my pocket. Thanks for looking!
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Very impressive! I'll have to look into some knife crinkling now.....
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Re: A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
Nicely done! I still cringe when I do it. Broke a few I have....
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Nice results! I too have broken a knife blade or two trying to crink them...
Re: A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
IF was your first attempt and it was successful, then you are miles ahead of rest of us!
But don't be discouraged if you break the next 3 in a row.
I tell you it happens!
Nice work!
But don't be discouraged if you break the next 3 in a row.
I tell you it happens!
Nice work!
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Re: A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
What is crinking?
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Re: A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
It's bending of the blade (or blades) so that it fits smoothly and fully into the bladewell of the knife. Good question, Bob.
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Great work .... seems from the comments above it can be a bit "hit & miss" (sorry about that)
I've had a couple of goes at it but seems I'm way too timid & gentle swinging the hammer.
I've had a couple of goes at it but seems I'm way too timid & gentle swinging the hammer.
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Would some one give a thumb nail sketch on what is done on crinking, and a quick procedure on the process? Thanks
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Re: A Personal Milestone! Successful Crinking!
This may or may not help, he doesn't explain much. You can see what he's doing if you already know what he's doing. Basically, hitting the tang of the blade so that the tip of the blade moves in the direction you need it to go. VERY carefully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhmQAoM ... 136.568865