A Good Example

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GClaxon
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Re: A Good Example

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Excellent post!! I have blade tangs welded all the time for customers at my shop. The only way to save a knife when replacement blades can't be found, especially harder to find brands.
millern
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Re: A Good Example

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Great photos! Similarly,I have used a 90amp Harbor Freight wire feed welder to add a tiny spot of material to the tang of a leverlock switchblade to close the worn sear hole. I then re- file the hole “open” just enough to catch the sear. This can address the problem of worn switchblade knives when the tip of the blade “peeks” out of the handle when closed. Using a vice grip or bench vise seems to provide an adequate heat sink during the spot-welding. I have notice very little tang discoloration from heat.
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Re: A Good Example

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Millern,
Usually that slight discoloration can be buffed out if you have a buffer and some buffing rouge.
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Re: A Good Example

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This is a great old thread. How much fidgeting do you have to do to make a blade look like that. ::shrug::
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