Bent tip.

[Jonboat72]

Any suggestions on the right way to go about straightening this bent tip? Or would I be better off just leaving it be? I used a ball peen hammer before with good success on a 1950s Imperial shell handle carbon knife but this one makes me nervous.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Any.....

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[gino]

I don’t think it’s that bad
I’d leave it

[Froe]

I’d leave it alone. It isn’t that bad and the chances of snapping the tip are too high. I’ve straightened soft stainless steel knives like Victorinox by peening, but I have ruined a couple of carbon steel knives that way as well.
Froe

[gordonjohn]

hey johnboat that slight bend on the tip of your knife is very small, I for one would not touch it.

[Mumbleypeg]

+1. Don’t mess with it. Not that bad, not worth the risk.

Ken

[gsmith7158]

I never had much luck trying to straighten one. I'd leave it alone. It doesn't look bad to me.

[Steve Warden]

D) All of the above

[herbva]

I've straightened a lot of knives with bent tips, BUT I've also had a lot of them break on me. I'd say my success rate is 50/50. I would only mess with it if you absolutely can't live with that slight bend. As everyone else has said, it's not worth the risk.

[woodwalker]

I just broke a victorinox trying to do that. I'd leave it alone. Yours is not that bad.

[Reverand]

Amen, I agree with everyone else. If it were bent far more I might try it, but not for that.
Have a great day!

[Jeffinn]

I’m with the majority here, it’s not worth the risk. I’ve had about a 50% success rate with straightening bent blades and yours isn’t that bad.
Jeff

[rea1eye]

I have one with a bent tip. I tried to straighten it with moderate
success. You think using a hammer /vice would be easy but
the blade is resistant.


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After trying the fix, the blade is a little better but my brain feels a lot better. I
still enjoy the knife.

Bob

[GSPTOPDOG]

I just broke a victorinox trying to do that. I'd leave it alone. Yours is not that bad.

Been there done that ... The first time I tried it, I said to myself "Just put the tip in a vice and a little presser should do the trick ... ... ... it did the "trick" alright, snaped it right off ....

[Jonboat72]

Well, thank you all for the advice and I will take you up on it and leave it be that’s how I was leaning myself. I just needed convincing not to make a mistake. I would regret.

[woodwalker]

I just broke a victorinox trying to do that. I'd leave it alone. Yours is not that bad.

Been there done that ... The first time I tried it, I said to myself "Just put the tip in a vice and a little presser should do the trick ... ... ... it did the "trick" alright, snaped it right off ....

Yes sir. Sure makes a nice (ding) sound when it happens. Then the heartbreak sets in.

[GSPTOPDOG]

Yes sir. Sure makes a nice (ding) sound when it happens. Then the heartbreak sets in.

[bighomer]

Well, thank you all for the advice and I will take you up on it and leave it be that’s how I was leaning myself. I just needed convincing not to make a mistake. I would regret.

GREAT, x1000