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Post by TheMayor on Mar 13, 2014 21:17:36 GMT
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Post by Panday on Mar 13, 2014 21:46:38 GMT
The only way I know of is to either reprofile the edge or reforge it. Wish I had better news. :cry: Edit: This is probably a long shot, but some people prefer a worn look. On the right sword, that look can have its merits. I don't know how it would look on a katana, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2014 0:53:50 GMT
It looks like the damage you did to the blade is well below the mono-uchi, which is good. You still have the best part of the sword to cut with if I'm reading the photo correctly.
If there's no crack extending through, and the damage is limited to what chipped out, it looks like it should still be functional enough.
You could take a stab at reprofiling the blade, might be more trouble than it's worth. Looking up the orchid, having someone else do it would probably come close to a wash on just getting a new one, unless somebody owes you a favor.
How big a chip did you actually manage to get? What knocked it out?
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Post by Bob B on Mar 14, 2014 2:31:50 GMT
That chip is beyond sandpaper work. Unless you have tons of time to blow out on the front porch in your rocking chair. I've fixed chips like that on production blades. It can be done but the blade will be thinner. You cannot just work that area alone. So get that out of your mind. You'll have to go along the whole length of the blade from ha-mach to kissaki.
The quickest but crudest way is to run the edge of the blade at differing angles along a sharpening stone. " /I\" The very, very tip is where the edge is. That sounds like "duh" but there's more angle changes towards the ha than towards the mune. My "/I\" is deceiving but is the only keystrokes I can use to give you an idea to get the point. Appleseed shape is what the cross section looks like. The edge- very, very tip specifically is the "V". There are specific angles on a Japanese blade has in the cross section, so what I just told you is very unorthodox from a traditional polishing method. But as a polisher friend told me "there is no such thing as doing just a finish polish alone". And it's true if you think about it, you take metal from one area but not from the other the shape is "off".
So Jonathan is right it's not worth a full polish. And it's very doubtful that Hanwei polished the blade in that much detail to begin with. Hope that helps in your decision.
Bob
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