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Post by wstalcup on Sept 1, 2017 20:36:04 GMT
Learned the hard way to not slash at a tire. I didn't realize that metal radials in the tire could damage the sword. I'm not too worried about the nick in the cheness 9260 katana since I assumed I would battle damage it eventually. but anyway, what is the best simplest thing to do? rub it out with the accusharp knife or just leave it alone? would a small nick compromise the integrity of the sword a lot or just minimally? Thanks!
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Post by Lion of Judah on Sept 1, 2017 23:37:00 GMT
The short answer is: if it is just a nick, it will not harm the integrity of the blade. However, although it my be fussy and potentially dangerous, you should polish the interior of the void made by the damage. This will ensure that the blade does not stutter or catch in a through cut, and also make resharpening the blade much easier, which, by itself, will not address the roughness inside the surface of the nick.
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Post by pgandy on Sept 2, 2017 15:35:39 GMT
The thing I don’t think you really want to do is to use an AccuSharp on your katana. Rkdator probably has the answer for a quick and dirty fix. My solution, and that is to polish the blade, I'm sure is more work than you would care to do, although you did not state the size of the "nick".
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Post by William Swiger on Sept 2, 2017 16:08:21 GMT
In the past, I have just used a fine whetstone and then just go over it with fine sandpaper. You can get those small whetstones that are used to sharpen knives.
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Post by wstalcup on Sept 4, 2017 12:39:09 GMT
the nick is approximately 2-3 millimeters long and maybe 2 millimeters deep. thanks for all the suggestions, I will try the polishing.
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