Can this be welded? The rest of the story with pictures!
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:05 pm
Trying to cut through an acorn squash just now with Rita's prized Japanese steel cleaver using a wooden mallet I made for her a while back. Gave it a good smack (which to my mind it should be easily able to withstand) on a heavy duty cutting board, and it snapped. Needless to say "snapped" and "prized" don't mix well, and she's more than pissed. Can this be fixed? I don't care about the scales, I can make new ones, but I have no way of fixing the break.
If you can fix it, what's it going to cost me? It was a $100+ knife when it was new, which was decades ago. All the writing on the box & blade are in Kanji and so far I haven't been able to find a manufacturer, the box is old enough to predate having a website on it.
If you can fix it, what's it going to cost me? It was a $100+ knife when it was new, which was decades ago. All the writing on the box & blade are in Kanji and so far I haven't been able to find a manufacturer, the box is old enough to predate having a website on it.
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Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:12 pm
Even if welded it is likely to break at that same point again.
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:17 pm
Mike in Wa wrote:Even if welded it is likely to break at that same point again.
Yeah, that seems to be the consensus on the other site I asked on, I guess I'll just have to find her a nicer one.
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:43 pm
make a Halloween costume with it. Just attach one half to each side of the body and add blood.
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:49 pm
Grind the broken side to mach the front, then make a handle for the top and make it an herb chopper....
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:49 pm
Well, it appears you fucked that up comprehensively. Best bet is to buy another one and promise to not do that again.
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:33 pm
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:51 pm
Is that the clearest picture of the writing you can conjure?
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:53 pm
olydemon wrote:Grind the broken side to mach the front, then make a handle for the top and make it an herb chopper....
Best plan!
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 5:58 pm
olydemon wrote:Grind the broken side to mach the front, then make a handle for the top and make it an herb chopper....
You mean an Alaskan ulu?
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:02 pm
BadKarma wrote:Opening soon.
http://kramerknives.com/
That traitor..... leaving Olympia for Bellingham. Bad ass knives though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x0f2b_0kn0
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:04 pm
cmica wrote:olydemon wrote:Grind the broken side to mach the front, then make a handle for the top and make it an herb chopper....
You mean an Alaskan ulu?
Exactly
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:06 pm
Maybe one of our forgers can forge it back into one piece.
Re: Can this be welded?
Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:08 pm
While gorgeous, I probably would never buy one because I consider it a tool. And I suck at maintenance.
BUT, I will tell you that this guy makes tools. I have bought 2 and working on getting a third. All are Field knives but he makes kitchen knives too upon request.
https://www.woodbear-knives.com/