Oh! Em! Gee! I broke the tip off a ribbed Alox Cadet!

Mr. Whippy · **on:** April 21, 2013, 03:36:50 PM

Yesterday, I EDC'd an older ribbed Alox Cadet.

The tip had a slight bend to it, but no big deal (or so I thought). Cutting through a box, the tip snapped off!

When I got home, I decided to reprofile the tip, by removing as little metal as possible. Although a little ugly, it seems to function pretty well now:

Reprofile:

High power of the tip:

Comparison to another ribbed Alox 84mm (Bantam I think)

Surprisingly, having to reprofile the tip has been sort of liberating. It's no longer "Original" and can be freely used as EDC without worry.

nuphoria · **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2013, 03:38:08 PM

Oopsy!

gustophersmob · **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2013, 05:12:41 PM

ohh thats painful

Quote from: Mr. Whippy on April 21, 2013, 03:36:50 PM

Surprisingly, having to reprofile the tip has been sort of liberating. It's no longer "Original" and can be freely used as EDC without worry.

This is why I usually grind the keyrings off my alox knives. I don't use lanyards, and modding them makes me feel OK about using them

cannonball · **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2013, 09:41:19 PM

I just tried to straighten a explorer main blade I got at a flea market. The tip snapped off. I filed an equal amount from the front and back of the blade. Looks as good as new.

Echo · **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2013, 04:24:39 AM

Ouch! I think, as was mentioned, that a little more work on the knife edge with the sharpening stones and a little file work on the back of the blade, you could reshape it like new. I've done it before and used a marker pen to draw the shape, then filed down until the desired shape was reached.