If it matters, it's a Knafs Lulu, with a magnacut blade. I had stabbed it into a piece of firewood after using it for something or other, and I think my friend tossed it into the fire at the end of the night, and it seems to have been at the outside edge of the fire given that the handle survived to that extent. Found it the next morning.
Is there any chance that this affected the blade much in any way? What would be the best way to clean up the blade?
by badmisterfrosty
6 Comments
You destroyed any heat treatment. It is a good prybar now. Use it for sharpening practice.
Just buy a new knife.
Your temper is fucked 🙂
Depending on what temperature it reached and what temperature they tempered it at it might not be completely ruined but it definatly is softer now than before
Take the scales off and re-heat treat and temper it and make some new scales for it.
You might have ruined the heat treatment. To check it you can try rubbing a file to the side of the edge (not directly in the edge) of the material seems to be soft and the file bites easily. The heat treatment was destroyed otherwise. Is ok
From what you described it’s hard to tell how close exactly to the fire it was for how long etc. The fact that the handle is charred like that I’d assume the blade was pointed towards the fire and even closer to the heat. To me it sounds bad.
From the photo it’s hard to see. But if you see blue, purple, yellowish colour on the blade then the heat treatment is ruined. If the blade looks normal colour like before, it could possibly be fine.
To clean up the blade, just use a whetstone or steel wool.
This is why you always put your tool back in the sheath the moment you stopped using it. Not just because of you, but other people doing something unexpected.