Hi,
I am in the process of making my first knife, and got to the point of attaching the guard to the blank, using silver solder. I failed, due to inexperience, but have damaged the temper in the middle of the blank. Has anyone got any ideas about how to resolve this problem? I have visions of the blade snapping in the middle, or having a horrible dark smudge at the bottom of the blade for all time.
Thanks in advance.
I am in the process of making my first knife, and got to the point of attaching the guard to the blank, using silver solder. I failed, due to inexperience, but have damaged the temper in the middle of the blank. Has anyone got any ideas about how to resolve this problem? I have visions of the blade snapping in the middle, or having a horrible dark smudge at the bottom of the blade for all time.