You are using your bowie knife for a particular project when it suddenly drops from your grasp. It lands point first on a rock and when you pick it up, you realize that the tip is bent. Or perhaps you lent your bowie knife to a friend who, for reasons unknown to you, decided that it looked like an ideal replacement for that screwdriver he or she lost a week ago. When the knife comes back, the blade is bent. What do you do about a bent blade on your bowie knife? What are your options?

You do have a few options if you need to repair that blade. What are your choices? First, you need to determine just how badly bent the blade might be. A very, very slight bend might not be too bad - you might not even care. However, if you are like most folks, you will care very much. This means you need to look into knife repair for that damaged blade. Repairing a bent blade is possible, but it can be more difficult than you might imagine.

Many people will attempt to bend the blade back into shape on their own. You might be tempted to try using a pair of pliers, or even a vice clamp. However, what this usually leads to is a broken blade and possibly quite a lot of blood from where the blade fragment gashed you. This does not sound like a lot of fun. You might try to bend the tip back into place, as well, though this usually results in a broken tip and a disfigured knife blade. If you cannot repair the blade yourself, what should you do?

What should you do, then? Your best option is to reheat the blade tip and then reshape it. This will require some serious heat, a hammer, an anvil and some pretty specific knowhow. In fact, you might not be able to accomplish this task on your own at all. It’s a better idea to find a cutler who can repair your knife. Why should you opt for professional help with bent bowie knives?

These professionals will use high heat to make sure that your blade becomes malleable, without losing its vital temper. You’ll also find that cutlers can repair damaged blades if the tip has broken off. Though the knife will be somewhat shorter than it was originally, you’ll have a functional blade tip once more.

Dylan Sabot is the owner of an online bowie knifes store featuring Cold Steel training knives. Additionally, Dylan is also the President of an online lighters store.

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