Hi again, I made the previous comment about posting it back to Vergez Blanchard. AND if you write your covering letter in French, they’ll really take notice! Tell us how you get on!
Actually, I would post it to Vergez Blanchard in France (look at their website) since they should really stand by their manufacturing processes and should know that we, (leatherwork customers) all have seen this photo! I would be surprised if they didn’t send you a new one! Send them a link to this group! Tell them one of your group was ‘appalled’ by the quality of this tool. That was me, of course.
Hi Roupen, can you give us the backstory regarding how this happened? There may be a lesson we can all learn from here.
As already mentioned, welding is really the only sensible option, then sanding the surface flat afterward. I wonder if a local mechanic may do it for a reasonable price.
I used WD40 and vinegar and toothpaste to clean it with many grades of sand papers by hand then I guess because I was doing it robustly or maybe that part was weak i am not sure because I did the same with other tool will upload a photo below someone advised me to fix with laser welding
Very unusual for steel to fracture like that through cleaning. I imagine there may be a heat treatment issue making the steel too brittle. Maybe it wasn't tempered correctly, or at all.
I would weld that and try to fix myself. Simply do a little tack weld then let it completely cool and repeat that process until completed. The crack seems far enough from the cutting edge that this can be done without effecting the temper. If you don"t weld or have a friend that does, the cost of having it done may be too much. It's worth looking into though. Best of luck to you, I hope it works out for you.
Hi again, I made the previous comment about posting it back to Vergez Blanchard. AND if you write your covering letter in French, they’ll really take notice! Tell us how you get on!
Actually, I would post it to Vergez Blanchard in France (look at their website) since they should really stand by their manufacturing processes and should know that we, (leatherwork customers) all have seen this photo! I would be surprised if they didn’t send you a new one! Send them a link to this group! Tell them one of your group was ‘appalled’ by the quality of this tool. That was me, of course.
Hi Roupen, can you give us the backstory regarding how this happened? There may be a lesson we can all learn from here.
As already mentioned, welding is really the only sensible option, then sanding the surface flat afterward. I wonder if a local mechanic may do it for a reasonable price.
I would weld that and try to fix myself. Simply do a little tack weld then let it completely cool and repeat that process until completed. The crack seems far enough from the cutting edge that this can be done without effecting the temper. If you don"t weld or have a friend that does, the cost of having it done may be too much. It's worth looking into though. Best of luck to you, I hope it works out for you.
Well, apart from Welding, i do not see what could be done.
But then you will have to consider what the heat from welding will do to your blade: will it harden it, will it warp it, etc...
Is the crack open all the way to the other size or is it just on the surface from one side?