Re: slipjoint nail nicks

the wharf rat wrote: <I have a knife I'd like to carry but the nicks are
too small for me to open the blades with. So I'd like ot make them
deeper. Is there a trick to getting them to come out right?>

Instead of going to a lot of trouble and possibly ruining the integrity
of the steel (hey, it could happen) why not just let your thumbnail(s)
grow a bit?

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