800 strokes per side...

Christian

Christian

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The title says it all. I recently bought a BM 551 griptilian in 154CM, and it came horrendously dull. Love the knife, but had to do something about the crap factory edge, so I broke out the Smiths double sided diamond stone. (The one that stores in a plastic handle.)

Raised a small burr at about 300 strokes on the first side, but kept going to 500. Flipped her over and gave her 500 more. By this time, after knocking the burr off with the sharpmaker, it started to cut paper, but it "caught" at several points along the edge. Back to the Smiths coarse side for another 300 Strokes per side. Finally, after working the knife throught the sharpmaker, it shaves curls of paper and arm hair cleanly. Whew.

All in all, elapsed time was right around 90 minutes not counting one smoke break. Now I can honestly say that I like my Grip 100%.

Edited to add:blade steel
 
Very nice. One of the things I really like about sharpening is that you can buy knives because you like them rather than because you think it will come sharpest out of the box.

Well, that and the fact that you don't have to worry about keeping the 'factory edge'. :D
 
Good thatit is fixed! I have been trough exactly the same experience with the same knife (h2o edition). I only used the sharpmaker and it took me along time like you.
It came dull from the factory and i disliked the knife for it, after sharpening it i found out that it is a very nice knife :)
 
I prefer to spend the first 87 minutes smoothing out the factory grind lines on the side of the blade, and then putting a mirror polish on the entire blade.

The other 3 minutes will be spent on my paper wheels, and I typically lower the edge bevel down to about 15 degrees per side on a new knife.

And it's just as enjoyable:thumbup:.
 
Noctis3880 said:
I prefer to spend the first 87 minutes smoothing out the factory grind lines on the side of the blade, and then putting a mirror polish on the entire blade.

The other 3 minutes will be spent on my paper wheels, and I typically lower the edge bevel down to about 15 degrees per side on a new knife.

And it's just as enjoyable:thumbup:.
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The factory grind was great, as was the smoothness of the edge. It was just dull. In the words of my grandfather, "You could ride it all the way to San Francisco."
 
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