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I've had a few requests to do this for people lately. I've done alot of serrations while making new knives, but to tell you the truth, I've never tried it before on a hardened blade. I decided to give it a go using my dremmell tool, a 3/16" chainsaw sharpening stone, and a steady hand.
My first test was on a scrap piece of blade, leftover from a butcher's knife to fillet knife conversion I did last week. The steel is HC steel, not stainless. I liked the results, so, the second test was on my own EDC. Its made from O-1 tool steel tempered to ~Rc 60. This is one of my Clip Point Utilities. Yea, it looks beat up I know! Its one of the ones I really tested the hell out of and it shows! It gets used alot as you can see.
During the grinding process I just went slow, and kept feeling the steel with my thumb, never allowing it to get hotter than I could comfortably touch. That really wasn't a problem as it hardly heated up at all.
I like the addition of the serrations. All in all it was pretty easy to do too. After grinding the serrations in, I touched up both the plain and serrated edges on my Sharpmaker. BIG difference! These new serrations can really cut!
Thanks for looking and good luck!
Scott
My first test was on a scrap piece of blade, leftover from a butcher's knife to fillet knife conversion I did last week. The steel is HC steel, not stainless. I liked the results, so, the second test was on my own EDC. Its made from O-1 tool steel tempered to ~Rc 60. This is one of my Clip Point Utilities. Yea, it looks beat up I know! Its one of the ones I really tested the hell out of and it shows! It gets used alot as you can see.
During the grinding process I just went slow, and kept feeling the steel with my thumb, never allowing it to get hotter than I could comfortably touch. That really wasn't a problem as it hardly heated up at all.
I like the addition of the serrations. All in all it was pretty easy to do too. After grinding the serrations in, I touched up both the plain and serrated edges on my Sharpmaker. BIG difference! These new serrations can really cut!
Thanks for looking and good luck!
Scott