Another #$%! CRKT Thread

[Lycosa]

This is simple. The chisel ground knife is an easy to make and easy to sharpen knife design. That's IT. There's too much junk being piled on top of this subject.

 

[rebeltf]

Confederate , I'm going to pin your ears back next time you complain about chisel grinds.

Like the one gentleman said , you can always change the grind if you know how to use stones.

I'm a southpaw to the max and CRKT's chisel grinds work fine for me. I think you are obssessing.

That said , try some different brands for a while , if you have not bought any Byrd series , check them out , they are great for the money. The Benchmade Mini Pika is a great deal too and a great knife ! Kershaw makes some killer little blades as well that do not break the wallet.

All of that said , I look forward to the new offerings CRKT has in store in 08.

To close , to each their own.

 

[Confederate]

Don't get me wrong. I'm not obsessing. I already have other knives (a trunk full). But I'm stumped because people seem to accept this design without talking about it.

For example, searching this and other forums, I have never actually seen anyone address how to sharpen CG knives. I can sharpen standard configurations, but other than telling me how simple it is, no one seems to be able to explain quite how to do it.

Judging from the other posts in this and other threads, I'm not the only one with these concerns. And as you, yourself, say, you're a southpaw, and you're happy with the design. How do you sharpen yours, with stones or rods? And what's the correct angle?

As for reprofiling, that's an option I might pursue. But as of now, my chice is a Cold Steel Recon 1. But I like my CRKTs enough that I'm going to try to find ways of dealing with them.

 

[Lycosa]

Confederate---Please contact Phill Hartsfield! Phill started the interest with the CG, and he is a leading authority on that blade. This will end your confusion and this thread! lol.

 

[Leu Custom]

What I understand is, companies grind the bevel of a chisel grind on the left side for photo reasons. You would only correctly grind the bevel on the left side for a lefty (unless you were doing some kind of reverse draw). It will still cut if ground on the left side, just feels kinda awkward if held in the right hand with bevel on the left.

Companies are doing chisel grinds simply for hype as a true chisel grind has no secondary bevel. I'm guessing they do that so just about anyone can sharpen it.

 

[biogon]

Unsolicited plug:
Leu makes a damn fine right-hand chisel-ground piece. Insanely sharp and beveled on the correct side for a right-handed person.

No association, just a satisfied customer.

-j

 

[Nick Hyle]

It is silly of the American manufacturers to make the single bevel knives left handed. They do this so that the bevel will show on the traditional mark side of the blade. It's very silly. Personally, I haven't been able to get them to change their ways. The best advice I can give you is buy Japanese single bevel knives. They make them right handed with the left handed models as a special order.

Let's not tar with TOO broad a brush here - Benchmade's chisel ground blades are ground correctly for right hand use. Their early Emerson (and Elishewitz?) designed CG folders were ground "wrong", because that's how Ernie (and Allen?) wanted it. But let's not tag all American knife companies with the sins of Emerson and CRKT.

 

[Confederate]

Companies are doing chisel grinds simply for hype as a true chisel grind has no secondary bevel. I'm guessing they do that so just about anyone can sharpen it.

I think you're right on. Sharpening doesn't seem to be the issue I originally thought...I just can't get my CRKT blades nearly as sharp as my Cold Steels, Kershaws, Spydercos, Bechmades and Smith & Wessons.

For photo/aesthetics reasons, it's an abominable practice. If there's no serrations on their blades, they V-grind them.

 

[SIFU1A]

i dont think theres anything wrong with CG's regardless of the side they are ground for, for most stuff it doesnt matter much anyway, i have used RH & LH ground CG's, doesnt matter except for fine cutting i suppose.

they work just fine for SD, and i dont really have any problem with them at all.

imho the main prob is ya have probs sharpening them lol.

the solution is simple for ya, dont buy CG knives.

 

[GarageBoy]

Works great for my buddy, especially cutting food.
Hes a righty that holds the knife on the left hand when cutting food.
Put flat side on bone, cut down, voila, perfect chunk of meat

 

[lvbuckeye27]

Let's not tar with TOO broad a brush here - Benchmade's chisel ground blades are ground correctly for right hand use. Their early Emerson (and Elishewitz?) designed CG folders were ground "wrong", because that's how Ernie (and Allen?) wanted it. But let's not tag all American knife companies with the sins of Emerson and CRKT.

hi, first post. now that i think about it, i was always amused that my M16-10K would shave the hair off my right arm, but not my left... where is the bevel on your razor blades, the inside?

but that leads me to a question, companies utilize a chisel grind for partially serrated edges, no? will the combo-edged Griptilian i just ordered have a v-grind or a chisel grind?

 

[neeman]

I do not understand what you are talking about.

The top image (flat side up) is the correct use for both wood chisel and a plane iron.
Go look at a plane iron, and you will see it corresponds to the top image.

When you cut with a wood chisel you also use the flat side up.
Cutting with a chisel edge flat side up, gives you very good control for shaving wood
Only rarely do you use flat side down, for a mortice, or cutting a plug flush to the surface.