Benchmade Instigator

[melt]

It seems like a good neck knife, but the one thing I don't like about it is the chisel grind of the blade. How difficult would it be to grind it into a v-shaped grind (say, 20 degrees on both sides)? Any tips, advice, or experience doing such a thing?

 

[sffar]

I don't have any experience doing it, but I do own one. Looking at it, one entire side of the knife is flat from handle to blade, so the sharpened edge is on the beveled part of the knife, the right side of the blade. I imagine it's designed to perform best with the chisel grind it came with.
Still, I can't see any reason one couldn't just sharpen the back side too, though I suppose it would never be really symmetrical. I do think there's a certain elegance to the knife's design that would be compromised.

 

[Tom Krein]

If you regrind a chisel ground knife into a traditional double grind you are going to loose some of the width (spine to edge) of the blade.

It can be done, but might not be exactly what you are looking for...


Tom