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Skimo

Skimo

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A few of us Benchmade nuts like to pay it forward, my happiness spiked at work when I saw a couple co-workers with benchmade clips, so after talking to them and looking at a very sad 551s, I offered to sharpen it up, chipped out serrations and the edge looked like a butter knife, the guy gave it to me to sharpen overnight, it's been cleaned, lubed and sharpened, got the serrations back to shaving sharp too.

I've been in a sharpening rut lately, no motivation to get at it, but this dude and his knife gave me the, I dunno the word... joy is probably best, to sharpen up a blade. The real winner out of this is me, it felt great to know this guy is going to take that edge and make it dull, enjoy the crap out of it.

It gave me a purpose again for something I enjoy, I wasn't missing my hobby, now maybe after people sample my sharpening at work I'll have some more blades to sharpen.

This thread is open for all benchmade PIF/karma/bragging stories. We've got a great community here.
 
Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us. I really like it all, Actually I just see this on this forum first time and look all the knife pics that is such a wonderful in look I sure that will also nice to in use but I think you should mention price also with knifes that will be easy access for us.
 
Over on the other Forum the PIF was, probably is, very popular. We had all kinds of stuff going around that was mostly just sitting in drawers and safes, and then there's my friend above that does an excellent job with his sharpening skills. I sent up my 912D2 for sharpening, (and maybe to relieve his boredom...) and the thing came back with a screaming micro-bevel and nicely cleaned up. Let's see where this one goes, it could be a lot of fun!
 
You left out the best part... the part where you tell us your co-worker's reaction to his newly sharpened 'chmade!
 
Well I got that at work today, better than factory for sure, I left it at 220 grit and stropped it at 30 degrees inclusive. Cutting through banding and shrink wrap like a laser, he's not a knife nut yet, might sharpen a few more each at successively higher grit finishes. He was stoked that it shaved arm hair and caught him showing it off to another co-worker. :)
 
Lol icing on the cake is about 4 other knives he wants sharpened and willing to pay, he asked for the sharpest I can do... After I explained the price of a 25,000 grit edge, he explained that 220 grit is about as high as he wants to go... I think one of his blades will get the straight razor treatment just to see how he reacts.
 
Skimo, Thanks for sharing. I agree the right term is joy. I was sharpening a knife one time and a builder/electrician was at my house. He noticed what is was doing and showed me this heavily used Benchmade. I offered to "turn up the edge" for him. I was on my Sharpmaker at the time. Before I finished, he jumped in and did part of the sharpening himself.

Thanks again.
 
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