BEST Folder Grinds: hollow or flat

My vote is for flat grinds all the way back to the spine. I like the way they cut and look. I don't chop stuff with pocket knives but I will with a fixed blade if the mood strikes me. Some big folders do invite thoughts of chopping. Who knows?

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Which is easier to grind, flat or hollow?

Brandon

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I would like to see a big folder with a frame lock and flat ground. Something you could "chop" with by beating on the spine with a baton. The folder that I own that currently fits this bill is a kershaw 1050. This I put in the class of "survival folder". Thick, wide blade with a flat grind. Would like to see something similar in a framelock or axis lock. I normally don't chop with a folder but I can see the need for a folder that could be used for that. For instance, people who travel in backcountry on horseback often prefer to carry a folder rather than a fixed blade, for safety reasons.

I also agree with those that find hollow ground blades exceptionally attractive. There is something that is sensual about them. Probably one of the main reasons I like the Wegners and Sebenzas so much. Some people find both of these knives unattractive but I have just the opposite feelings.

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I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
Both types are hard to grind.
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Flat grinding is a little harder to keep the facets out of.
Any knife grinding takes skill.


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[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 11-26-2000).]

[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 11-26-2000).]
 
once again I will disagree with darrel, why? because its fun!.....grinding takes PRACTICE and care....but I really think its one of the easiest parts of making a knife....after youve ground 2 zillion like darrel they all pretty much come out pretty good!

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Tom
Grinding is a PITA to me.
I like building the knife better
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Your right about care when grinding.

Its a bitch and very intense.

I did 4 art knives this year and 102 tac knives Tom . Nothing to write home about eh!



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I have a love hate relationship with gringing blades. I love when its going right, I hate when I have two or three things going wrong and I'm trying to get it straight and I create another problem. When this happens I have to step back before I push the blade into the belt in an effort to make the whole thing go away.

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Darrel,
I like a full flat grind all the way to the spine. I do alot of food preperation with my pocket knives. I have a Spyderco Wegner and I really love that knife but I hate to do deep cuts with it i.e. slice tomatoes or any type of melons. I also have a BM 710 that has become my daily carry because it cuts food so much better than any of my other pocker knives.

Shawn R Sullivan
 
Im with Darrel on this one, I love to cut and shape and build a folder. I hate to have to put the blade to the grinder. Its the only part of making a knife that I dont look forward to.

Arthur D. Washburn
ADW Custom Knives
 
You guys are right. Time and care.

As I stood grinding 32 blades yesterday, that thought came to mind about 2 zillion times. I grind mostly hollow grinds, as I have said. With 2 bad shoulders and elbows from years of grinding, I try to do anything to keep from hand sanding on blades.
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Those little spraks burn my bald head Kit.
Also when your grinding nekid they will burn other parts also.

Keep um comming.

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I like flat better. They don't sharpen away as quickly and they can be sharpened more times before needing reground.
A super thin hollow grind is cool sometimes if you want to show off how sharp your knife is though. I guess the same could be said of a super thin flat grind though.

I'll agree with tim and say that pins are better than screws on most knives. Even if he is a bastid
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I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer... but I've got the sharpest knife in the room.
 
tims right....hes been screwed enough!!!
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almost fell off my chair when I pictured the ti sparks coming around and landing on darrels head.......and youre right...they hurt!!
 
I would have said flat all the way, last year. I've experienced a couple of hollow ground blades that cut pretty well since then, which proved to me that it could be done. But the thing that really sold me on the hollow gring for knives that you plan to use and use and use is a picture in Blade magazine last month of a Bob Loveless hunter that had been sharpened down to about half its original size. If you want a blade that is going to last a long time, hollow just might be better for anything under 7" were you won't be doing much real chopping.
 
Well, I was just backing you guys up. Ya, that's it, just backin' you up. Didn't want anybody to think you and Kit were just tryin' to sell some old hollow ground knives you have laying around.
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My vote goes for flat!

More blade material which a flat grind has makes for a stronger blade and as long as the flat grind is sharpened correctly at the right angle, it will compare to a hollow grind blade for ease of cutting if not more so. That's my opinion DDR!

TitaniumKnutt
 
Just my $.02. I have an A.G. Russell Walker lock with a very high hollow grind that comes all the way up to the spine, and it is nearly 7/8 inch wide. Really thin, and looks great! That would be my preference, anyway. I like the clean look that comes with a flat grind, but the way light reflects off of a hollow grind is way more sexy. High and thin hollow grind.

I use my knife for everything, like cutting fruit, opening mail and boxes, dangling threads, splinters, chopping veggies, etc. Nothing is all that intense in my mundane life...I go mainly for looks in a blade.

Daniel D.

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Both have there place, depending on the knife and it's use.

Personally, I prefer a flat grind that goes almost all (or all) the way up the blade.


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