Best Guy to do a regrind at an affordable price?

naccibobacci

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I have a Koster Bushcraft in Scandi that I would like reground to flat. Who is the best guy to do this at a fair price? Thanks.
 
Define affordable perhaps? I couldn't afford Josh myself. Not to take away from his ability, just too expensive for me, a regrind would have cost as much as my knife cost.
 
naccibobacci said:
I have a Koster Bushcraft in Scandi that I would like reground to flat. Who is the best guy to do this at a fair price? Thanks.
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Happy to help if I can, shoot me an email, josh@razoredgeknives.com

Pomsbz said:
Define affordable perhaps? I couldn't afford Josh myself. Not to take away from his ability, just too expensive for me, a regrind would have cost as much as my knife cost.
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Very good point Ben, thanks for bringing it up! A regrind isn't for every knife and isn't for every person. I've also had to go up on my prices over the years to both stay in business and to make sure my turn around didn't get to ridiculous (it's already at 3 months right now). If someone can't afford a regrind than I highly suggest at least reprofiling the edge to 15 dps or so, it will help a ton.
 
razor-edge-knives said:
Happy to help if I can, shoot me an email, josh@razoredgeknives.com



Very good point Ben, thanks for bringing it up! A regrind isn't for every knife and isn't for every person. I've also had to go up on my prices over the years to both stay in business and to make sure my turn around didn't get to ridiculous (it's already at 3 months right now). If someone can't afford a regrind than I highly suggest at least reprofiling the edge to 15 dps or so, it will help a ton.
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And this is why I wish I could afford your services. :)
 
Josh is also stacked with work for the next few months... I've seen his work and it's awesome!! He's very friendly too, I asked his advice and he replied promptly and pleasantly.

If the rest of you turds would quit sending him work maybe I could have faster turn around time :mad:

JK, glad he is busy, means he's doing well.
 
Josh at Razor Edge did the same thing to my Bark River PSK. The blade is Elmax and came, like all Bark River Knives, with a convex edge that was slightly warped toward the ricasso. He flat ground it maintaining the original plunge lines and it came out perfect.
 
I see all the important points have been covered.
  • Josh @ REK is probably your best bet for a good regrind. I actually just got a piece back from him yesterday, and it's awesome
  • Note that I said good, not cheap or even inexpensive. His prices are justifiable but they're up there - that regrind I got cost more than the knife itself. Look at it this way - a lot of expensive custom knives (Krein, JB Stout, Barker) are expensive because those makers are known for excellent, complex grinds. Grinding ain't easy, and good grinding ain't cheap
  • That being said, if you have a user knife in a relatively softer steel (e.g., not high vanadium super-steel), and you don't particularly care that the end product looks good as long as it's usable, you may want to look around for a local cutlery knife sharpening place. Those places typically use power equipment to sharpen, and should be able to get a fixed blade down to a flat grind pretty quickly and cheaply. Just ask them to not overheat the steel so as to not affect the heat treat, and you should be good to go
 
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