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What would be the best way to reprofile a knife blade, changing it from a chisel grind to a double grind? Can it be done with a diamond sharpening rod?
In a previous post, Cliff Stamp addressed a similar question: "Assuming just the edge is chisel ground, all you have to do is sharpen on the other side until the bevels look even. This should not take too long assuming you have a decent way to remove the metal, for example get an x-coarse sanding belt and staple it to a piece of wood and use it as a file with the blade clamped. It would take less than five minutes to get the edge to the right shape and then you just sharpen it."
The problem is, this knife has serrations. Would this make much of a difference?
I just dug out an old Winchester folder that has a chisel grind, and lo and behold, it is ground on the right side, not the left, like my CRKT! And when I cut things, lo and behold, it cuts better than my CRKT. And though right-ground blades look more peculiar than left-ground blades, there's no doubt that the former works far better for right-handers than the latter.
In a previous post, Cliff Stamp addressed a similar question: "Assuming just the edge is chisel ground, all you have to do is sharpen on the other side until the bevels look even. This should not take too long assuming you have a decent way to remove the metal, for example get an x-coarse sanding belt and staple it to a piece of wood and use it as a file with the blade clamped. It would take less than five minutes to get the edge to the right shape and then you just sharpen it."
The problem is, this knife has serrations. Would this make much of a difference?
I just dug out an old Winchester folder that has a chisel grind, and lo and behold, it is ground on the right side, not the left, like my CRKT! And when I cut things, lo and behold, it cuts better than my CRKT. And though right-ground blades look more peculiar than left-ground blades, there's no doubt that the former works far better for right-handers than the latter.
