Bevel on SOG s

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Icarusflies

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Hello Everybody;

I just got a Sharpmaker and did my first trials on a couple of SAK s and a Tenacious with great results.

My next step is to touch up my two SOG s (Slim Jim and Access Card 2.0, VG 10).

When I look at the bevel of the SOG s I have the impression that the bevel is very narrow. Do you guys know if I would be ok with the 40 degree set up on my Sharpmaker for those two knives?

Thanks for the feed back.

Steve
 
Icarusflies said:
Hello Everybody;

I just got a Sharpmaker and did my first trials on a couple of SAK s and a Tenacious with great results.

My next step is to touch up my two SOG s (Slim Jim and Access Card 2.0, VG 10).

When I look at the bevel of the SOG s I have the impression that the bevel is very narrow. Do you guys know if I would be ok with the 40 degree set up on my Sharpmaker for those two knives?

Thanks for the feed back.

Steve
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Try it out and see if it works for you; there's no harm in that. My own tendencies and preferences would be toward honing at the 30° setting, as most edges will hold up fine at that angle, and the cutting will be much improved as well. You might mark the existing bevels with a Sharpie, and see if a pass or two at the 40° setting leaves a narrower bevel than what you're already seeing (look for ink removed nearest to the apex). If so, that might indicate the factory edge is already closer to a 30° angle anyway. Based on what I've seen in my own SOG knives' factory edges, they are ground quite thin near the edge and seem to favor a more acute edge angle; I'd bet they're no more than 30° inclusive.


David
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Try it out and see if it works for you; there's no harm in that. My own tendencies and preferences would be toward honing at the 30° setting, as most edges will hold up fine at that angle, and the cutting will be much improved as well. You might mark the existing bevels with a Sharpie, and see if a pass or two at the 40° setting leaves a narrower bevel than what you're already seeing (look for ink removed nearest to the apex). If so, that might indicate the factory edge is already closer to a 30° angle anyway. Based on what I've seen in my own SOG knives' factory edges, they are ground quite thin near the edge and seem to favor a more acute edge angle; I'd bet they're no more than 30° inclusive.


David
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Thanks David
 
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