Bevel question

[om diggity]

Hi guys,

I recently got into knives and I noticed that my first pocket knife, a Spyderco Delica 4 with a full flat grind, has a poorly-manufactured bevel. I drew a somewhat exaggerated graphic to illustrate. The actual edge on the knife is not centered. Otherwise, the knife is razor sharp and I have no complaints.

Am I right in assuming that I can correct this over time by focusing on sharpening side 1 as required?

Thanks.

 

[discdoggin]

You can do it gradually, or just take side one down on a course stone/wet dry sandpaper and work through the grits until you have the same finish on both sides. This is what I did with my becker BK-14 that was off a little on one side. Now it is centered on a FFG, and sharp as they come.

DD

 

[HoosierQ]

I am a huge fan of Spyderco but at their price point, you're gonna get some of this...I have. It hasn't stopped me from being a fan. I just redo the edge myself. Remember...the only thing that really counts on a user knife like a Spyderco is how well it performs. So if working one side of the bevel and then evening out gets you good performance...you're good. I reprofile all of my Spydercos freehand to about 27.5 degrees exclusive and then depending on their intended use, leave it there, or use the Sharpmaker to put either a 30 or 40 degree microbevel on it.

About half of my Spydercos have come pretty much perfect out of the box and the other have not so much. My much-loved Para-2 was not exactly dull...but it sure wasn't sharp. Well that ain't the case today and the thing was otherwise absouletly perfect...centered, zero blade play in any direction, perfect tension...everything but the edge.

So I think your fine and it is natural to want a nice knife to be perfect but at that price point you are getting very good steel heat treated very well...if not edged to perfection.

 

[Knife Outlet]

That's an asymmetric bevel. Double bevel kitchen knives made in Japan are all that way. The long bevel goes to the inside or toward the thing being cut and the short bevel goes to the outside. That makes the edge somewhat right or left handed. I don't know that Spyderco has specified asymmetric bevels. Most likely it is just a little sloppy as mentioned above. I would just give the short bevel more work when you resharpen the blade. It will correct itself as you go.

 

[om diggity]

Thanks fellas.

My OCD side wants to attack the short side with a stone right away, but seeing it cut as well as it does, I don't think I want to remove metal when it isn't necessary. I'll just concentrate on sharpening the short bevel as it dulls. Sorry for all the hoopla over nothing.