Bevel Transition... Important?

Cypress

Cypress

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Without getting terribly philosophical, how important is the transition from the cutting bevel to the primary bevel? What knife use would benefit from a less-defined transition?
 
Angular shoulder from bevel to bevel and or bevel to blade will trigger abrupt wedging. Blended shoulder wedging is more gradual and possibly allow the cutting material to bend with the blended shoulder, therefore further reduce wedging. Of course, the magnitude of this wedging depends on blade geometry and the material being cut.
 
I was considering smoothing the bevel transition on my Busse TGLB to facilitate easier chopping tasks on wood and brush. Yay or nay?

What type of use would make the abrupt transition advantageous?
 
Cypress said:
I was considering smoothing the bevel transition on my Busse TGLB to facilitate easier chopping tasks on wood and brush. Yay or nay?
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For this size or smaller blade, a blended shoulder would be mostly advantageous over minor cons. Thin-behind-the-edge probably will yield higher performance for brush & sapling clearing.

What type of use would make the BIG abrupt transition advantageous?
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where wedging and bounce are desirable, such as splitting wood, batoning, and high-speed impacts where you don't want to blade to stuck in chopping medium. That said, still we are talking about a small factor after all (bevel to bevel transition). Blade profile & edge geometry are dominant factors in these type of activities.
 
I'm reminded as to why I come to this forum (other than the ladies).

Thanks for the great information!
 
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