BK17 - factory bevel angle?

[tuffluv]

Wasn't able to find what angle the edge is ground to from the factory.

thanks in advance!

 

[TravisH]

20°


BK Database - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...lade-Database-!!!-(News-Knife-Specs-and-Data)

 

[tuffluv]

Thanks. I saw that link but the edge angle was listed as ? degrees.

 

[daizee]

You can safely bring it to 15 if you're not batonning and chopping. Otherwise I'd suggest keeping the factory 20.

 

[Gaston444]

Chopping? What chopping load can you inflict with a 4.3 inch blade? Maybe if 1095 is brittle, but 10° per side should easily survive chopping from a 9" inch blade, and I went down below that on some of mine with no troubles, even putting some side loads sometimes... I consider 15° borderline for a 9", so 15° is almost silly on such a small slicer: 10° per side is plenty enough...

The 20° per side standard is just ridiculous on such a small knife. Fortunately most Beckers, even the BK-9, ignore the standard, and are around 15°-17° from the factory...

Gaston

 

[daizee]

Oh, I'm sure there are PLENTY of folks who can damage a small knife like that by swinging it at something.
In principle, I agree with you.
The 17 isn't very slicey, though, which is one reason I prefer the 16.