Blade angle?

[Digger11]

Please don't flame me. I have maybe a dumb question. What angle should I sharpen my Code 4 and Recon. Also my Ultimte hunters.i use them all pretty often and need to actually sharpen the Code4, not just touch it up. TIA

 

[DocT]

What steel is your Code 4's blade?

 

[Tim the Wizard]

I would suggest starting with trying to find the maker's angle by using a sharpie on the edge. See if you can't polish up the original edge.

If you need to reprofile, 40 degrees inclusive is a good starting point for just about any steel.

 

[GrReaper]

Cold Steel website's FAQ covers edge angles. Basically for the big blades, it's 40 inclusive. For the small blades, do 30 inclusive. That's if you're using a sharpening system, like the Spyderco triangle sharpmaker. If just using a stone, you can't really go wrong sharpening at half of a right triangle for most knives. (45 degrees divided by 2 = 22 1/2 degrees) For a small folder, you might want to lay the knife just a bit flatter.