Blade Recurves

Do you prefer recurved blades.

  • Yes

  • No

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On my Benchmade 710 M2, there's a slight recurve. Very easy to sharpen on a Sharpmaker. It's the only recurve I have and it's a phenomeal knife.
 
katanas said:
Considering the vast majority of votes/opinions (most of which I agree with :thumbsup:), I wonder why so many continue to be made and, presumably, sell. :confused:
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I agree. I’m especially disappointed the new Spyderco-Southard Hanan colab has a recurve. It kept me away from the otherwisw excellent ZT 0920 too, even though the recurve isn’t that great.
 
I do not intend to buy a re-curve blade because they are difficult or impossible to sharpen properly on a stone
 
microtech85 said:
I do not intend to buy a re-curve blade because they are difficult or impossible to sharpen properly on a stone
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Just use the edge of your stone. Now, if you have something like a diamond plate that could be a bit more of a problem, and you'd have to resort to an oval diamond "steel", but as far as standard bonded abrasives go it's generally not much of an issue. :)
 
Sometimes a recurve can add to the aesthetic of a design, IMO. At one time I shunned them. Now I'm more accepting of them.
What really bothers me is an unintentional recurve caused by a misground or oversharpened blade.
 
All of the benchmade 940-1 that i have seen including mine have an ever so slight re-curve on the back half of the blade. if you set the edge on a flat surface youll notice it. I first noticed it when i went to sharpen on my spyderco 2x8" fine cermic stone. i could use the corner of the edge like you said, and i did but did not like it. i went and bought the sharpmaker the next day. but my dmt red dia sharp does not let me sharpen on the corner. i just prefer stones free handed and for that reason i consider re-cruve to be an unnecessary obstacle. plus, when i go camping i just take my spyderco doublestuff with me. i do however see their merit with cutting performance. Thank you for the sharpening tip though.
 
I seem to be in the minority, in that I don't generally like 'em, but if you're gonna do one, I would rather you went big with it.

I see the primary benefit of a recurve on smaller knives as aping the benefit of serrations. You extend the length of the cutting edge without extending the actual blade length and make it possible to 'grab' the media being cut more aggressively.

My favorite recurve is the Kershaw Spec Bump because of the versatility the blade shape offers. It has an in-line drop point, with a forward section that functions like a wharncliffe while the recurve gives it some belly and a much longer cutting edge.
 
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