BM440 blade grind

[Gary W. Graley]

Just received my BM 440 and while the handle and scales and profile of the blade look great and handles well, I find that the blade thickness is on the too thick side.
In comparison to the BM 520 and 525 which are touted as rough and ready style of knives and the 440 a more gentlelmanly type of knife.

And the edge bevel doesn't appear to have been made in the same manner either.

Tempted to return this knife but wanted to post the question about edge thickness here to see if anyone else has found this to be true on their knives?

On a slim 'fancy' type of knife, a thinner blade
overall as well as a thinner edge bevel would be much handier as they are not usually pressed to hard duty.

Thanks,
G2

 

[timjmayer]

Gary,

This drove me crazy also, as I wanted this knife bad.

Benchmade is by far my favorite company, but I think this is trend with them, as I often feel that the blades are too thick,

i sold the knife, and ended up getting something else, but i have been thinking of trying it again, as I really like the looks..

i was wondering if I could swap out another benchmade blade that i like into this handle, thats how much I liked the looks but hated the blade..

good luck

 

[kevtan]

Just rebevel the edge to 13deg with a 15 deg microbevel. Works for me. Also I leave the last 3mm of the tip in the original bevel for more tip strength.

I think its the tactical nature of the company begetting us the thick blade with a saber grind, but a 921 blade in the 440 wud be the greatest, along with the axis lock of cos!!

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Thanks guys, the 921 blade was what I was hoping to find on this one! But wasn't the case. Reprofiling would help but I feel that on a short width blade it would be better to overall thin it down, so I'm just returning it for now.
Thanks for the replys,
G2

 

[Nosmo]

This can be a pain.
I received a Hideaway knife a while back and although the edge angle was 20°
the thickness just behind the edge was 1/16th of an inch.
The edge is sharp, but it refuses to cut anything.
To get rid of all that extra thickness , I would have to 're profile' a good 1/2 inch back from the edge, and probably ruin its nice appearance.
In my case I believe this was shoddy workmanship by the maker and sure hope this sort of thing is not a trend.