Cheapest convex blade

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jamaljahda

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Can anyone tell me the cheapest and I mean cheapest convex blade I can buy. I just want to use it for practice Sharpening before I screw up my fallkiven.
 
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I purchased a opinel number 8 today after the much appreciated responses. I have mixed feelings regarding this knife. While I bought it for the sole purpose of practicing sharpening a convex grind i find I really like the lines, simplicity. lightness, non threatning appearance for edc yet coming from someone who actually likes 1/4 inch thick blades I am afraid it is to frail to rely on if I carry it as a edc. I have no doubt it will cut cheese meat and food stuff items while at work or at a restaurant but if I needed a little more oomph I feel the opinel would no be up to the task. Frankly I am afraid of the aluminum looking locking mechanism. I love the aesthetics of the knife, weight and feel but the lock makes me afraid I guess I will have to stick to using it for what I bought it for but i am afraid i might be letting a wonderful knife slip through my awareness because I am not willing or rather afraid to give it a chance.
 
What are you planning to do with it? Stab some oil drums? If you cut things with an Opinel, the lock isn't going to fail.

Anyway...if you are even thinking about lock failure, then that situation demands a fixed blade.
 
You said you wanted the cheapest knife to practice convex sharpening. The Opinel does that for you, cheaply.

Lots of people carry and use Opinels for everyday cutting chores. The lock ring is steel. If you use common sense, you won't break it.

If you had asked for a cheap stout knife to practice on convex sharpening, I would have recommended a Condor.
 
marcinek said:
What are you planning to do with it? Stab some oil drums? If you cut things with an Opinel, the lock isn't going to fail.

Anyway...if you are even thinking about lock failure, then that situation demands a fixed blade.
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Agree with every word. Aside from that, what do you expect to get wehn you are asking for the cheapest, I mean the cheapest blade. On another note, if I saw someone in a restraunt cutting my food with a pocket knife I would probably get up and leave. Look in your kitchen for a knife to practice sharpening on. Those are free and more than likely need a great deal of attention. ;)
 
So long as you have two brain cells to rub together you don't have to worry about breaking your Opinel. It's a simple design that's cheap like borscht and works great. Just don't go re-enacting Cold Steel marketing videos with it and it should serve you well.
 
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