Chis Reeves Knives

Hoodoo brings up an interesting pint regarding the largey (10"?) wheel. I have not had any trouble at all stropping my CRK One Piece Range knives back to kean when afield.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Hoodoo:
Just want to make a point about hollow grinds. Not all hollow grinds are created equal. The bigger the wheel, the closer the grind approaches a flat grind. I can't remember for sure but I think Chris uses a 10" wheel. Does anyone know for sure. It was discussed in an issue of a fairly recent knife mag, i.e., within the last 3 months.
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This is a good point, that of large diameter wheels resulting in something between a real hollow ground and a flat ground blade.

Add to this the final grind width before final edge is applied. I.e., how thick is the steel directly backing up the edge. Reeve keeps this final thickness at 0.030" on the large Sebenza, same for larger Kit Carson folders... this is fine, this is smart, this is not accidental.

Contrast: Busse Battle Mistress-E at 0.075" and a Brend Model 2 at 0.060"... appropriately thick behind a flat (Busse) and hollow (Brend) grind, given the knives sizes.

If you've ever seen Bud Nealy's Pesh Kabz, you know how deep a hollow grind can go. In the case of the Pesh Kabz, which has a very clever duplex grind actually (I guess that's what you'd call the hollow edge and somewhat tanto-ish point), the deep hollow grind means that part of the knife is for slicing only (3-1/2" or 5" blade), well, slashing since it's a self defense piece. You wouldn't want to chop with such a knife (and of course Bud didn't design it for that).

Anyway, some thought on the part of the maker can allow a hollow grind to support the cutting/chopping edge nearly as well as a flat grind, and the knife is a touch lighter, and if you sharpen the blade to a nub, the hollow takes less overall work as that thickness doesn't grow on you for a long time.


[This message has been edited by rdangerer (edited 03-15-2001).]
 
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