Commander grind?

mr44

mr44

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Isn't the Commander supposed to be double ground? I have the pic of the two knives from the Emerson site as my Windows wallpaper, and from where I sit the edges look double ground to me.

However, I was recently in S & R Knives, a shop up here in Canada, and was handling a serrated Commander that was most definitely ground on only one side of the blade. I will assume that this was a recent production model, since they had just gotten a fresh shipment in from Emerson, and the CQC7B that I bought that night said "2000" on the blade.

What gives? My boss wants to buy me a Commander as a bonus, (Yeeeee Haaaawwww!!!) but I'm not sure if I want one that is chisel ground... (Even though it'll probably never get carried or used!)

PM
 
It's not a true chisel grind because it isn't completely flat on the other side. The Commander is double ground but there is only a secondary bevel on one side.

So it's like a knife that's double ground, but it's only sharpened on one side. Kind of like halfway between chisel and double ground. I wish Emerson would do one or the other for the Commander.

Jason
 
Yeah, what Jason said!!

There are some reasons that the Commander is sharpened on one side. Edge strength is one. The knife will take a very keen edge and is easy to bring back up.

Something else you will notice is that our serrations line up with the rest of the edge. Something that most combo edge knives cannot say.

Take care,
Derek
 
Thanks guys...

If that's how the edge is supposed to be, then who am I to complain? Now I just hope they're not sold out already :-)

Derek - Yes, I did indeed notice that your combo edge is superior to most. I normally dislike combo edges AND blade coatings, but my new black-ti CCQ7B has a combo edge, and it's my current favorite. Go figure.

If I recall, the Benchmade CQC has far too much of the already short blade serrated, and the serrations look somehow out of place...
 
Never mind single, seconday, double or any other kind of bevel !

Who do you work for that buys you an Emerson as a bonus and can we all work there ?

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well i hope that there are still some left at s&r since i was planing on getting one in the next couple of days, i know that there were 8 left middle of last week

bayden
 
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