Convex grind on an.....OPINEL?

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Lavan

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I swear. Not much, but when I run the blade between my fingers, it sure ...feels...like it's convex. Very slight, but doesn't feel flat.

:confused: :confused:
 
It took you long enough to figure it out! :D

If you hold a blade up to the light and turn it back and forth slowly, you should see the curved pattern the light makes on the surface.
 
Lavan said:
I swear. Not much, but when I run the blade between my fingers, it sure ...feels...like it's convex. Very slight, but doesn't feel flat.
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I'm surprised you didn't know it was a convex grind. It is certainly not an industry secret. In fact, it has been posted about quite extensively on this forum.
 
It is a very light curvature , and some of them are flat, I have handled a few which are even flat on one side and convex on the other.

-Cliff
 
I'm surprised you didn't know it was a convex grind.
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Never....repeat.....NEVER....be surprised at what ....I.... don't know.

:D :foot:

But, in my defense, I have a good memory.

Incidentally, did anyone know that Opinels have a convex grind?

:D :D :p :D
 
If you hold a blade up to the light and turn it back and forth slowly
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I tried that. Got such a buzz that now I'm earning "knife money" by showing my Opinel on sunny days in da 'hood.

;)
 
yobbos1 said:
Funny, my stainless #8's are convex and my carbon #7's are flat.
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I've run into that. I think that the smaller the opi the less the convex shows up or is even there. I look at my number 7 and it is a very small degree of convex, but my #12 is very noticable. My # 9 is a moderate degree of convex.

Opinels are the most under rated knife out there. They cut great.
 
Good to know , I,ve only sharpened mine two or three times . I resharpened it like a regular double bevel flat grind . Can I just start sharpening it like a convex grind should be sharpened ?
 
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