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convexed millie
- Thread starter MORIMOTOM
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love a convexed blade. all mine are scratched to hell from it too. lookin good -CB
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Absolutely! I convexed my milie awhile ago and it took a loooong time (BG42). But it is definitely well worth it.
I found the same to be true with my milie too.
Yes, easily my sharpest knife now and much easier to maintain as compared to using my sharpmaker. However, I would not recommend this for everyone. If you are not familiar with convexing blades I wouldn't go practicing on your milie. Start with a cheap SAK and get the hang of it first. I found the milie to be exceptionally hard to convex. YMMV.
AK
P.S. Yes, I scratched the blade quite a bit too.
I grind at three different angles when sharpening and all my edges end up that way. I guess it starts out with re-profiling at ten degrees per side, but nonetheless they end up convex.
I agree that it's the best way to sharpen.:thumbup:
(and for heavens sake get some diamonds, it makes the whole process go ten times faster.)
Be careful with the thinned tip on that Military. Mine was so pointy it would slide into the palm of your hand with just the weight of the knife (most knives can rest point down on your hand without penetrating). Unfortunately that tip also breaks off incredibly easily... like, cleaning your fingernails easy. After re-profiling it for the second time I gave up and made it a micro tanto.
Love that Mili.
I agree that it's the best way to sharpen.:thumbup:
(and for heavens sake get some diamonds, it makes the whole process go ten times faster.)
Be careful with the thinned tip on that Military. Mine was so pointy it would slide into the palm of your hand with just the weight of the knife (most knives can rest point down on your hand without penetrating). Unfortunately that tip also breaks off incredibly easily... like, cleaning your fingernails easy. After re-profiling it for the second time I gave up and made it a micro tanto.
Love that Mili.
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it may be the lighting but it looks like you scrached the hell out of your blade. I did the same thing to mine, but I did mine with a knife grinder in 2min/w a nice strop
the scratches aren't that noticeable in person. the lighting magnified the scratches, and minimized the convex visual.
but its also been a user, so it was all scratched up anyway.
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Very nice! I'm a fan of convexed edges! I convexed my White Endura 4. Love it. Enjoy, M
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thx. it could be better, but its my first real attempt at converting a v grind to convex.
ill work on it some more tonite.
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@Joshua J., that is a beautiful convex!
At one time there was a convexing video series on youtube by nozh2002. Pretty cool stuff.
At one time there was a convexing video series on youtube by nozh2002. Pretty cool stuff.
Thank you!
It's a lot of hard work to shape the edge initially, but definitely worth it in the end. Though in this case the camera did a lot of the work, I'm also very pleased with how the pictures turned out. Normally taking pictures indoors is a huge pain, but with a small tripod and long exposure it worked pretty well.
