Convexed My Composite Leek

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JNieporte

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Well, I put a convex edge on my composite Leek. The first few images are the knife as it was completed.
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I've got to thank Vivi for the convexing advice :::thumbup:::
 
That knife is so cool looking.It's definitely my favorite Kershaw.


Congratulations:thumbup:
 
Looks good. You should go thinner though :D

Where in Ohio are you?

EDIT: Do you have any hollow ground Leeks? I'm curious how thin the flat ground ones get behind the edge bevel compare to the hollow ground Leeks.
 
Vivi said:
Where in Ohio are you?

EDIT: Do you have any hollow ground Leeks? I'm curious how thin the flat ground ones get behind the edge bevel compare to the hollow ground Leeks.
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No, I only have the one Leek. I'm in Cincinnati.
 
Vivi said:
I'm curious how thin the flat ground ones get behind the edge bevel compare to the hollow ground Leeks.
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Curious? You've seemingly made your mind up about us as a company and have posted so in the past (though one might wonder where those opinions came from). You've done nothing but criticize our geometry (and more), why would any of our Leeks be of interest now?

Broken records get old fast.
 
JNieporte....that looks good. What materials did you use? I'm curious as to the grits of sandpaper you used..
 
morrowj_98 said:
JNieporte....that looks good. What materials did you use? I'm curious as to the grits of sandpaper you used..
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I used a medium-grit diamond rod to remove most of the material for convexing. Then a dogbone sharpener for establishing the right edge angle. Sharpening was done on a ceramic rod until it sliced paper. Then it was worked on a sheet of 1000-grit sandpaper until it shaved hair. I stropped on a loaded belt to get rid of any burrs and to put a polish on the edge. Then a pencil eraser to finalise things. The diamond rod, dogbone, and ceramic were lubricated with Tuff Glide (try it). The sandpaper and strop were used dry, and the pencil eraser was used with just a drop of water. Everything was wiped down afterward, and the blade recieved a nice coating on the Tuff Cloth.

Vivi... it's been my EDC since I got it a few days ago. The most it's cut so far has been paper, strings and very thin rope, chicken wings, and some cardboard. It hasn't needed a touch-up, but I strop it every time I use it for something harder to cut than paper.

I just realise how great flat and convex grinds are after using a few Bark Rivers and such. I'm currently convexing a lot of my knives, so it's nothing against this knife in particular. I loved this thing as soon as it came out of its zippered pouch LOL.
I had a plain-Jane Leek about two years ago until it got stolen. From what I remember, it was made of 440A and had a good edge. It held that edge very nicely until it was stolen.
 
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The convex edge works great if you don't want to take your edges down super thin like I do. Just taking the shoulders off the factory edge bevel can be a great improvement in cutting ability.

I used a 440A Leek as a work knife when I did night stocking in a grocery store. I was surprised at it's edge holding. That knife and the Buck 110 gave me a new perspective on 440 series steels, as I was used to chinese junk steel labeled 440C before that.

It's a shame the handle on the Leek doesn't fit me better. I love the blade shape and how well the knife carries.
 
I spent some time today and put a convex edge on my composite leek. The angle is approximately 12 degrees. I used 3M sandpaper (120, 320, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000) then 100 strokes per side on a strop loaded up with Tormek honing compound. It is insanely sharp. This is my first knife with CPM-D2. I'm not a fan of the stainless handle so I stuck a piece of grip tape on non-clip side.
 
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