Convexing a knife with serrations

PartialSerrations

PartialSerrations

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Is this a difficult task or is it just like a regular plain edged blade? I have to believe it takes longer due to the serrations. I would love to hear opinions or any one experienced in this task. Thx
 
Are you talking about convexing the primary grind or removing the serrations entirely and convexing the edge?

By hand it could take a bit removing the serrations, but i've made some decent recurves actually grinding off serrations instead of just shortening the height of the entire blade.
 
230grains said:
Are you talking about convexing the primary grind or removing the serrations entirely and convexing the edge?

By hand it could take a bit removing the serrations, but i've made some decent recurves actually grinding off serrations instead of just shortening the height of the entire blade.
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completely removing the serrations Sir
 
I've done it to a couple of folders but I used a belt sander to do it. As long as you do it with relatively light quick passes and don't overheat the blade it can be done with no ill effects that I can see in using my knives. You will definitely shorten the width of the blade by approximately the height of the deepest serrations if you want to leave no trace of them at all. I wouldn't consider doing it without a belt sander unless you are a knife sharpening masochist.

I used a harbor freight 1 x30 belt sander using a coarse grit belt around 120 grit to start until the serrations were all gone then just worked both sides of the blade edge to convex using the belts up to 600 grit. Once the convex is on there it is very easy to sharpen using a mousepad and sandpaper or just a ceramic rod in the field with just a few passes.
 
everything is possible except putting metal back on the blade, it's gonna take a looooong time but eventually you'll be able to do it
 
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