CRKT M16-13 grind?

Triton

Triton

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I've been wanting one of these and posted some want adds in the knife exchange. A gentleman contacted me saying he had one and we agreed upon a price. However he did mention that this particular knife has a "chisel grind edge." Is that standard on these knives? I don't particularly like that grind but if that's what they all have I suppose I'll go through with the sale. If it is not standard I guess I'll just bite the bullet and buy a new one.

Thanks
 
The M16-13 doesn't have a true "chisel grind" like, say, their K.I.S.S. or some Emersons, where both the primary and final grinds are on one side only.

On the M16-13, the primary grind is symmetrical, making for a diamond-shaped cross-section. The final grind, though, is assymetrical, mostly done on one side, with little more than burr removal done to the other.

In practice, this isn't noticable: it cuts straight as a fully symmetric grind, as far as I can tell.

A true assymetrical grind can be a problem, though; it's difficult to cut straight with one, especially when the grind side is towards the off hand, like the K.I.S.S. and Emersons already mentioned.

(Many kitchen knives are chisel ground, but on the correct side (for righthanded users, at least), and this is actually an advantage when slicing soft foods.)
 
The Partially Serrated ones have a chisel edge, I think. V ground bevels, but the edge bevel is a chisel
 
My marine buddy came back for a visit this past week, brought his M-16 with him. Not a knife man, but handled one, liked it, so bought one for himself. I offered to sharpen it for him...

Got out the Lansky set, and as I start fooling around with black marker on the edge to get angles right, I realize the angle of the edge actually changes, from around 20 deg near the handle, all the way up to >35 deg at the tip.

How the heck do you sharpen one of these? Even freehand, that's got to be a huge pain! Poking around the forums here, I haven't ever even come across mention of this sort of grind. What gives?
 
no biggie, just sharpen it like ya would an emerson, flat stone, raise a burr on one side, strop, i had a ti '13 and thats what i did.
 
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