D-2 slipjoints

Pete1977

Pete1977

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I recently got a queen d-2 two blade congress, and while neither blade was sharp, I managed to get the sheepsfoot to an angle I like. The pen blade is another matter. I have worked it on a coarse and ultra-coarse stone for a couple of hours yesterday, and have barely made a dent in reprofiling it.

I want to edc this knife for a while, since I've never used D-2, and I'd like to see if it lives up to its reputation in my hands, but I've found myself wondering if other companies use D-2 and how their factory edges come.

Any ideas?

thanks
Peter
 
Q edges either come razor-thin or fairly thick. It will hold an edge nearly forever when you get it thinned as you like, and will sharpen fairly easily. :)
 
I like to use DMT products to reprofile blades. To me it seems that the diamond coating cuts better than the course stones and faster. I like the edge holding abilities of D2 blades that Queen uses but I am not a "hard use" type of guy.
 
I recently received a Queen D2 whittler and had no trouble at all thinning out the edge on an Edge Pro. In fact, I was amazed at how quickly I was able to thin out the pen blade. I don't think it took more than five or six strokes on each section of the blade for each grit level of stone. I covered the entire side in three sections. I was worried at how quickly the D2 steel was rebeveled. I thought that maybe my D2 was soft and defective.

I think it was just a combination of the efficiency of the Edge Pro and the the concentration of the stones on a small area of the knife blade.


Others will probably suggest this also, but try the magic marker trick to make sure that you have ground down the shoulder of the blade and are actually working on the edge. If you haven't gotten a burr, you haven't finished removing the shoulder.

Good luck and enjoy your knife. Queen makes a wonderful product.
 
Ben Dale said the Edge Pro will rip through D2 and M2 no problem with the harder steels it puts the diamond stuff to shame.
 
I bought a couple of Queen D2 slipjoints last year, and, while they are beautiful, the factory edges were dull. So I got out the sharpmaker, and with the standard rods (not the diamond ones)--- I put new edges on them relatively quickly. the edges have held up quite well, as I expect of D2.

I also recently bought a Marbles blue mammoth Ivory slipjoint with, I believe Crucible's D2 equivalent blade steel. Although the factory edges were sharper than those of the Queen-- they were not sharp enough for me. Again the sharpmaker, and the knife is now shaving sharp.
 
There are a number of manufacturers who offer D2 blades. I have a Benchmade mini-Grip, Cabelas version, and it came with a great edge. Others that come to mind are the Kabar Dozier Thorn and the Camillus Cuda. I don't know of any other production slipjoints with D2 blades, Queen seems to be the only act in town. I own a few of the Queens, and most of them came with pretty good edges, although I have reprofiled some of them to full convex grinds.
 
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