Edge Pro - Trouble getting tip of long fixed blade sharp

[MaxFactor]

Hi all,

I've had my Edge Pro for a few years now and have basically used it to sharpen my folding knifes (basically all blades under 4") and maybe one or two 5" fixed blades.

I recently sharpened a coworkers cheap fixed blade which turned out pretty well, although the tip was a pain because of some cheesy serrations on the backside. Anyway, earlier this week he gave me his buddies KA-BAR to sharpen and it's been an effing nightmare.

The rear part of the blade that's straight was easy to sharpen but the tip has me at my wits end. Not only does the grind seem to be horribly uneven, the edge is absurdly wide. I had to reset the angle of the Edge Pro to nearly the top of the stationary rod and even then I've basically ended up reprofiling the tip, taking off way more material and putting in more time than I'd intended. Am I doing something wrong or should I just chalk it up to a poorly ground blade?

Any advice?

 

[Niddhogg]

While I was still in the service, I'd bring the Apex with me when I was on duty and sharpen the guys in the Barracks knives while I was there. I say that to say this- I spent a long time working on badly kept Fixed Blades- and getting the tip done up right was always a hassle. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the system now, but what seemed to work for me was to just go ahead and establish a new bevel on all the cheap "Tacti-cool" blades, and to use a sharpie on the tip to tell me if I was making an impact on the edge. I always assumed it was just due to poorly ground blades.

 

[MaxFactor]

While I was still in the service, I'd bring the Apex with me when I was on duty and sharpen the guys in the Barracks knives while I was there. I say that to say this- I spent a long time working on badly kept Fixed Blades- and getting the tip done up right was always a hassle. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the system now, but what seemed to work for me was to just go ahead and establish a new bevel on all the cheap "Tacti-cool" blades, and to use a sharpie on the tip to tell me if I was making an impact on the edge. I always assumed it was just due to poorly ground blades.

I appreciate your reply Niddhogg.

I've nearly always had to establish a new bevel on my friends' knives, most of them being less expensive/lower quality fixed blades. And I'm definitely familiar with the sharpie method. I guess the issue was just the super wide bevel at the tip. I'm still not sure if it came from the factory that way or if the guy just tried sharpening it himself. I basically just kept going at it until I was tired of trying to reprofile the tip. Admittedly, not my best sharpening job. Either way, I gave it back to the guy and he seemed happy enough with it that he gave me $20 for the trouble.