ESEE's take a good convex?

[aznfootball7]

Hey everyone, I want to buy an ESEE knife soon and i was just wondering if anyone here had some first hand experience with ESEE's and convex edges.
I like convex edges A LOT soo i was wondering if anyone knew if ESEE knives took a nice convex. No problems with breaking or anything.

So, anyone with some first hand experience? Also how long would it take to convex sayy an ESEE 4 by hand on a mouse pad and sandpaper?
Thanks guys

 

[Calebklyne]

I did my 4 and it's gets hair whittling sharp in just a couple minutes and is an awesome all around knife now

 

[Ultimate]

They will take it just fine. Mine are V's but plenty of people convex theirs without problem.

 

[aznfootball7]

I did my 4 and it's gets hair whittling sharp in just a couple minutes and is an awesome all around knife now

Oh awesome! Was it difficult to convex or do you have a belt sander? Or did someone do it for you?

 

[Pea-Ta]

I did my Izula 4 and 6

takes a convex really well.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=803984

 

[adaman04]

Yep, they'll convex nicely. Knives Ship Free has some great videos on convexing.

 

[Calebklyne]

Oh awesome! Was it difficult to convex or do you have a belt sander? Or did someone do it for you?

I used sandpaper and some foam but a mousepad would work just fine, and I sharpen with a cosmetic buffer block and a leather strop

 

[GhostRing]

Izula, sandpaper, and mousepad here.
My first attempt at any edge/bevel modification, pretty happy with the results so far...

 

[Wandering_About]

These are all convexed.

I do it by hand on stones.

 

[bigcountry1315]

rocketbomb can you explain how to convex an edge on hand stones? Thanks in advance.


Mike

 

[Wandering_About]

I sharpen on both forward and backward strokes and just don't worry about holding the angle perfect. Kinda stumbled upon the method after figuring out I suck at sharpening a normal V-ground edge on stones without some sort of jig.

Use a strop for maintaining most of the time but go back to stones for major sharpening.

 

[Undertow82]

These are all convexed.

I do it by hand on stones.

Is that polished one an Izula with a saber grind? If so, when is it from?

 

[USMCSergeant]

Yeah they take a great convex, and they hold the edge very well. Apologies for the bad pics / low light

Blade up close

 

[richard j]

here is one i did for a member http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9088860&postcount=24

 

[bigcountry1315]

Thanks Rocketbomb for the info.



Mike

 

[Wandering_About]

Is that polished one an Izula with a saber grind? If so, when is it from?

That's one of the Izula prototypes. They were given away by random drawing way back when. It is saber ground and 3/16" thick.

 

[R.A.T.]

I used a file to break the shoulders on an Izula, then finished it out on a piece of emery cloth on top of a mouse pad. It's wicked sharp. Took about 10 minutes total.

 

[Undertow82]

That's one of the Izula prototypes. They were given away by random drawing way back when. It is saber ground and 3/16" thick.

Oh wow, that's a cool piece to have.

 

[WTForce]

I actually like my 5 with a convex more than V grind, takes me about 20 mins on sandpaper and leather to get it sharp again

 

[HoosierQ]

My ESEE-5 is convexed...and stripped. My only ESEE tha has either treatment. Very very sharp...no sharper than factory mind you...by any significant margin anyway.