Factory Chisel Grinds?

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Another thread got me thinking about chisel ground knives.

I know a few factory knives with chisel grinds (Gerber Ridge, CRKT K.I.S.S.), and I was wondering if there are others.

I thought I would ask the question here, so that others could see the answers, too.

Remember: pictures are good!
 
Emerson cqc 7 comes to mind

I don't own one so I don't have any pictures for you, but I did just order one today so that's about to change.
 
theAntihero said:
I honestly have never gotten chisel grinds......
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A chisel ground blade can achieve a lower edge bevel degree than a double ground blade. Another way to look at it is that you have to remove less material to achieve a certain bevel angle, making it stronger than a conventional blade with the same bevel angle.

The downside of this is that the knife will try to "push" in one direction or the other (I think it pushes in the direction away from the bevel side), meaning you get angled cuts if you don't compensate.

For me, the best thing about chisel grinds is that they are easier to sharpen. I'm a stubborn clod who keeps trying to learn how to freehand sharpen, without the requisite patience to have consistent success.
 
I love chisel or single bevel knives.


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sharpening them is easier said than done, but thats the fun part right?
 
Lots of Emerson's are chisel ground, its sorta their thing, not that they own it or they're the only ones that do it but they're big on it.
 
Here's my Timberline Emerson-Neely Specwar. I love the way it looks and feels I just can't decide on how I feel about the grind.
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In the late 90's, Buck made some coated blades that were chisel sharpened. The coatings were TiN, ZrN, and TiAlN. These very hard coatings were exposed on the micro edge, so that in use, the steel would wear away in preference to the coating. This made the knives self sharpening. The trade name for the single bevel coated blades was Buckcote. A little tricky to sharpen, but I just love them. They are inherently twice as sharp as a double bevel knife. That and the 82+ HRC edge make these things cut like laser for a long time.
 
tiguy7 said:
In the late 90's, Buck made some coated blades that were chisel sharpened. The coatings were TiN, ZrN, and TiAlN. These very hard coatings were exposed on the micro edge, so that in use, the steel would wear away in preference to the coating. This made the knives self sharpening. The trade name for the single bevel coated blades was Buckcote. A little tricky to sharpen, but I just love them. They are inherently twice as sharp as a double bevel knife. That and the 82+ HRC edge make these things cut like laser for a long time.
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82 hrc?
 
The Titanium Nitride (TiN) is 82 same as Vanadium Carbide. The Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) is 85 HRC. The Titanium Aluminum Nitride (TiAlN) is 92 HRC. These hard coatings are used extensively on tool bits and drills. Sometimes they are layered to increase shock resistance, heat resistance, and wear resistance.
 
Benchmade Infidel is chisel grind. Doesn't stay sharp very long, and can be nasty to touch up.
 
Production knives always have the grind on the wrong side for right handed users .looks better on the ads I suppose
 
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