Fallkniven Sharpening?

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Mr. Wilson

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On Fallkniven's site the instructions they post for sharpening their convex edge knives are basically the same procedures to sharpen a conventional edge knive using their stones at a fixed angle. This contradicts all Bladforum posts for sharpening convex edges. Who is right? I would think the manufacture knows darn well how to sharpen his own product? Please advise before I attaempt to sharpen my F1.

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Mr. Wilson
 
Sharpening convex edges with a stone is very hard, you have to rotate the angle of the edge as you sharpen, if you do it the ordinary way, over time the convex edge would become a V grind edge, use a mouse pad and sandpaper to keep that convex edge.

I checked Fallkniven's site, and they don't actually say how to sharpen convex edges, only V grinds, unless I'm not looking hard enough.
 
its hard to do a convex properly on a stone and get it smooth and even. i use a belt sander to work up a convex edge and finish it off on a paper wheel. if you want a convex edge put on your knife contact me.
 
Applying or maintaining a convex edge with a stone isn't difficult ... Bill Moran, who was arguably the great-granddaddy of the convex edge (what he called an "appleseed" edge, IIRC) and Jerry Fisk did/do it this way. In fact most people who freehand sharpen are in fact creating a convex edge naturally, due to the inability to hold a perfect angle.

Admittedly the finished edge may not look as pretty using a benchstone as it would using abrasive paper on a softer backing, but in terms of edge performance there's no problem.
 
getting the belly even is the problem. you can convex a wharncliff blade on a stone and make it look good but a convex is hard to do on a flat stone going around a radius.
 
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