Fallknivens chipping?

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Have you ever had your fallknivens chip on you? I know there are plenty on production knives and customs in 1095, but these knives really appeal to me for some reason. I've heard that they chip though. But I've also heard they make thier cg-10 very tough. Can any fallkniven users help me out?
 
I have a Thor Bowie in VG-10. I've used it some, it has yet to show any signs of chipping, and realy holds an edge well.

...but I have not hit any rocks or hard knots with it yet, so I can't say how the edge will react to that kind of hard use/abuse.
 
I can say first hand that I used my brand new F1 this weekend, to do some very hard batoning through some very dense pine wood to start a fire. I beat the crap out of it for hours, batoning, shaving, cutting, and chopping at wood. After all that, and then doing it again to start another fire the following morning, the F1 is scratched up, and the thermorun handle has a few nicks in it near the hilt of the blade. I think I may have some chipping in a couple places on the blade, but if so it is very very minor (almost invisible to the naked eye) and will most likely be cured by stropping. After all that use, the knife is still sharp enough to cut paper.

-Freq
 
I had some very minor micro chipping on my Fallkniven A2 (VG10 @ 59HRC) after a day of batoning. I also had some edge rolling and micro chipping on my Bark River Bravo 2 (A2 Carbon steel @RC58-59) after batoning the same wood side by side against the Fallkniven.

A quick sharpening refreshed both blades easily (i.e edge damage was minor).

Both blades were full convex, and both knives had the factory edge at the time. I have since changed the sharpening angle to a slightly less acute angle and have had no further chipping.

Kevin
 
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Mine got micro chips from sharpening it on a Japanese water stone.

Fallkniven have a heck of a reputation and are much loved but I think there are other production knives that offer better "value" for money.
 
Depends on what you want to do with the knife.

VG10 works better as a blade steel for slicers than for choppers. I would not expect it to chip unless you were chopping. It is no worse in this regard than 440C. I've used an outdoor knife with a 440C blade for years with no chipping.
 
Yep, no matter how much I like Fällknivens, VG-10 steel tend to chip. I've had more than minor chippings on F1 and A1. And its edge retention is good, but not on the same par with CPM3V or SR-101.

On the other hand, Fällknivens are very easy to sharpen. After all, knives are primarily for slicing and cutting stuff, and for these purposes Fällknivens are among the very best.
 
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