First Reprofile

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One of the knives I just received was a Sage 1. Nice knife, but dull!!!
It was barely able to cut paper. Dullest out of box Spydie yet. :mad:

I tried a touchup at 30 degrees. It felt sharper, but most of the sharpie mark was still left on the edge.

The left side was starting a new bevel, and the right side was just hitting the shoulder. I figured if I couldn't fix it, I could always send it to Spyderco to sharpen. Out came the Diamond rods. :eek:

The Diamond rods removed all the sharpie, and made a straight edge.
Then used Medium, Fine, and Ultra Fine. Now it's sharp.

Under 10X, the edge is definitely "toothy", but it shaves.
Looks like 20 passes gets it sharp, but it will take a lot more for polish.

None of my knives have a polished edge yet, but all are sharp.
I may go for "polish" later, but right now I'm happy.
It feels good to know I can fix an edge if it gets messed up. :D
 
Congrats on your first reprofiling. BTW, you can keep a toothy edge. Many people prefer this way. All depends on your use. S30V is good toothy.
 
I kind of like the toothy edge for doing any kind of work. I have the same edge on my Military and Manix 2 XL. The Delica and Endura is less toothy, but still not polished. It's a lot less work to get a toothy edge.

If I decide to polish anything, it will probably be the Caly 3.5 CF with ZDP-189 steel.
 
You got it, the way I think about it is you cannot be sure exactly which angle it comes from the factory, so the first time you sharpen it you cannot just touch it up unless you are stroping (really light touch up). If you try to touch it up, you will almost for sure use a different angle and not apex. So you have to get out the coarser stuff and put your edge on it, which I like doing anyway so I know exactly what each knife has. Bummer that Sage came dull, very rare for Spyderco, but in the grand scheme of things, not a big deal. If you look closely at brand new knives, you will probably notice slightly uneven grinds, usually they look good when only looking at one side, but if you compare the two sides they are often different, and that is noticeable at the tip. I am not positive how factories put edges on their knives, but the process probably has room for human error.
 
I'll second that S30V likes a toothy edge for work. ZDP, however, does very well with a polished fine edge. Different strokes for different alloys... and tasks.
 
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