getting a knife reground to convex

[imacf90]

how possible is it to get a knife reground to full convex? for a full flat ground blade or a knife like the kershaw skyline, something like that.

 

[theamazingdrew]

Tom Krein is the man you want im not sure if he does convex, but he did some awesome work on my zdp delica.

 

[winbag338]

Just convex the edge. Thats the only thing that matters anyways.

 

[imacf90]

Just convex the edge. Thats the only thing that matters anyways.

yeah thats true but i thought it would look better. ive always loved the look of full convex blades

 

[winbag338]

I dont if theres enough metal on many knives to do a full grind.

 

[Jason B.]

Just convex the edge. Thats the only thing that matters anyways.

Not really, when a blade has a full convex from edge to spine the material being cut has a smooth flowing surface to glide past while the edge does the cutting. Less points of contact = less friction and smoother cutting, when you cut meat or chop wood the effect is easily noticed. Blade geometry plays a bigger part in cutting than the cutting edge.

 

[nevermind35]

Looking at my Skyline I can't see how it would be possible to do a full convex grind without taking out a pretty large section of the cutting edge. Its just to thin of a hollow grind for such a transformation. However I have seen a few forumites post pics of their reground Skylines and they are very cool with an extra thin slicing edge. Someone on here also reground one into a tanto edge.

 

[THG]

I convex-ground one side of my Delica using a belt sander and a DMT XXC stone.

 

[ChapmanPreferred]

Tom did a Full convex on my Spyderco Moran FB01 which comes as a full flat grind from the factory. It works really well!

He also did a full convex on my Spyderco Native Lightweight C41PBK which comes as a saber hollow grind.