Glock knife scandi grind ?

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noviomagus

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I have a Glock 78. All black.

Is it a good idea to put a scandi grind on it.

Or is it better to keep the original grind.
Is the hardness of the steel in play , relatively soft, maybe it makes the edge roll easy.

I like to hear what others know or have experienced .
 
That's half the fun. Experimenting and Finding out for yourself.

And sharing with others;)

Have fun :)
 
depends...
1. are you gonna use power tools (overheat the blade)?
2. can you heat treat the blade if need be?
3. What steel is the knife?
 
Well, turning that saber grind into a zero saber grind is going to involve taking off a lot of steel. Hopefully you are not thinking about doing it by hand.

I might round the shoulders off the edge bevel and convex it. That one could do pretty easily by hand. No risk of getting the blade too hot.
 
It will only be done by hand.
No powertools here.
Only files, stones and sandpaper.

marcinek, I saw on YouTube that Mathew Culbertson did a convex edge on his Glock 78 and cut 12 waterbottles with it.
I found that pretty impressive.

Rounding off the edge bevels with sandpaper and mouse pad is the best way I assume...
 
Just reading this post on the Mathew Culbertson video by a guy named 'knife enthusiast':

"Knife Enthusiast2 jaar geleden
Just thought i would mention this. I sharpened my glock with some ceramic water stones to a mirror polished edge that cuts through phone book paper as if it was not there. I did not change the angle from its factor edge, just sharpened it. It could easily do this and can still cut down a small sapling tree with out loosing the ability to cut through note book paper very easily. This way, i was able to keep the black coating. Also note, if you ever think about cleaning this knife off with rubbing alcohol, don't. the black coating comes right off, or at least it did on mine."
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noviomagus said:
It will only be done by hand.
No powertools here.
Only files, stones and sandpaper.

marcinek, I saw on YouTube that Mathew Culbertson did a convex edge on his Glock 78 and cut 12 waterbottles with it.
I found that pretty impressive.

Rounding off the edge bevels with sandpaper and mouse pad is the best way I assume...
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I never saw it! But I do like convexing may of my edges. Its fun, I like they way they cut, and I find them very easy to maintain. I use different grits of wet/dry sandpaper to do it.

Whatever you decide, have fun and let us know how it comes out!
 
I think the Glocks are a great value for the price. If you do this, please post some pics. Best of luck if tackle it, and I hope it turns out great.
 
It's not going to be scandi.
Maybe convex, maybe just the way it is. factory edge.
Nothing exciting.
 
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I have been handsharpening the Glock 78 for more than an hour(maybe 1.5 hour I didn't measure), with all kinds of stones.
At first sandpaper mousepad system,then Japanese waterstones, which didn't go to fast, then to the diamond stones, and back to Japanese waterstones.

But I can't get the thing very sharp :confused:.

The straight part of the edge is still not paper slicing sharp .
Well it does go through paper, not as smooth as I want it to.




I have read other people's experiences with this knife.
There are basically two camps, those who totally dislike it and think it is a lousy knife or "wallhanger" as one said(I can now see why),too narrow blade for its thickness,or too thick for its width depending from which point you see it, and those who find it a good budget knife.


My Mora is quite sharp in just a few passes on the Japanese stones .
As I can get other knives quite sharp, although I'm no master at sharpening to be honest.
 
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"I have read other people's experiences with this knife.
There are basically two camps, those who totally dislike it and think it is a lousy knife or "wallhanger" as one said(I can now see why),too narrow blade for its thickness,or too thick for its width depending from which point you see it, and those who find it a good budget knife.
For a budget knife I will pick my Mora, and for stabbing, call it self defense or pig sticking other knives do this at least as well along with cutting tasks"

100% what I felt and thought after 2hrs. regrinding mine. This glock and a crappy dagger that wouldn't cut no matter how much rebeveling was done.

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The reason I got rid of it
 
noviomagus said:
Well, I tried
:D
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If it's your first shot at convexing, keep trying. Try tomorrow. There's no explanation for this, but I have heard it over and over, and I have had it happen to me many times....

Some days your sharpening mojo don't work.

Then the next day you go at it and in 5 minutes you got this razor.

Keep trying!
 
It can be sharpened.
But you really have to go at it.
Diamond sharpener/rods. ceramic also.
Belt sanders..
This is not me.
But just to make clear it can be done.
 
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