How to sharpen an AK-47?

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Has anybody here ever had to sharpen an AK-47? I would like to hear about how you did it & if you were happy with the results.
 
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i remember jerry saying that it may be a bad idea to sharpen it yourself. the idea being that with a sword like this that will under go high levels of stress due to its length, its essential to have accurate and complete eveness from side to side in the edge profile to prevent points of increased stress.

to be on the safe side, im sure you could send it in to busse combat asking for it to be made sharper...
 
Speaking of sharpening, the mole jack i got this morning wasn't is sharp as I was hopeing. It has a pretty thick edge on it and is gonna need a bit of work. Has anyone had the same problem??

Not taking anything away from the knife though, very nice and functional..
 
SethMurdoc said:
i remember jerry saying that it may be a bad idea to sharpen it yourself. the idea being that with a sword like this that will under go high levels of stress due to its length, its essential to have accurate and complete eveness from side to side in the edge profile to prevent points of increased stress.

That does not sound right to me. If it is too delicate to be resharpened by mere mortals, how can it withstand all of the abuse shown in some of the threads on this forum? Then again, that could be why the amateur home sharpeners in the Idahoskunk pictures are practicing on cheap Brand X versions instead of a genuine AK-47.
 
guyfalks said:
That does not sound right to me. If it is too delicate to be resharpened by mere mortals, how can it withstand all of the abuse shown in some of the threads on this forum? Then again, that could be why the amateur home sharpeners in the Idahoskunk pictures are practicing on cheap Brand X versions instead of a genuine AK-47.

its able to be thrown into trees because its made semetrical by busse, and its heat treat/steel are busse quality.

on a sword, the stresses are greater then on a knife because of its extended length. if you use something like the edgepro apex and agressively sharpen the center of the sword on the right side, but leave the rest only lightly sharpened, you'll induce a level of stress in a localized area - causing the already great stresses to be applified.


chances are - you'll never see any of this in real world use, but thats the logic behind it.


alright, i tried a pretty extensive search for the thread i was looking for, and i cant find it. i may be imagining that post out of nothing, and i could be completely wrong.

the sword is 3/16" thick infi, so i doubt it'll break if you sharpen it wrong.
 
AHA! it was coating removal i was thinking of. it was brought up that excessive removal of metal during coating removal could end up bowing the blade slighty and putting undue stress on it....

so it wasnt in regards to sharpening... sorry bout that
 
I will say it once again, Crock Stick.

On INFI, use a crock stick to raise a burr, this by itself will be an adequate working edge, strop it with cloth or leather and even Compound if you want it sharper than that.

Got a Chip or deformation? Use a Crock Stick to Strop it back into place.

For almost seven years this is how I have dealt with INFI.

So let it be Written, So let it be done!!!
 
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