I don't feel a knife is "mine" and "usable" until I have sharpened it...

peacefuljeffrey

peacefuljeffrey

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Are you the same way?

I just got my Swick delivered, and although it was okay-sharp from the box, I didn't go more than a day without sharpening it. I reground the edge on a DMT Diasharp large coarse stone, and then finished the edge with a few Spyderco ceramic stones.

Oh, I also used a Dremel drill to put a "choil" between the tang and the blade, because unless you do, you really can't reach the last tiny bit of cutting edge with any stone.

Do you modify or at least sharpen your brand new knives?

Any brands that you can think of that actually really need a sharpening even when NIB? I have found that Spyderco used to, but truly doesn't anymore -- not in more than five years, anyway. And Benchmade puts out some seriously sharp stuff NIB as well.

-Jeffrey
 
Hey! You lucky devil- you are about to receive my last drunken post before I leave tomorrow for a vacation. Even drunk, I can't seem to get past my proofreading and proper spelling that I do automatically, although I am spinning long, off-topic nonsense into my posts.

I will sharpen a knife when new, if it has an edge that wont shave. Otherwise, I will use the knife for a while with the factory edge. In one particular case, I received a VG10 endura with the sharpest factory edge I have ever seen. It would shave hair without any sensation, and if you tested the sharpness with your thumb, instead of grabbing like most sharp edges do, it would sink painlessly through the tissue. I also effortlessly cut a dangling rope multiple times with zero effort with this knife. After using it for a while, I never was able to regain that level of sharpness. If I had sharpened it right away, I would never have even experienced it.
So, in conclusion, I have to take the knives on a case-by-case basis for immediate (pre-use) sharpening.
How is that for a drunken post? :D
 
Well, some of the Benchmades I've aquired needed reprofiling and sharpening (though the newer ones seem much less likely to need it).

But, as far as feeling a knife is "mine," I generally don't feel so till its spilled my blood (same as cars, bike, and other mechanical toys). Nothin' like the feeling of ownership that occurs when working on/with something and you break flesh and get an owee.

But that's just me.
 
For me, it's mine when it gets a bit of "character":) Might be anything from a "battle scar", to a bit of pocket wear, where the clip starts lose abit of paint, or G-10 starts to round off a bit from use/pocket wear, whatever. If it has a lanyard hole, I will put a lanyard on right away to make it "personal", but when it gets a bit of pocket wear, then it "feels" like mine. I've had my Delica 4 for a couple of weeks now and carrying it loose like my D3, and the FRN is just starting to wear down a bit, so it's really starting to feel like "mine":D Now, of course, there is the odd one that you get NIB, pick it up, and it feels like you've always owned one. Best ones like that for me have been SAKs (but then I always have owned one, or at least for a loooonng time), Buck 110/112, Spydie Paramilitary and Al-Mar SERE 2K. The rest have just sort of grown on me:)

- gord
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
How is that for a drunken post? :D
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If you can still type, you're not drunk enough. Have another Pig's Nose and get back to me.
 
I hear ya. I am the same way. It make come razor sharp, but its not "mine" until I have sharpened it. Like textbooks, which aren't mine until I have written in margins.
 
I dont feel like a knife is really mine until i use it with some force. If its just sitting in my pocket and maybe cuts some little things here and there i dont really feel like im used to it. I need to actually use it somewhat hard in order for me to feel like i can trust and accept it. As far as sharpening goes, ill just sharpen it if it needs to be done
 
Just bought my first sharpemer yesterday/ One of those Lansky v shaped rod plug in the wood base type units with a med grit and a fine grit rods. Read the directions a couple of times. Gave it some passes with my Timberline med wortac (aus8) which had not been sharpened since new (6 mos) thinking this aint doing nothing and ran the blade across the back of my hand and I might have well been using a razorblade.....sliced my hand real nice....wow I was impressed....think i'm gonna like sharpening!
 
Just bought my first sharpemer yesterday/ One of those Lansky v shaped rod plug in the wood base type units with a med grit and a fine grit rods. Read the directions a couple of times. Gave it some passes with my Timberline med wortac (aus8) which had not been sharpened since new (6 mos) thinking this aint doing nothing and ran the blade across the back of my hand and I might have well been using a razorblade.....sliced my hand real nice....wow I was impressed....think i'm gonna like sharpening!
 
If it has good bevels out of the box, and it's shaving sharp, I will use it until it needs sharpened. If not, then it gets sharpened immediately after unboxing. I thought I had some comfortable folders until I got the Manix, it feels like it grew in my hand.
 
I sharpen all the knives I use, so yeah, it's not "mine" unless I've sharpened it, or it's brand new and I haven't gotten around to it yet.
 
I don't really consider a knife my very own until I have cut myself with it (accidentally of course)......
 
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