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Midgetje93

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Ok. First off. I do apologize if this isn’t the right place to post this. I’m not sure where to start with this.

A few weeks ago I was given a Spyderco Para 3. I finally got around to mess with/clean it. Give it a light sharpening (I can get a clean cutting edge. But not mirror or anything fancy.)

I realize someone at some point did SOMETHING to the knife. Yes, something. I realized it’s not the standard blade shape. The para 3 has that nice blade belly. This ones doesn’t. It ALMOST looks like someone tried to recurve the blade. (Which is cool I guess?)

My question comes with it seems to be that Spyderco doesn’t replace blades. Even if you are ok buying a new one.

Where would I go/ who should I talk to if I’m looking for someone to fix the recurve I guess? I’m thinking it would take more material off to put a belly back on it. And it does have sort of a recurve edge on it. Am I just chasing a lost cause looking for someone to better profile that?

https://imgur.com/a/wNEZuzc
 
I would wonder how the re-profiling was done. If with a grinder, the heat treat could have been compromised if they were not careful. I only mention that, as I would not want to invest much into a potentially inferior product. If it were me, I would use it as is and grab a new one (one sale now and typically around Thanksgiving).

If you are set on re-profiling it again, you might reach out to David Mary on these forums.
 
Do you know if the person who gave it to you bought it from a reputable dealer? I am not an expert, but it's possible that you have a counterfeit Para 3.
 
Locutus D'Borg said:
I'm guessing that's why the guy gave away the Para 3.
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oldmanwilly said:
Do you know if the person who gave it to you bought it from a reputable dealer? I am not an expert, but it's possible that you have a counterfeit Para 3.
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It was actually given to me by my boss. It was in the lost and found bucket for months. And he knows I’m a knife guy.

I am a cook at a restaurant. So it was likely left in a booth. Most likely fell out of a pocket. I suppose it could be fake. I’ve actually never owned or messed with a Spyderco before. But it’s smooth as can be and quite sturdy.

I think it’s more likely someone damaged the blade somehow or tried to modify it. And just lost it.
 
beeinak said:
I would wonder how the re-profiling was done. If with a grinder, the heat treat could have been compromised if they were not careful. I only mention that, as I would not want to invest much into a potentially inferior product. If it were me, I would use it as is and grab a new one (one sale now and typically around Thanksgiving).

If you are set on re-profiling it again, you might reach out to David Mary on these forums.
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I really didn’t even consider the heat treat.

I will say. I’ve never messed with Spyderco. While I like this knife and am very impressed with it. I don’t think I’ll be a Spyderco guy. Most likely just gonna go in the collection. Maybe use it occasionally. I’ve got it decently sharp as is. Definitely useable. But does resemble a love child of the Para 3 and a Kershaw Blur 🤣. And I kinda dig that. Hence why I thought about trying to find someone with knowledge and skill to just kind of clean up that profile.
 
Midgetje93 said:
It was actually given to me by my boss. It was in the lost and found bucket for months. And he knows I’m a knife guy.

I am a cook at a restaurant. So it was likely left in a booth. Most likely fell out of a pocket. I suppose it could be fake. I’ve actually never owned or messed with a Spyderco before. But it’s smooth as can be and quite sturdy.

I think it’s more likely someone damaged the blade somehow or tried to modify it. And just lost it.
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Ah, well a free knife is the best knife. Maybe the previous owner just used too much pressure in sharpening, thus creating the recurve.

If I was you, I'd just keep it sharp and use it like a rented mule.
 
Midgetje93 said:
I really didn’t even consider the heat treat.

I will say. I’ve never messed with Spyderco. While I like this knife and am very impressed with it. I don’t think I’ll be a Spyderco guy. Most likely just gonna go in the collection. Maybe use it occasionally. I’ve got it decently sharp as is. Definitely useable. But does resemble a love child of the Para 3 and a Kershaw Blur 🤣. And I kinda dig that. Hence why I thought about trying to find someone with knowledge and skill to just kind of clean up that profile.
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I am a Spyderco fan and they offer so many sizes, styles, steels that most folks can find one they like.

Having an extra ‘user’ around certainly doesn’t hurt. At least the price was right!🤪
 
oldmanwilly said:
Ah, well a free knife is the best knife. Maybe the previous owner just used too much pressure in sharpening, thus creating the recurve.

If I was you, I'd just keep it sharp and use it like a rented mule.
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Definitely can’t complain for a free knife. Even the off chance it is fake.

And I planed to. I just posted above. First thought was “someone didn’t know how to sharpen a knife” but then, it’s a nearly $200 knife. Why buy it if you can’t do basic sharpening?

I do wonder if it was an attempt to modify intentionally. It’s not a horrible job. I’ve gotten a decent edge on it as is.
 
You may want call Spyderco and talk to them. They do offer a sharpening service I've read on here in the past it's just $5.00, but I'm not sure if they would reprofile the edge to get rid of the recurve or not.

But if it is a fake they will probably destroy it as most manufacturers do. The pictures aren't detailed enough to see any tell tale signs to say if it is real or fake.
 
beeinak said:
I am a Spyderco fan and they offer so many sizes, styles, steels that most folks can find one they like.

Having an extra ‘user’ around certainly doesn’t hurt. At least the price was right!🤪
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Oh absolutely! I posted the knife originally in the Spyderco owner section.

There is a lot I love about it! Obviously the hole, the lock is cool as hell. It’s a very impressive knife. Just not the one for me every day.

Plus I’m kind of a Benchmade guy. Love and hate them. But it is what it is. They were good to us while overseas.

My favorite knife is the BM 555.
https://imgur.com/a/We7HOWv

Spyderco style hole is perfect! I favor the smaller size hole. But I love BM’s Axis lock. Super fidgety
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
You may want call Spyderco and talk to them. They do offer a sharpening service I've read on here in the past it's just $5.00, but I'm not sure if they would reprofile the edge to get rid of the recurve or not.

But if it is a fake they will probably destroy it as most manufacturers do. The pictures aren't detailed enough to see any tell tale signs to say if it is real or fake.
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I sent them a email to see what my options are. And thoughts on the reprofile to get rid of the recurve would probably result in loss of more blade than warranted.

Sooo I’m thinking 1.) leave it as is and rock the user knife. Or 2.) put a little $ to have someone rock the recurve and just reprofile it enough to clean up the “home recurve job”
 
Midgetje93 said:
Oh absolutely! I posted the knife originally in the Spyderco owner section.

There is a lot I love about it! Obviously the hole, the lock is cool as hell. It’s a very impressive knife. Just not the one for me every day.

Plus I’m kind of a Benchmade guy. Love and hate them. But it is what it is. They were good to us while overseas.

My favorite knife is the BM 555.
https://imgur.com/a/We7HOWv

Spyderco style hole is perfect! I favor the smaller size hole. But I love BM’s Axis lock. Super fidgety
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My wife carries an axis Benchmade and just loves it. So many great knives to allow choices.
Stay safe
 
Almost looks like they used a belt sharpener and kept the blade on too long when they first placed it without moving it which caused the belly to flatten and turn into a recurve or nearly there.
 
Previous owner may have also tried to remove a chip in the blade. At least now you have a knife you can use hard and not feel any remorse. Who knows, maybe it will make you a Spyderco guy? 🕷️
 
That sort of recurve will also happen if all of the previous sharpenings by the previous owner were done with heavy grinding pressure against a rod-type sharpener like a diamond rod, etc.. An awful lot of kitchen chef's knives which have been exclusively maintained only on kitchen honing rods end up looking like that, with that recurve in them. It happens because the rods focus pressure into a very narrow contact point along the edge, with the vast majority of the grinding taking place in the area forward of the heel and aft of the tip of the blade. So a disproportionate amount of steel gets removed in the central portion of the blade, creating the recurve.
 
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I am guessing, like others, that this was sharpened on a belt grinder (or motorized Work Sharp-thing) or some manner of rod V-sharpener. You can send it to BGM for a regrind, but the finish will come off.

You can also check out Gersh, who has a forum here and makes reblades. You can keep the current blade as a back up. Alternatively, you can try to post on the "Want to Buy" portion of the site.
 
SCTorrero said:
I am guessing, like others, that this was sharpened on a belt grinder (or motorized Work Sharp-thing) or some manner of rod V-sharpener. You can send it to BGM for a regrind, but the finish will come off.

You can also check out Gersh, who has a forum here and makes reblades. You can keep the current blade as a back up. Alternatively, you can try to post on the "Want to Buy" portion of the site.
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I definitely don’t want to sell! Lol. I actually kinda dig it. I figured it was poor sharpening technique. And as I stated above. It does take an edge. So as a work knife it’s 100% good to go. I was just curious if it would be doable/worth while to have someone clean it up and make the “recurve” a little bit more refined and uniform. Essentially turning from an accidental recurve into a proper intentional recurve. If that makes sense.
 
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