Is there a reason to stick with a V-grind over a convex?

I hand sharpen, and tend to keep a very consistant angle, although naturally my edges get slightly convexed anyway. This goes for all my knives except for my scandis, which due to the nature of the grind are superiorly easy to sharpen and KEEP flat ground. I maintain my tools at home like I would in the field and that always seems to work for me.
 
PayetteRucker said:
I hand sharpen, and tend to keep a very consistant angle, although naturally my edges get slightly convexed anyway. This goes for all my knives except for my scandis, which due to the nature of the grind are superiorly easy to sharpen and KEEP flat ground. I maintain my tools at home like I would in the field and that always seems to work for me.
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IMO that's the best practice.

I mean have you seen anyone that can put a razor's edge on anything with their "system", but then they try to sharpen an edge they mucked up in the field for the first time with their "survival stone"?

Some folks can do both, but they've been doing it a long time.
 
That's why I learned to hand sharpen and reprofile a convex blade with some sandpaper and a mousepad or belt, before I went out and bought a belt sander to make it faster. I probably wouldn't have even bothered with the sander, but I bought a BUNCH of incredibly dull knives and it would have taken me a month to reprofile them by hand.
 
MustardMan said:
That's why I learned to hand sharpen and reprofile a convex blade with some sandpaper and a mousepad or belt, before I went out and bought a belt sander to make it faster. I probably wouldn't have even bothered with the sander, but I bought a BUNCH of incredibly dull knives and it would have taken me a month to reprofile them by hand.
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Haha, sure is a good way of getting proficient at it though... I worked 4 months out of the last year and even when I was working I was actively bushcrafting. Spend 2 hours on the trail after work, grab a movie on the way home and spend two hours sharpening the knives you beat up with a 3 dollar arkansas stone while watching said movie and eating the 50 cent top london broil that's been marinating in spiced rum and pineapple juice for three days. Such is the life of the poor jobless bachelor in Idaho, though I sure can't complain.
 
as always... i keep learning new stuff on this forum...

So far, i am afraid i'll ruin my knife if i try sharpening :D But i guess you have to learn sometime right :D

I like the idea of just getting rid of the bevels... IMO (not that it matters) i think it'd be easier to sharpen that on the field than a straight V grind..
 
I also prefer the convex edge on my fixed knifes. I got use to sharping Bark River knifes and found it easier so I have converted a few others. I purchased a RC-4 from a member on another forum and it had a combo blade that I had removed to form a slightly recurve convex edge RC-4. Here is some pics.

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imho convex edges are easier to bring back to life in an out doors situation or indoors for that matter. a piece of sandpaper and any flat semi-spongy surface will suffice. a base surface with a llitle bit of give will be fine hence all of the mouse pad references. a kitchen sponge.....not so good. a small piece of 5-6oz leather glued onto a psk makes a perfect backing for the sand cloth/paper. but remember that any convexed edge can be brought to a v grind on any flat stone surface found in the field and brought up to scraping [not shaving] sharp in minutes. only murray carter can shave with a knife he sharpened on a cinder block. and i think that most people who are sharpening v grinds on stones are naturally slightly convexing their edges given the nature of the movements of the body. so i would'nt sweat it. just practice getting a satisfactory edge with both methods[convex and v grind] and you'll never feel ill-equiped.
 
The way everyone seems to be talking makes it sound like if you take your convexed knife into the bush and get lost without sandpaper you are done for. You aren't locked into one method of sharpening!
When my convexed RC4 gets a bit dull, I just swipe it a coupla times on the bottom of a cup or whatever I have on hand. If it really bothers me, I'll make it all nice when I get home. As long as it cuts, I don't care.
 
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