It Survived! A resurrected 4.1... Pics of the project.

Riz!

Riz!

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So a guy on the FB page had bought a used 4.1 that the previous owner had really ruined by hand convexing the knife on a water stone. The new owner bought it for a steal and the asked if anyone on FB could fix the knife. I gave it a go. Here are some pics.

The condition the knife when it arrived to me



I used a sharpee to color the blade and then I could better see where I was removing steel. I kept the blade cool by dipping it into ice water. I used the 80 grit belt on my 1x30 belt sander to regrind the bevels and apply a satin finish. Then used very fine grit sharpening belts to give it a shaving sharp edge.













 
I have more to say, but while you still have it, can you snap a pic of the blade profile when it is laying flat? I want to see the sharpening choil to gage how much material was removed. Thank you for considering if it's not boxed up already!
 
I can if you want. The little fine edge on that thing will be so easy to convex. The only reason I did the entire bevels on this one was to make the finish all the same and the two sides were very uneven. I had to remove a lot of steel to save it. Aparently theres a youtube video of the guy who ruined it. Gotta find that.
 
Now I've never convexed a blade myself, but when I saw this same knife in a youtube vid (done by the original owner) I thought this was the most abused and deformed GSO I had ever seen. Riz, other than being ugly, was the edge sharp and useable? Was it an improvement over the factory edge?........ I'd like to think I know the answer to the last question.

Why didn't the guy who did this use the sharpening choil for its intended purpose instead of convexing the blade to a fraction of an inch to the bottom and leaving that weird flare?

Now that I have that out of my system.........................
Nice work! I didn't realize you had such skills. That is so cool you took on this project for a fellow enthusiast and very impressive how you were able to resurrect this blade :thumbup::thumbup:
 
Thanks bro! I will say this... It was sharp as F$&@ but one side was a nice gentle convex and the other was almost a scandi convex. It looked hideous. I didnt do any cut tests other than paper. I dont see how it was an improvement over the factory edge.
 
It was sharper than a barkie. Ive had many barkies and can say that with confidence. He basically thins out the convex of a barkie
 
Riz! said:
It was sharper than a barkie. Ive had many barkies and can say that with confidence. He basically thins out the convex of a barkie
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Well, despite the epic ugliness, it sounds like I should give him credit for obtaining the edge he wanted. I have no skills whatsoever.

And if you get a chance gimme that side angle pic!
 
Nice save Riz. It's interesting what he did or tried to do. I have seen others (virtueovice) do something similar on the BRKT thicker convex grinds. Sometimes they do the asymetrical grind for woodworking though this guy said he was not trying to...

I will say my older GSOs were not crazy sharp, none of my BRKTs have come shaving sharp, but my new 5.1 is easily shaving sharp.
 
Silver Needle said:
Skip to 4:24 to see the explanation of this sacrilege.

EDIT: Did he really say his mod brought it "on par" with the sharpness of a Bark River? Child, please.....
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I had watched some of his video's well before before this thread and some of his other comments regarding Fallkniven knives were also eyebrow raising! I don't find him buffoonish but he does give some questionable advice! This fella tries hard but I wouldn't put too much stock into what he propagates.
 
Nice work Riz...I had one of them Harbor Freight's & took it back...Just hand sharpen now,but for that kinda job U need it...
 
I'm going to start calling you Dr. Frankenstein because you brought that monstrosity back to life!

Want to tell us where you got these life giving skills from? Just years of knife use and care or is it something more?
 
Nice work!!
That one looked pretty rough, you brought it back from near death!
 
Silver Needle said:
I'm going to start calling you Dr. Frankenstein because you brought that monstrosity back to life!

Want to tell us where you got these life giving skills from? Just years of knife use and care or is it something more?
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Pretty much! I have ruined many junk knives on my belt grinder. I like to tinker with stuff so after a few years of sharpening and a couple attempts at grinding files into knives I figured some things out.
 
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