Kershaw Outcast Sharpening angle

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Anyone have any idea what the Outcasts sharpening angle is? It appears to be over 30˚. Is that right? Seems awfully steep to me. My hatchet is not that steep
 
i would convex the edge on that puppy in a second...would probably cut alot better....ryan
 
It is indeed very steep. I would say over 40 inclusive. Big league +1 on convexing the edge.
 
Thanks honestly I don't know if I am up to the task it. Maybe just because I have not done it before but it seems it is one thing to convex a smaller blade that is already sharp and a whole different animal when we are talking about reshaping a much larger blade, especially a recurve. Maybe you can give me some pointers.
Please excuse the ignorance and crudeness of the illustrations but hopefully they will help clarify what I am asking.
First if I convex the edge as it is wouldn't that give me a rounded edge with a shape like FMJ .45 slug? Like the illustration below
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Does not seem like that would be very sharp
So would I want to put a 25˚ to 30˚ scandi edge on it to allow myself some room to work? That is alot of material to remove. Maybe use my Gatco sharpening kit to keep the bevel uniform along the whole blade? Than convex the edge
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Which brings up the last couple of questions. How do I go about convexing a 9.5 inch recurve? Work the whole edge or do the blade in sections by curve?
Than the very last maybe should have been the first and only question as this is a working camping blade wouldn't a scandi edge work be easier to maintain? Thanks for your time and help
 
You can also get the job done with coarse sandpaper, if you want to do it yourself.
 
I've convexed mine, and did it with a belt sander.

With that much D2 steel, sandpaper could take a while, but it can be done. Clip the sandpaper to something with a little give, like a mousepad or piece of corrugated cardboard.

Honestly, it would be worth the $$ to have richard j do it. His stuff comes back extremely sharp!
 
Now you tell me....
Yesterday was a cold lazy snow day so we sat home with a fire and had a Quentin Tarantino marathon. Decided to get started on reshaping my Outcast's blade while watching the movies. I started putting a 30˚ edge on my Outcast using my Gatco sharpening kit, per my plan above. Man what is this blade made of? My course stone had never been used before I mean really who needs that thing? But since I was taking off alot of material figured it would be a good start. The stone is almost gone. I may be able to flatten it out one more time and get bit more use out of it but I still do not have the new edge roughed in on the tip and part of the base. Soon as I have that done I'll hit it with a medium stone to clean up the bigger gouges. Than I will be using sandpaper and lap compound to convex the blade.
 
Dang serious? I missed that. :eek: Is that what that means?

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Seriously I knew that was just saying that D2 is hard and I mean brutally HARD
 
J_Curd said:
It's pretty ridonkulous.

(says the guy who convexed one way back by hand for 8 hours)
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How did it turn out? Was it worth the effort? Did you convex the existing edge or did you change the angle before convexing your blade? Is it difficult to maintain or does the D2 hold up without needing to be touched up during your hunting / camping trip? What grit sandpaper did you start with?
 
it took me a little while to convex the edge on macgregor22's outcast on the belt sander but i wouldnt want to attempt it by hand.
 
richard j said:
it took me a little while to convex the edge on macgregor22's outcast on the belt sander but i wouldnt want to attempt it by hand.
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Hope its OK to post these pics because they show what nice work you do

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How long did it take? Is it going to be time consuming to maintain? Can you e-mail me your phone number
 
since macgregor left it i took my time but it probably took a couple of hours give or take.
 
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