Review Kizer Domin Mini - 3 Kinds of sharp

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Kizer Domin Mini - 3 kinds of sharp

Factory Sharp
Wet Stone Grinder Sharp
Guided knife sharpener sharp

And what difference did it make , absolutely none what so ever !
The knife consistently failed at 150 slices with a rolled edge .

I love this knife , size / shape / action / how it's bolted together ... Everything except the soft blade steel .
My diamond sharpeners eat this steel much like most people eat a ham & cheese on rye !
The wet stone grinder really tore into the steel
The guided knife sharpener with diamond inserts ate the steel ..
And the edge rolled at 25 degrees twice and at 20 degrees . ( Factory edge was 25 degrees )

The blade steel really lets down what could have been a great little knife .
I sent Kizer an email about this soft knife ... Lets see what they say .
 
Well… it is a $55 knife made in China and who knows how they are heat treating these Kizers that they are pumping out in the tens of thousands. I have a few Kizers and enjoy them but I don’t expect them to hold an edge very long. I’m not personally familiar with N690 but it looks like it’s a softer steel like VG-10. You’re expectations just might be too high for this steel. My VG-10 knives don’t hold an edge long but they are extremely easy to quickly gain a sharp edge.

https://imgur.com/a/Wr7kZe9
 
This is my 2nd Kizer / second N690 ..
The first one went 400 slices ... https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/kizer-v3-vigor-factory-edge-the-rope.1827586/ Review posted

What your talking about is - Is it good N690 or bad N690 and do you compare it to good ? or bad ? steel .
I have CrMov that gives D2 a grubbing ..
Buy enough knives and test them .....
Those graphs are meaningless in the real world . Like paper horsepower VS real Dyno tested horsepower !
An engine is only as good as it is built , and the same goes for a knife .
It would be really nice , if those graphs actually translated to the real world .
Unfortunately there are just too many variables that get in the way , and the only way to know is to test and test some more .
One would need a serious test lot of knives to actually get a true idea of what steels do ..
Especially in regards to QC for any manufacturer ..

I own 2 Kizer knives ..
One is good and one is disappointing ..
So for me , that is a 50% success rate or a 50% fail rate ... Can we say that from such a small sample lot ?
Now if some one tested 100 knives and 50 were good and 50 were disappointing .. We may be able to draw some meaningful conclusions in regards to QC and your chances of getting a good knife !
This would be the proper way to do things , but I dont have the Green Backs for that .
But then if everyone tested their knives ?
 
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Again !!!! Folds @ 150 slices ...

My Tsubosan HRC tester FILES are here ..
So the Kizer gets to be the first knife to be bitten by a HRC File ..

Which file bit the steel ?
1st , if the file is softer than the steel , it will skate off the steel ...
If the file is harder than the steel , then the file will bite the steel ..
The Kizer Domin Mini was bitten by the 55 HRC file ..
 
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