Lum Fixed blade sharpening ?

[Lone Hunter]

Love the knife, but how do I sharpen the "appleseed" grind,which I take it to be the front part of the tanto as that appears to be some type of convex grind.Thanks.

 

[VampyreWolf]

http://home.nycap.rr.com/sosak/convex.htm

1200grit sandpaper and a mouse pad do well.

 

[Lone Hunter]

Thanks.I picked up some wet/dry and will give it a try.

 

[GarageBoy]

Whoa, you have to polish at the entire side of the blade?

 

[VampyreWolf]

for the convex portions, yes.

I use everything from 80 to 1500 grit dry wood paper(cheapest stuff when you buy single sheets) on my convex edges. Can get a nice edge going.

My ss pe 'fly has a convex and I haven't touched the edge since july 30th or 31st. Sees daily abuse(24/7 neck carry). Have a couple spots on it that could get touched up, take me 5min.

 

[GarageBoy]

THe site shows the blade lying flat, so you thin the blade?

 

[VampyreWolf]

you don't take enough mat'l off the blade to notice for a LONG time.

have a look at some old convex knives. I've seen SAK blades that were convex sharpened for 30-40yrs before being replaced by a new one.