Microbevel on chisel edge?

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I like to keep my knives touched up before they get dull. When they cant shave, its time.

The few times i touched up my mini comm, i followed the whole flat of the edge bevel. Now that its time to do my CQC7A, i was thinking about a microbevel to save some time and metal.

What do you guys prefer for this kind of edge?
 
I've never done a microbevel on an Emerson simply because 154CM is really easy to sharpen. If I need a quick touch up, I usually just strop it.
 
Ive found that when these knives no longer shave, the dulling is significant enough to require just a bit more than stropping. However, i don't use a loaded strop.
 
I don't do a microbevel on Emersons either. I mostly strop mine, but I do use loaded strops... a 1 micron balsa and a .5 micron balsa. Then finish on a bare leather strop. If I need more than that, I'll use a medium or fine diamond stone, then go to the strops.
 
I prefer not to microbevel my Emersons as it leads to an eventual need to reprofile the edge.

For particularly hard utility I have a CQC-10BTS that I reprofiled the chisel edge to a convex on my Work Sharp Ken Onion. It is a breeze to touch up on said WSKO, and cuts extremely well thru a wide variety of material.
 
Officer's Match said:
I prefer not to microbevel my Emersons as it leads to an eventual need to reprofile the edge.

For particularly hard utility I have a CQC-10BTS that I reprofiled the chisel edge to a convex on my Work Sharp Ken Onion. It is a breeze to touch up on said WSKO, and cuts extremely well thru a wide variety of material.
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That's what I did with one of my Endeavors. I really like the KOWS for heavier re-beveling and maintenance. Makes that one a great cutter and it touches up pretty easily on a Sharpmaker. I relaxed the bevel angle enough to touch it up with the 20 degree SM setting. A convex edge works pretty well on a V-ground Emerson. I really like how that Endeavor cuts. I have another Endeavor that was double beveled for me by Marcel at Wicked Sharp Blades. He did an outstanding job, but I don't think it does heavy duty cuts any better than my convexed single bevel Endeavor. The double beveled one may be a better pure slicer, but I'm getting to really like single convexed bevels for harder cutting through plant stems and zip ties and stuff like that.
 
dalefuller said:
That's what I did with one of my Endeavors. I really like the KOWS for heavier re-beveling and maintenance. Makes that one a great cutter and it touches up pretty easily on a Sharpmaker. I relaxed the bevel angle enough to touch it up with the 20 degree SM setting. A convex edge works pretty well on a V-ground Emerson. I really like how that Endeavor cuts. I have another Endeavor that was double beveled for me by Marcel at Wicked Sharp Blades. He did an outstanding job, but I don't think it does heavy duty cuts any better than my convexed single bevel Endeavor. The double beveled one may be a better pure slicer, but I'm getting to really like single convexed bevels for harder cutting through plant stems and zip ties and stuff like that.
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Here's a little look at the Ten I was talking about. My son used it to cut a water-ski tow rope that got sucked back into a SeaRaider jetboat impeller and had a lot of tension on it - he was shocked at the lack of resistance as it severed the poly-rope.

 
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Officer's Match said:
Here's a little look at the Ten I was talking about. My son used to to cut a water-ski tow rope that got sucked back into a SeaRaider jetboat impeller and had a lot of tension on it - he was shocked at the lack of resistance as it severed the poly-rope.

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Using a knife that's truly sharp comes as a surprise to a lot of folks that aren't used to them. My Endeavor's not as convexed as your 10, but I'm impressed with the performance of the edge so far.

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Thats the one i wanted next the most. Sux EKI had to make it .1 inches too long for me to legally carry. Seriously, 3.6 inches??? Why???
 
I'm not even sure that a micro-bevel would improve anything.

A loaded strop costs something like $20 and works extremely well with the chisel ground Emersons.
 
Not opposed to em. Or the cost. I just like keeping my methods transferable to field expedient techniques. If i would ever have to hone on my truck window or a river rock, and strop with cardboard or my belt, its nice to have the practice beforehand to make it work well.
 
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