Microtech factory angles

[Zerobladeplay]

So today I decided to rebevel my socom elite and learned that the factory angles were above 30° on each side I find it crazy that microtech puts such a steep angle on these and to top it off the bevel was not even all the way across from factory. I still love this knife but damn it was a total pain in the ass to sharpen down to a 30° angle. Anyone else experience this from their microtechs?

 

[Mr.Wizard]

That photo is after reprofiling? The bevel doesn't look too wide now so I guess the edge was reasonably thin despite the obtuse angle. You're at 30° inclusive now?

 

[Zerobladeplay]

That photo is after reprofiling? The bevel doesn't look too wide now so I guess the edge was reasonably thin despite the obtuse angle. You're at 30° inclusive now?

I'm at 30° on each side. Which is an improvement. I prefer much lower angles but I would have been grinding away at this thing all night with my 140 grit stone. I think when I get a 50 or 100 grit stone ill bring the angle down.

 

[sickpuppy1]

That photo is after reprofiling? The bevel doesn't look too wide now so I guess the edge was reasonably thin despite the obtuse angle. You're at 30° inclusive now?

So he's at 60 degrees inclusive!!

 

[Mr.Wizard]

Yeah I misread that.

 

[Zerobladeplay]

So he's at 60 degrees inclusive!!

Yes sir. Trust me if I had a lower grit stone I would have brought the angle down much lower. Why are they putting such steep angles on knives?!

 

[Mitchell Knives]

My Ultratech is pretty steep as well.

 

[cootertwo]

My Dirac Delta DE dagger style I bought from EK Knifves is so bad, I thought it might be a clone. Very steep angles, and uneven. I have 2 new machines, a T4 Tormac and a Bucktool 8" But I'm not going to try to fix my Microtech, until I do much more research. Yea, sure, I could send it back, But I'd rather fix it myself. Sad though.

 

[pwest]

It's difficult to get a good reading on my UTX-70 from my goniometer, but my best guess is 28deg on each side.

-Phil

 

[cootertwo]

I just took the blade out of my Dirac Delta, and reworked it on my Tormac T4. After stropping, it now shaves paper. Would not, out of the box.

 

[sickpuppy1]

Not sure about an OTF, but the socom and LUDT are tactical/utility type knives and as such would benefit from a stronger thicker apex which hopefully wouldn’t require as much maintenance. Not really designed for cutting tomato slices or paper and such. Only an opinion on possibly why they do that. I wouldn’t normally want that type of edge either but trying to figure some logic to it.