My PSK knife

Jason B.

Jason B.

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I have seen many knives in this part of the fourm that look almost to small to be usefull. I was very wrong about that, about a year ago my brother got me a TOPS baghdad box cutter. This knife is 1/4in thick and even when I gave it a high stright bevel it still cut like crap. I gave it a convex bevel in hope that it would cut better but still no luck. I finally decided to take the convex bevel a little higher, now it cuts like a champ.

I thought I would never use this knife because it never did anything well. It has now found its rightful place with the rest of my outdoor gear.

What ya think
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Cut this notch like soft butter :D
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Nothing like a good convex, I need to get some pics up of the knife I have going. Good job man.:thumbup:
 
Thanks, this little project took forever TOPS 1095 is not easy to grind with sandpaper.
 
Great work buddy, TOPS makes some awesome knives but their grinds are always too thick !
 
Good job on the edge work :thumbup:

I can almost see my own reflection in that thing :D
 
Looks good! I bet the spine of that knife at 1/4" thick is really comfy on the thumbs for push cutting! I think 1/4" is overkill on a knife that size but you put the effort where it needs its the most.

So how long did it take to strop that much metal off and how many sheets of 120 grit?
 
Took about a hour with 80 grit, used 2 sheets. Its like grinding tool steel!
 
Nice job reprofiling that one! It goes to show you that these small blades can be effective despite their size.

My JK Stomper Tin Knife did this work in very little time:

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