New Fallkniven A1 - chipped

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davidcole

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I just bought a new Fallkniven A1. Out of the box it wasn't very sharp and after one use to sharpen a stick, i have visible chips on the blade edge. Is this a badly sharpened factory edge? None of the sharpening tips say what to do in this case. I assume i run the stone across the edge to remove chips then sharpen as normal? Does that sound right?
 
Often, original edges can be weak. Resharpen it and see if it happens again.
 
I know from experience by buying and owning a lot of Fallknivens over the years that ALL of mine would shave you right out of the box. Would they chip, yes, sometimes they would until a resharpening or two, then they were fine. Did you purchase it from a reputable company or off one of the auction sites, might want to check the authenticity of it.
 
Fallknivens have been known to chip until the egde has been freshened up a few times. After that, they don't chip.
 
Looks you got your answer, David. Let us know how it performs after you sharpen it. But my guess is you'll be good to go. :)
 
Sharpening a convex knife, I use sandpaper on a stiff rubber backing.

Bark river has some good tutorials.
 
I have had a chip develop on my F1 but after sharpening it out it hasn't occurred again. So I tend to think what everyone says is probably right.
 
I agree with the others!

I have many Fällkniven and a few have had the same thing You describe.
After the first 4-5 initial sharpenings, the edge has started to work as my other FK's.
On the other hand I have a NL2 that still has the original edge from 2007, just maintained with ultrafine stones and honing on leather.
So, IMO there can be small differences between individual knives, when they come out of the box.


Regards
Mikael
 
Thanks Everyone, I will start sharpening out the chips and see how it goes. Good to hear others have seen this out of the box. I saw so many posts about perfect razor sharp blades out of box that i thought something was wrong with mine.
 
Fallknivens are less forgiving at the edge for abuse, I was batoning on concrete and accidentally let my razor sharp reprofiled edge hit the rock hard ground. It had a few micro chips after that versus the blunting or rolling that occurres on soft carbon steels.

Also, out of the box. The A1 is no razor blade.
It's the potential though.

The benift that the fallkniven has that it has a great blend of edge retention, ease of Sharpening and corrison resistance.

Chipping on proper cutting mediums is not an issue.
 
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