New Gerber BT2 Coated Covert...

[Justin Moore]

The handy dandy UPS man just dropped off my new Gerber BT2 Covert. Looks to be a nice solid knife, even without the Interlock dealy engaged.

My question is this: the little destruction paper that came with the knife recommended using a 15 degree angle on each side of the blade (30 total) to sharpen it. I just recently purchased an Sharpmaker 203 and was wondering how best to go about sharpening this sucker. For those that don't know, the Covert is ATS34. Would I perhaps be served better with the Sharpmaker 204 and the additional angle it offers? Thanks for your time guys....

Justin L. Moore

 

[Frantium]

Justin,

If you want to keep the factory angle then the 204 is closer because of the inclusion of the 30 degree. That being said, the 30 degree is a little bit too thin for my taste (for edge toughness reasons), and I only use it for back bevelling. Don't worry about ATS-34, I've sharpened CPM-420V (much tougher) knives with my 203, and it does just fine.

Oh yeah, welcome to the Forums!

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Reynaert

[This message has been edited by Frantium (edited 01-26-2000).]