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Peregrin said:
Welcome aboard! Is this the one you received?
AxPvQRw.jpeg

If so, that's a nice-looking knife! If you want to post pictures, here's a link that might help:
knarfeng

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This is a really nice looking knife. I’d like it more if it was in a carbon steel. 😱😁
 
Kansas Boy said:
Just received my first Otter Messer slip joint.
It’s the OTT 157 York.
Very impressed.
Fit Finish is excellent.
Walk/Talk perfect
Good blade grind.
No wobbble.
All in all they did an admirable job.
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Otter Messer has never disappointed me, I have however put a disappointingly bad regrind on my 3 rivet knife. Ah, you live and learn. Welcome to the forum, I'm still fairly new here compared to most of these folks.
 
Thanks all.
Yes a GOOD carbon representation would be interesting.
Truthfully I would have preferred S30V or 154 CPM but I will give the 440C a fair chance.
Yes that’s the exact knife.
And…I’ve had the “slip joint sickness” for a little over 50 years. 😁
 
Kansas Boy said:
Getting ready to put it to the K & M sharpener. What do y’all think 40 degrees inclusive for the angle?
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Congrats and welcome!

40° is a little thick for my taste. I'd go a little steeper for the sliciness. If the edge won't hold, I'd begrudgingly dial it back to where it would.

Here's my favorite otter, but not my favorite picture of it - just the one I could find:

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Getting ready to put it to the K & M sharpener. What do y’all think 40 degrees inclusive for the angle?
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Well treated 440C will take a much thinner edge. Otter's blades have a good heat treat.
I'd go 20 to 25 inclusive. The keener the edge the longer the working edge lasts.
That's the angle I take my 440A/440C/420HC/1095/5160/T10 and other quote-unquote "simple" steels to.
Back in the day, Case, Ulster, Imperial, Old Timer, Camillus, Western, and others recommended 10 to 15 degrees per side (20 to 30 degrees inclusive.) I've had no chipped edges in over 60 years. 😁👍

My few S30V/CPM154 and D2 are at 28 to 30 degrees inclusive.
For some reason the "Modern" steels have a recommended "sharpening" angle of 15 to 30 degrees (or even more obtuse) per side.
I had one knife with 1.114 KRUPP blades. The manufacturer recommended sharpening to 70° inclusive!
I'm sorry, but 70° inclusive is not sharp. Can't even whittle a point on a pencil at that angle. 🙄

I use the "thumbnail test" to check the sharpness.
thumb flat on the table/bench, knife held vertical, with just enough force to keep it vertical and from falling over.
Slowly tilt thumb. If the thumb reaches 75° (or greater) before the blade slips, the blade is sharp.
Most of mine reach 80° before it slips. A few reach 85° (+/-1°).
Cutting paper/news print dulls the blade.
 
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