Hi All,
I'm new to the forum, but have had my mini-CQC7-A for well over a year. I went through all the headaches of trying to sharpen it to hair-poppin edge. After much effort learnig and practicing, I can now usally get that edge. At one point I had a guy at a local knife show sharpen it for me after I had royally screwed up. He did a great job, and as I said I can maintain it now. My question relates to something this guy said while fixing my mistakes. He told me he could turn the edge into a conventional grind so that it could be sharpened in a normal manner-ie spyderco sharpmaker lansky etc. In other words a 20 degree angle on each side of the blade. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Let me say that I love my mini. It fits my hand as if designed for it. Size is perfect, and construction superb. I tend to seldom carry it for fear of screwing up the edge again. Would it be worth it to have a normal grind as opposed to the chisel. Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Droopy,
I'm new to the forum, but have had my mini-CQC7-A for well over a year. I went through all the headaches of trying to sharpen it to hair-poppin edge. After much effort learnig and practicing, I can now usally get that edge. At one point I had a guy at a local knife show sharpen it for me after I had royally screwed up. He did a great job, and as I said I can maintain it now. My question relates to something this guy said while fixing my mistakes. He told me he could turn the edge into a conventional grind so that it could be sharpened in a normal manner-ie spyderco sharpmaker lansky etc. In other words a 20 degree angle on each side of the blade. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Let me say that I love my mini. It fits my hand as if designed for it. Size is perfect, and construction superb. I tend to seldom carry it for fear of screwing up the edge again. Would it be worth it to have a normal grind as opposed to the chisel. Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Droopy,