O.K.....I have a problem with my dagger, please help!

keninshiro · Sep 30, 2000

Hi All!

It's a nice day today(Well...at least first half of it...) as i received my Peter Bauchop WarLock Dagger. It's very nice, stout, well made....finish is good for it's price......BUT I can't get the freggin' knife sharp! I use the Spydie 204 Sharp maker for 1 hour without any results!

I have a few questions here which i hope someone could answer to release me from this agony.

1) Is D2 hard to sharpen? Or did Bauchop harden it to 62-64 Rc?

2) Current and previous owners of Bauchop knives, is the Bauchop knives you own have a very steep cutting edge? Or it is only applied to daggers?

3) How do i sharpen it on my own?

4) Can any maker out there help me to Grind down the cutting edge to a shallower cutting edge for the ease of sharpening? I'll pay for the service and shipping fees.

Yeah...i know some of you folks will say; "I told you so...son!". But I really like the knife and i hate it when it is not sharp.

Please help. Thank you.

Eric Wong.

[This message has been edited by keninshiro (edited 09-30-2000).]

keninshiro · Sep 30, 2000

After i re-read Rick's comments(Thanks Rick!)in custom knife section on his smaller version of the WarLock; Witch, He mentioned that it's the edge geomentry that makes it that way. I know the dagger is only meant for thrusting but it can't even slice a piece of thick paper(Conqueror type). Would it be possible to grind down the thick cutting edge to a thinner one? Please help or help to console me a bit.....

Eric Wong.

Canis Lupus · Oct 1, 2000

Keninshiro

I've never handled a Warlock before, but I believe it is a hard task to make it hair shaving sharp, since it's a narrow bladed dagger. But I believe it's possible to put a decent edge on it, at least a "paper ripping" one. I'm telling this because I have had this kind of experience before, and the results, without changing the original grind of the knife, vary from: "impossible to make sharp" ( a F-S dagger); "paper slicing" ( Junglee Marco Polo);and "hair shaving" ( Randall #2, 5 inches). Since the Bauchop Warlock must be somewhere close to those knives in terms of blade width and grind, we could guess the possibilities.

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Canis Lupus

keninshiro · Sep 30, 2000

Thanks Canis for the input.
Don't get me wrong folks, I don't expect it to be shaving sharp but at least cut a piece of paper....that's all.

Eric