Out of box sharpness?

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will22

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Any of you guys get a dull Sebbie from the factory?

Mine came with an edge but nothing spectacular. It won't push cut a sheet of printer paper or shave. :rolleyes:

I love everything else about it but I would think they would have put a better edge than that on it. I'm going to sharpen it myself as soon as I get my edge pro.
 
Mine came very sharp. It was new in box. Did you buy it from a store, maybe someone was testing it out. Chris reeve knives has the highest quality control standards, so i cant see a dull sebbie slipping thru.
 
I've cut myself no less than twice on mine already. It's been mine less than a month. I finally understood the definition of "scary sharp".

Send it in for a sharpening. You'll be amazed.

I am suprised that it came this way. Was it used?
 
will22 said:
I love everything else about it but I would think they would have put a better edge than that on it. I'm going to sharpen it myself as soon as I get my edge pro.
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Word of warning; tape the sides of your sebbie before you sharpen it on the edgepro to avoid scratching the blade. The excess steel slurry can catch you by suprise.
 
Mine have all come scary sharp. No problems.

Contact them, I am sure they will mke it right.
 
I've never had a knife come from CRK or a dealer. . .where I didn't "use extreme caution" when handling. :D
 
Each of my small Sebbies and Mnandis came with extremely sharp blades. In fact, I've got a couple of scars to prove it. :eek: :D ;)
 
Actually, mine wasn't all that sharp... My 2 previous purchases were Spydercos and they were much sharper than my Sebbie. I got mine last summer. Neil didn't have it in stock, and sent it to me the day it got in, so I assume it was as new as can be.

In fact, it needed about 10 strokes on each side with the Sharpmaker (white stones) to get it to my liking. It wasn't dull, but it certainly wasn't hair jumping sharp either. It sure is now though :cool:

Guy
 
It was new,
From a knife store. The edge looks pretty polished but nowhere near as sharp as I thought it would be. It won't shave at all.

I plan to practice on some of my older knives with the edgepro before I try it out on the Sebbie. I don't really want to send it in for sharpening because I don't feel like waiting for it to get back.

The edge is convex from the shop right? I will have to reprofile it with the edgepro before final sharpening to get a flat edge.

I have tryed the whole sandpaper on the mousepad thing with a few cheap knives and haven't be able to get good results so I don't really want to try this with the sebbie.

Also what angle is the edge at from the factory?
 
i too just got a small sebenza that wasn't "scary sharp" out of the box.
maybe people have different definitions of sharp
 
Will, instead of using the Edge Pro, what about just using a Spyderco sharpener first. If you use the white ones, you can probably get it sharp pretty fast.
 
I was thinking about getting a sharpmaker to maintain my edges but I figured I would have to reprofile the edge on the edgepro first so It wouldn't be convex anymore.
 
Yes, do tape your Sebbie before using the Edge Pro. You might as well profile it to an edge you can maintain your self. I use the edge pro of all the Sebenzas I use (and Mnandis too!) and have had excellent results. It's great to get a polished edge that is screaming sharp. I've also gotten knives that weren't as sharp as I thought they should be. I sent them back to CRK and they came back very sharp. Also once you get the edge on the edge pro the way you want it, it is very easy to maintain. The edge pro IMO is a great investment. I've tried the Sharpmaker but didn't get the results that I wanted.
 
I was quite disappointed by my small sebbie's edge out of the box. Actually, only a part of it was as sharp as you have the right to expect it to be on a knife that expensive. The other half, more towards the point, didn't shave or cut paper very well.

This is nothing I couldn't fix, but still, considering the price, I wasn't very impressed.

Later, I ground the edge down to 17 degrees per side IIRC (lowest Lansky-angle) and polished it. Now it absolutely rocks !! :D
 
I thought they recommended 19 to 20 degrees which seems awfully steep from Chris Reeve. Was wondering how many of you just use a good stone? I have sharpened my knives(Wayne Goddard) taught me and it works great. Haven't sharpened a sebbie yet with it. Trick is to have a very good stone too. I have an old sharpmaker and looking at it you still have to hold it at the correct angle just like a flat stone. Am I wrong?
 
I have seen many comparing the sharpness of a Sebie to Spyderco.Its really not fair to do this.Most Spydercos are sharpened to 30 degrees and Sebies to 40 degrees.This makes a big differance.The 30 degrees is hair poping sharp but will not hold up as long as 40 degrees.CRK useing 40 degrees because it makes a better hard use edge.
This being said I do prefer to sharpen all my knives to 30 degrees.
 
ge2r said:
... only a part of it was as sharp as you have the right to expect it to be on a knife that expensive. The other half, more towards the point, didn't shave or cut paper very well.

This is nothing I couldn't fix, but still, considering the price, I wasn't very impressed.
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Yes, same with mine. The entire flat part of the edge was excellent but as it curves up to the tip it becomes less sharp, up to the tip where it was almost dull. The primary grind of the edge even gets smaller as it goes to the tip. It seems to me to be done on purpose because it is even on both sides and fits with the whole "hard use" thing. It will cut and peirce fine but not shave very easily towards the tip.

My preference is for a scary sharp edge that goes the entire length and ends in a needle point at the tip.

No big deal, though, I'll soon be reprofiling the blade to 30 on the sharpmaker to get the kind of performance I like.

Chris
 
cmd said:
No big deal, though, I'll soon be reprofiling the blade to 30 on the sharpmaker to get the kind of performance I like.

Chris
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The odd thing is that Reeve recommends the Sharpmaker, but their knives are rarely (if ever) at an angle shallow enough to be able to use the Sharpmaker.


I actually just finished reprofiling a Sebenza because it came dull and the Sharpmaker didn't match the angle. It's sharp now! They look great when you put a mirror-edge on one. :D
 
My Sebies all came razor sharp out of the box.

I use the Sharpmaker for general work, I also own an Apex, but its too much hassle to use.

Normal sharpening work is done slack belt with Flitz to keep the convex edge.
 
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