Oversharpening a Hinderer

[daveyc]

I was noticing the stop pin on the xm-24 rests in the finger choil when closed. it appears to be awfully close to the apex. can hinderer fit an oversized stop pin if the blade gets sharpened past the point where the blade contacts the pin? otherwise, it appears the blade would contact the back spacers.

thanks in advance!

 

[ferider]

I was noticing the stop pin on the xm-24 rests in the finger choil when closed. it appears to be awfully close to the apex. can hinderer fit an oversized stop pin if the blade gets sharpened past the point where the blade contacts the pin? otherwise, it appears the blade would contact the back spacers.

thanks in advance!

The single biggest weakness of the XM24. Rick changed this on the XM18 some generations ago, but unfortunately never on the 24. It's bad enough that some regrinders refuse to work with the 24.

 

[HexY3co]

I'm sure you don't want to change that due to the detent position. When closed the detent holds it shut and the alignment of the detent cannot be altered.

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

Are you planning on sharpening inside the choil?

 

[daveyc]

Are you planning on sharpening inside the choil?

no, but if you look at the choil in relation to the edge, it looks as though, after repeated sharpenings, the choil will wear away enough that the stop pin will not make contact before the blade runs into the standoffs when shut.

 

[OrangeBlueOrangeBlue]

no, but if you look at the choil in relation to the edge, it looks as though, after repeated sharpenings, the choil will wear away enough that the stop pin will not make contact before the blade runs into the standoffs when shut.

I thought the stop pin hit the choil like 1/4" above the cutting edge. Unless you're doing something very, very wrong, you should never get close. The only way the cutting edge would move closer to the standoffs is if you remove material from where the stop pin contacts the blade. As long as you don't touch that part of the blade, sharpening will only ever move the cutting edge further from the standoffs (because the blade is getting smaller).