Pacific Salt choil

[sok]

I took a Dremel to my poor old Pacific Salt the other day to see if I could cut a choil into it. I had it looking pretty good at one time but then had the bright idea of trying to cut some jimping into the choil and jacked it up. It didn't clean up real great, but I took a few pictures during the process.

This is mostly just a trial run because I am going to order a new one and will probably "choil" it but thought some of you guys might enjoy some pics.

I actually started out to see if I could reprofile this thing, so I taped up the blade to protect it from getting scratched up from the dust created on my sharpening system. My attention kept getting drawn to the area where a choil might fit, so I put some tape there and drew a rough choil.

I have had this knife about three years and the first two I was pretty proud of how sharp I could keep it on my Sharpmaker. The last year or so it has been getting harder and harder to keep it as sharp as I like. I would be open to any suggestions on a reprofile.

 

[Surfingringo]

I wonder what spyderco would do if you sent it to them? My PAC salt se is by far my most used and sharpened knife. So far I'm able to keep mine razor sharp on the sm and I haven't run into the issue yet but I have considered sending mine to Sal and company when that time comes.

Nice choil!

 

[sok]

I wonder what spyderco would do if you sent it to them? My PAC salt se is by far my most used and sharpened knife. So far I'm able to keep mine razor sharp on the sm and I haven't run into the issue yet but I have considered sending mine to Sal and company when that time comes.

Nice choil!

Thanks, my intentions about a year ago were to send it in for sharpening while at the same time buying a new one. I would then always have a sharp Pacific Salt serrated knife that I could maintain until out of control. I should have sent it in to be sharpened before I grinded on it. I am not sure what Spyderco would do if I sent it in modified the way it is.

It is actually still pretty sharp but no longer push cuts paper on the serrations. I have definitely gotten my monies worth out of this knife though, and have no problem buying one every three years or so if need be.

 

[Surfingringo]

Thanks, my intentions about a year ago were to send it in for sharpening while at the same time buying a new one. I would then always have a sharp Pacific Salt serrated knife that I could maintain until out of control. I should have sent it in to be sharpened before I grinded on it. I am not sure what Spyderco would do if I sent it in modified the way it is.

It is actually still pretty sharp but no longer push cuts paper on the serrations. I have definitely gotten my monies worth out of this knife though, and have no problem buying one every three years or so if need be.

Yup, that's EXACTLY the way I look at it with mine, but I feel pretty confident that they will fix it up for me if I ever send it in. I never got to find out with my old one because it ended up on the bottom of the ocean after a year.