I have posted here before and have rectified my personal (perfection in folding) problems with blades before. My question is how much perfection (tolerance) is acceptable in special order manufactured blades. I just (2 hours ago) received my Ritter Mk3 and it feels good. Looking at the blade, the grind on both edges snake along the entire legth (this is eyeballing only). Also, placing the blade against a tool level shows a slight recurve in the main blade (blade vertical and level on a tool level, show two shafts of light (1 large at the middle of the blade and 1 near the belly that is small. Is this normal? Can I fix it myself? I really like the feel of the handle and the weight for carry is great. I don't want to send it back because I like it, but the edge grinds bother me to the point I would like to fix them. Can anyone help with the sharpening angles required for this knife
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Pictures always help. It sounds like the guy that did the power grinder factory sharpening may have been inexperienced or a little careless. If we all could see the knife, I could tell you if it is bad or not. Overall though, production knives are not "perfect" and you will see grind inconsistancies and other cosmetic issues.
If you have a set of bench stones, they will fix your problem. You want to use a nice flat surface to align your edge an correct any flaws. I've had many knives that did no impress me out of the box. After I did my own hand sharpening and altered it a bit I was very impressed with the knife. Also, of you are using traditional stones, make sure you know how to level the grinding surface otherwise your edge won't be anything to brag about.
hehe, funny thing is I just ordered an MK3 myself. Ritter makes knives with thin edges and a power grinder just eats through it too quickly to keep the edge precise. You also want to hand sharpen the blade to remove some metal from the edge. S30V runs into tempering problems when you heat it up too much and power grinders often make the edge a little brittle. However, I have two MK1s and after getting a good hand sharpened edge on them I can cut and scrape away with no chipping.
If you have a set of bench stones, they will fix your problem. You want to use a nice flat surface to align your edge an correct any flaws. I've had many knives that did no impress me out of the box. After I did my own hand sharpening and altered it a bit I was very impressed with the knife. Also, of you are using traditional stones, make sure you know how to level the grinding surface otherwise your edge won't be anything to brag about.
hehe, funny thing is I just ordered an MK3 myself. Ritter makes knives with thin edges and a power grinder just eats through it too quickly to keep the edge precise. You also want to hand sharpen the blade to remove some metal from the edge. S30V runs into tempering problems when you heat it up too much and power grinders often make the edge a little brittle. However, I have two MK1s and after getting a good hand sharpened edge on them I can cut and scrape away with no chipping.