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mr mangeepants

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I ordered the BM940 knife and it is scheduled to arrive on the 25. :) I know this is a bit of a lame question to ask, and there is probably no reason to worry about it, but should I worry about sharpening my knife too much, and wearing the blade down?

Thanks in advance,
Mangeepants.
 
mr mangeepants said:
I ordered the BM940 knife and it is scheduled to arrive on the 25. :) I know this is a bit of a lame question to ask, and there is probably no reason to worry about it, but should I worry about sharpening my knife too much, and wearing the blade down?

Thanks in advance,
Mangeepants.
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Unless you're planning on some seriously heavy duty use you're only going to be touching it up now and then, (unless you start reprofiling it or something), so it's going to be a LONG time before you need to worry about it wearing out.
 
Ok, thank you very much. I didn't think I would have to worry about it. Yeah, I'm just going to use it as an EDC knife, and I'm planning on keeping it pretty sharp most of the time. I just wanted to make sure.
 
And the 940 is a sleek, very nice, not too big knife. I've got one that I carry from time to time and I love the action on it. Smooth as butter and the blade is thin enough to be an excellent cutter. Congrats on the purchase.

oil
 
Use it and keep it touched up and in 40 years when it wears out buy another, heh heh!
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
If you primarily touch up with a loaded strop and dont let it get dull, it will last even longer. :)
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I was going to say that :D.

Besides I would rather strop a few times more often and get out the stones less often. :)
 
mr mangeepants said:
...should I worry about sharpening my knife too much, and wearing the blade down?
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No. Even with near constant heavy use, it takes years to make an impact on a blade. The life of a blade tends to be more heavily shortened by accidents such as nicks in the blade which to remove by honing is the equal of dozens and dozens of regular sharpenings, one bad nick can be more than a year of actual use.

Mike Swaim was the first person I saw on the internet dispute the myth of steeling beeing necessary to preserve the lifetime of a quality knife. With just a little quantitative work he was able to show that it is simply nonsense even on a decent knife, for high end ones it isn't a factor at all.

In fact it takes a long time to even wear down a machete that you file sharp, I did the calculations a few years back when I was using one almost every day in the summer limbing. It still takes years to produce a large visible effect and the knife still is far from useless at that point.

If you look at traditional blades, parangs, khukuris, etc., they are often passed down in the family. I have kitchen knives that were used by more than one generation of family back and they were actually pretty aggressively sharpened.

-Cliff
 
I've carried a 940 as my edc for four years now. I keep it shaving sharp, and haven't noticed any blade wear, so I wouldn't worry too much about oversharpening. If you don't already have one, I'd strongly recommend getting a Spyderco Sharpmaker for keeping your 940 sharp.
 
Oh, yes. I already have one. I'm using a "not so great" knife right now, and I can get it razor sharp and later that day I pull it out, and it's dull. Haha. It is the right time for me to get a 940...
 
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