problem with Case edge grind

lobodelanoche said:
well, I bought a CV Jr. Sodbuster and it did have a sight burr but i stropped it a few times and its a VERY nice user edge. I am just disappointed in the fact that a manufacture would not bother grinding both sides of the blade (if their going for that kind of edge, Emerson is a different story). As far as paying more, i could probably go with a number of more expensive manufactures in ALL things and still find mistakes. company are made of people and people make mistakes. I did fix my stockman and am very happy with it.
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That's good to hear. Frankly, I like sharpening. It's a good way to pass the time sometimes. I keep a combination hard/soft Arkansas bench stone, a combination fine/coarse Norton bench stone, a Spyderco Sharpmaker, a couple DMT Diafolds Medium/Fine and Fine/Extra Fine, and a Lansky ceramic 4-rod sharpener all on a shelf next to my desk. Our TV is next to my desk and sometimes when watching TV, I'll touch-up the edges of the various knives I've carried for the last week or so. It's also a good way to pass the time while watching 2 or more feet of snow fall.

I think you made a very valid point that so many of us overlook sometimes when you closed your last post with "....................................company are made of people and people make mistakes."
 
All my Case's are good knives for the buck. There is some serious variance out there on the knives even though I tend to only buy the CV bladed stuff. None of them were so bad that I wanted to return. The closest was a peanut that had a slightly warped blade. Nothing that effect use or sharpening, just asthetics. Anyway, I still buy Case as the value is there and all of them have been perfectly usable. CV is gonna look used no matter what.

I will say the vault sowbelly is a damn fine knife. Solid as hell, no flaw. Only issue is that is one of my few SS Cases. Oh well...
 
My problem wasn't the grind angles or bevels, but rather the edge itself. Some look like crosscut saws when viewed in closeup, as if the edges were finished on a coarse grinding wheel designed for farm implements. I have a new camera now, so maybe I can post up some better pictures.

The solution, for the same money or less I buy more Boker.
 
Bob W said:
My problem wasn't the grind angles or bevels, but rather the edge itself. Some look like crosscut saws when viewed in closeup, as if the edges were finished on a coarse grinding wheel designed for farm implements.
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I know what you mean. :)

The factory edge on most of the recent Tru-Sharp blades I've seen is wicked toothy. If the angle is good, and there aren't too many burrs or wires, I sorta like it. But they bite HARD if you allow 'em too. I found that out the hard way, a time or two. ;)
 
The factory edge on most of the recent Tru-Sharp blades I've seen is wicked toothy. If the angle is good, and there aren't too many burrs or wires, I sorta like it. But they bite HARD if you allow 'em too. I found that out the hard way, a time or two.
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I can attest to that. I used a new untouched Tru-Sharp Case to cut up some potatoes last Christmas. I couldn't have asked for more in a potato peeler/slicer. I even sawed and sliced through some hard to open plastic clamshell packs that no one else could open.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
I know what you mean. :)

The factory edge on most of the recent Tru-Sharp blades I've seen is wicked toothy.
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I've been told that Case does this on purpose, to make it clear at a glance whether or not a knife has been sharpened (by an owner/user), the significance being that "unsharpened" is worth more on the collectors' market.

:(

~ S.
 
pertinux said:
I've been told that Case does this on purpose, to make it clear at a glance whether or not a knife has been sharpened (by an owner/user), the significance being that "unsharpened" is worth more on the collectors' market.

:(

~ S.
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On the one hand, that very 'unique' character of the edge might be a good way to identify it as 'factory original'. On the other hand, it sort of makes me laugh a little, that this edge is 'worth more' with all the major league burrs that are usually found on it, straight out of the box. I mentioned earlier, a lot of Case blades seem to have large burrs even at the shoulder of the bevel, easily detected with a thumbnail. I don't know if I've ever seen that on other makes. That's a pretty unique identifier of their 'factory edge', indeed. :D
 
Talking about a new but dull knife, that would have to be the AG Russell I won recently in a giveaway. I loved that darn thing but it was a butter knife when it arrived. Took me awhile to get it where I wanted it but she's there now. Its the knife in my avatar BTW.

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My Case Damascus Peanut came in yesterday and it had a huge visible burr on one side of the edge. It was easily taken off, but I was very surprised that it would come from them with an edge that nasty.

The edge is still very toothy, mini-serrations galore! It's a beautiful knife though, very glad I bought it.
 
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