Purple! Because Ice cream has no bones!

cbwoods67 said:
Honestly I would rather see a nice flat ground kitchen knife than a hollow ground blade.
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^Yesssss
cbwoods67 said:
I don't see what benefit a hollow ground blade would have, other than aesthetics for some.
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If you consider the cross section of a hollow grind, it really takes a lot of thickness out of a lot of the main bevel. Basically behind the edge, half way up the blade you end up with a very thin steel (which helps the initial cut by reducing resistance) and it leaves you a thick spine to keep strength, they slice reallllly well.

A Convex grind kind of does the opposite, it puts more thickness towards the edge for strength.

A Full Flat does everything well in my opinion. Not the best at one, but good at them all.
 
lessismore said:
^Yesssss

If you consider the cross section of a hollow grind, it really takes a lot of thickness out of a lot of the main bevel. Basically behind the edge, half way up the blade you end up with a very thin steel (which helps the initial cut by reducing resistance) and it leaves you a thick spine to keep strength, they slice reallllly well.

A Convex grind kind of does the opposite, it puts more thickness towards the edge for strength.

A Full Flat does everything well in my opinion. Not the best at one, but good at them all.
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I understand the geometry of it, but I guess I don't see the benefit. Admittedly, most of the hollow ground blades I have experienced are cheaper knives and usually a bit of a pita to sharpen for me so that may be skewing my opinion a bit.

All other factors equal, when would you grab hollow ground knife over one with a flat grind?
 
One of the bennies of living in Pennsyltucky, old growth Walnut pics dont do it justice.

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Looks like some nice chatoyance Scott!

Went out on a limb and bought this very exotic, expensive, rare, elusive.....$7 stag-a-like fake taper. Mostly to see if that style is something I want to pursue. Whats the consensus, faux stuff a waste of time?
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It feels pretty nice, it's some sort of synthetic but it's dyed so when it gets sanded it lightens up so that antler color comes out. Like the Alternative Ivory, as long as everything is up front and the price reflects it, I don't see a problem. I'm just not sure I want to put the time and effort into something so faux.
 
Not me. OK on a $ 60.00 folder maybe but not on a custom. There are too many better options. Real G-10 is better than fake stag. My 2¢ in any case.

Ray
 
As a buyer I probably would pass, unless the price was really right. Maybe I'll cut my teeth on this piece and see if real stag is something I want to pursue.

Having said that, any ideas for this piece?
 
Shel was thinking exactly what I was thinking. Perfect blade for that. Yeah, it needs to be nine inches.
 
lessismore said:
As a buyer I probably would pass, unless the price was really right. Maybe I'll cut my teeth on this piece and see if real stag is something I want to pursue.

Having said that, any ideas for this piece?
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I'd vote for a small cleaver - dishwasher safe, with a bit of heft to it. It would look good chopping at ribs.

Of course, a $ 60.00 cleaver (well maybe $72.00). :)

Ray
 
That could be interesting, minus the dishwasher safe part! I've never considered a cleaver before, could be a nice wide project.

Carver or a Cleaver, any other ideas?
 
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