Question about the SAR 5

Mike Fitz

Mike Fitz

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I really like the design of the SAR 5 for a "Camp/Kitchen" knife. The fact that you could use it to do some serious veggie chopping or meat slicing without rapping your knuckles on the cutting surface is a big plus for those tasks. I'm wondering if any were available with a satin or DC finish? That would make it a "must have" for me, especially with an orange/black handle. I'm not sure how the coating would work out for slicing, especially with stuff like cheese. Were any made in that configuration, or are they all coated blades?
 
cjpgeyer said:
Nothing a little stripper won't fix ;)
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Yep. :D

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552042

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Geez resinguy, that's pretty much what I'm looking for! How bad was it to polish up the blade on it? I envision hours of sanding the infi dimples out...
 
Mike Fitz said:
Geez resinguy, that's pretty much what I'm looking for! How bad was it to polish up the blade on it? I envision hours of sanding the infi dimples out...
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There was only a narrow band of dimples on one side, which I did not try to sand out. Just used the 80 and 120 grit belts on the flats.
 
That SAR-5 is such a great blade. I wish Jerry would work out his issues with the handles and do another run.:thumbup:

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Tony G said:
That SAR-5 is such a great blade. I wish Jerry would work out his issues with the handles and do another run.:thumbup:

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Yeah, I thought the scales were a little too fat and blocky, so I knocked off the shoulders to round it down some and took a little off the flats, just down to the top of the rivets.
 
resinguy said:
Yeah, I thought the scales were a little too fat and blocky, so I knocked off the shoulders to round it down some and took a little off the flats, just down to the top of the rivets.
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Some day I'm going to send mine to PorDucci and have him work on it.

Hear that Jerry I'm sending it to GrindDucci....

That should scare him into doing another run.
 
Tony G said:
That SAR-5 is such a great blade. I wish Jerry would work out his issues with the handles and do another run.:thumbup:

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OK, what is the issue with the handles? Just that they don't fit some hands right, or are they too blocky to get a comfortable grip? Just curious since it's already going to need stripped, if it needs the handles re-profiled as well, it sounds like maybe the wrong choice.
 
The handle is as thick as a hammer handle. That's what it feels like. For stabbing and chopping, probably a decent handle. For general knifework, maybenotsomuch.

I'm tempted to sand, but have yet to do so.
 
Well, I guess I'm just going to have to go for it and see how it stacks up. I can always break out the stripper and sandpaper if it comes down to it. No Regrets, right?
 
I tend to like to strip only the blade portion, leaving the handle and ricasso protected by the coating. that way as you use it, you can sand paper down the surface that will be scratched, but don't have to worry about general corrosion for the most part.

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Last Visible Canary said:
I tend to like to strip only the blade portion, leaving the handle and ricasso protected by the coating. that way as you use it, you can sand paper down the surface that will be scratched, but don't have to worry about general corrosion for the most part.

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Wish I'd done that with my Skelly Warden.
 
Mike Fitz said:
OK, what is the issue with the handles? Just that they don't fit some hands right, or are they too blocky to get a comfortable grip? Just curious since it's already going to need stripped, if it needs the handles re-profiled as well, it sounds like maybe the wrong choice.
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I don't have issues with the handle but if you go back to Jerry's post about the knife it seems that he does. So that is why I said that "he work his issues with..." and do another run. I like that blade a lot and wouldn't want to see it die.

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