Question: Use and maintenance of recurves (pics)

rt014

rt014

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I've accumulated a number of recurves: SOWs and Mojo's to name a few.

1) If anyone has made one of these a user, what types of use do they excel in?

2) Do you find the recurve blades more difficult to sharpen? Do you still use stropping techniques to maintain them?

Thanks

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That recurve isn't too deep, you could use any sharpening method on them and it would be fine, as lone as whatever you use (stone etc.) isn't too wide. Besides, are you really gonna beat on those customs enough to have to sharpen them?!:eek:
Oh a strop works fine on a recurve, just use it like your freehand sharpening backwards, and use the edge of the strop.
 
Well you've all got a point about whether or not I'll be able to bring myself to really beat on one of them. Would be a shame not to though right? That's why I was curious about who else may have broke down and beat one and has actually gone through a few 'sharpening cycles' with it. Mymindisamob....I know you've been beating on your Ripper for some time now :)
 
rt014 said:
Well you've all got a point about whether or not I'll be able to bring myself to really beat on one of them. Would be a shame not to though right? That's why I was curious about who else may have broke down and beat one and has actually gone through a few 'sharpening cycles' with it. Mymindisamob....I know you've been beating on your Ripper for some time now :)
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It's been a lot tougher to beat on the ST Ripper since it got back from the shop. My BATACLE gets more use nowadays.

I forgot to mention, I always use the sandpaper and mousepad method as well as the others I mentioned. You can sharpen just about any contour with that method.
 
mymindisamob said:
It's been a lot tougher to beat on the ST Ripper since it got back from the shop. My BATACLE gets more use nowadays.

I forgot to mention, I always use the sandpaper and mousepad method as well as the others I mentioned. You can sharpen just about any contour with that method.
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My BATACLE is waiting to go into use as soon as I get my Leatherman sheath for it. What a stout knife it is.
 
More curves than a race track!
Good luck with that..:p

Hope my Ash1 recurve come tomorrow!:D
 
I often use a Sharpmaker. I ordered the ultra fine ceramic and use the vertex rather than the flat of the triangular rod. It usually works quite well.
 
I used a wooden dowel with fine grit sandpaper wrapped around it, a ceramic stick and a crock stick.
 
As for use they excel in slicing, chopping and combat.

Recurved blade creates more slicing surface for the knife, therefore allowing you to have a smaller size knife, with the length of an edge longer then the actual length of the blade.

Also if the blade is wider in the end there is more weight there, it depends where and how the blade is balanced, but it ussualy means a more powerful strike.

These features can become very usefull in a CQB situations, where the amount of damage a knife should do to the opponent needs to be maximized, quiet often you have a split second for actual slice so you've got to make the most of it. As well as a heavier blow may do more damage.

Hope that was some new info for ya.
 
Yes Volk thanks. I knew there had to be an obvious combat advantage to it. Thanks everyone for all the input.
 
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