Re-profiled My Brand New GEC #55

[Sulaco]

I'm used to much thicker blades with either full-height (or mostly full anyway) convex edges or saber/flat/hollow grinds with secondary v-bevels. These thinner, shorter overall traditionals are a bit different.

So my 55 came with a pretty bad edge to be honest. But the knife is basically perfection in every other way so I decided I'd just reprofile it and set my own bevel. I used my Edge Pro and went with a 15 degree per side angle. I just used the 400 stone that came with it and it only took a few minutes before the bevel was set.

A few swipes on the sharpmaker's stones (both sets) and it's shaving sharp.

Wow, this 1095 is crazy easy to sharpen. Anyone know what it's hardened to? I know Case runs their CV really soft. I sure hope GEC doesn't. I don't mind sharpening, but some of the modern steels like M390 and CPM-3V have really spoiled me with how long they stay sharp.

 

[richstag]

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...eat-RC-Rating?highlight=great+eastern+cutlery

 

[black mamba]

GEC's 1095 is a good bit harder than Case CV, around 58 HRc.

 

[Jack Black]

In the film that was posted recently showing GEC's production, I was interested to see how the blades were ground. However, that wasn't covered in the film I don't think. The final sharpening was, but not the actual grinding. Does anyone have any information on this?