Scandi Grind Help?

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mike_758905

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I am soon to be attempting to make my second knife. These scandi grind knives have caught my attention here lately, although I have a few questions I am hoping someone can ansewer for me. Is it a flat or hollow grind? Does the angle of the grind always follow the contour of the cutting edge verses just being gound straight up and down as you do when hollow grinding? Hopefully someone understands that! Also is this grind typically reserved for bushcrafting styled knives?
 
I just finished up the grinding and am doing the pre HT sanding on my first scandi grind right now. They are flat ground and follow the cutting edge to the best of my knowledge.

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I just whipped it down and scanned it so not a HQ pic
 
Looks like it will be a great camp knife similar to what I had in mind. Thanks for clarifing havn't found too many posts on this particular grind but it has my intrest. would love to see the finished product!
 
It has a sister knife too that I am doing as a convex. They are the exact same profile, just the grinds are different. Once they are done I am doing a belated:o 1000th post give-a-way and the winner will get to choose from the two
 
I have several scandi knives, bought on site (Norway, mostly).
They are all flat ground.
Height of the bevels may vary from half of the blade to just the very edge, with the blade mostly flat as if cut from a sheet of steel (which usually is).
The main characteristic of the scandi grind is that it has no secondary bevel: the angle the bevels form to the blade is the cutting angle. The grind always follows the blade profile.
Scandi grind edges vary from "extremely sharp" to "scary sharp".
BTW, the simple yet beautiful "Trollkniven" by Brusletto

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is a perfect example of scandi grind and one of the more efficient and comfy knives I have.
 
OK, if Scandi blades have no secondary bevel, how does the edge hold up after use? I've always liked the style, but I've been reluctant to try it because of my uncertainty over edge holding. Of course it depends in part on the steel and HT, but will a Scandi edge hold up as well as a secondary bevel holding other factors equal?
 
The Trollkniven, the one I've used most, holds up really well. Sharpening is also very easy: just lay bevel against stone and... sharpen.
Not that you have to do it much.
 
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