Serration removal on SOG?

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dcpopo

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Hi All
Hope this fits here.

I saw a few pics of a SOG Tigershark somewhere that the owner ground off the serrations and reprofiled it to a plain blade. It looked well done (since I much prefer a plain blade to one that is a combo).

I own a Seal 2000 that I really haven't used and wanted to know if anyone has removed the serrations on a Seal. To me it seems that in order to fully remove them, it would leave the blade too narrow (top to bottom) for the length of the blade to look right...

Any thoughts on the idea.

Thanks -Coop
 
just sharpen the serrations like you would the rest of the blade and the will grind out of it over time. I am doing this with a tigershark and a seal 2000 currently.
 
Yeah,

That's probably the most practical way to handle it. I don't quite yet trust myself with a grinder.
-Coop
 
I've always wanted to grind the serrations down to a recurve plain edge (think spyderco captain) on my paraframe II. As long as I don't plan to pry and whatnot with it, the blade should be thick enough... Plus its cheap enough that I won't be terribly heart-broke if I ruin it. Maybe someday...
 
You can do it, but that's a lot of steel to remove. Especially if you thin the edge back down to match its original shape. Sometimes, if the knife is as close to what you want without spending hundreds on a custom copy, it's worth the extra effort.
 
I really don't think it would take too horribly wrong with some of the softer steels on good sandpaper or something like carborundum. That stuff cuts pretty fast!
 
Here is a pic of a "freebie" knife I received with a large order. I am not fond of serrations so this was my chance to see what the Tormek could do. I didn't worry if I ruined it, but it seemed to come out OK. I used the Tormek to grind away the serrations and then finished off the edge with paper wheels and white rouge.
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Looks like you ground down the clip portion to match the belly where you removed the serrations WhitleyStu?
 
Yes, I raised the entire straight portion of the edge then blended the arc up to the tip to match. I would not do this to an expensive knife, I would order it without the serrations. Like I said, just playing around with a "freebie" knife...
 
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