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tom mayo

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this isnt about if you like them or not (i dont) but how do you guys put them in... i know spyderco has a trick setup to do it all at once.....am looking for a way to get them slicker looking with minimal expenditure.

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This is the reason God Invented the Dremel. I use the 1/2" sanding drum and a steady hand. I make ever yother grind deeper. I guess i could alternate between 1/4" and 1/2"...I use emerycloth on a dowel to polish the grinds....Done it to two knives so far, results are okay considering I am not the most steady handed.

YeK
 
The way I understand its done is by putting a wheel on a slow bench grinder and dressing that wheel to the serration pattern you want. I believ Mike Turber has one of the wheels that he was using to change the serration pattern on some of the Cold Steel knives.

Spencer
 
SS,

The Wheel Mike T. has is a specialty diamond wheel designed for cutting serrations. I think he said it was in the $600 dollar range to have made, but I might be wrong, I do remember that it was expensive to purchase. I do like the idea of resurfacing an old stone wheel to make impromptu grinds.

As far as Dremeling serrations, Alan Folts suggested to me that I need to make a jig of some sort to make my pattern a little more consistant. I have been toying with the idea, if I ever get around to it I will let you guys know how well it works..

YeK
 
I put serration's on my tactical knives using a checkering file (20 lpi) to lay in the pattern spacing. I then use a 1/8" parallel round file to open every 3rd and 4th file line. The result is something more like a saw edge than a tomato slicer, but that's what I prefer in a tactical knife anyway. It takes me about 20 minutes per inch, after a fair bit of practice.

email me if you have any specific questions, and good luck
 
I put serration's on my tactical knives using a checkering file (20 lpi) to lay in the pattern spacing. I then use a 1/8" parallel round file to open every 3rd and 4th file line. The result is something more like a saw edge than a tomato slicer, but that's what I prefer in a tactical knife anyway. It takes me about 20 minutes per inch, after a fair bit of practice.

email me if you have any specific questions, and good luck
 
I put serration's on my tactical knives using a checkering file (20 lpi) to lay in the pattern spacing. I then use a 1/8" parallel round file to open every 3rd and 4th file line. The result is something more like a saw edge than a tomato slicer, but that's what I prefer in a tactical knife anyway. It takes me about 20 minutes per inch, after a fair bit of practice.

email me if you have any specific questions, and good luck
 
went over to ken onions today and used his wheel that is mentioned above....very very sweet.....but 600 is in the low range...almost 8 bills for the boron one.. the diamond one costs way more...according to ken....its exactly like what syderco uses..nice pattern....nice tool.....wish i was rich.....then i could buy knives instead of making them

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