Just to add to the threads about number, when they arrive, etc.: Who has sharpened theirs already?
I was chopping at grape vines this weekend, roughed up the fine edge it had. And I mean fine- the only blade I have gotten sharper from the box is Murray Carter's, and his geometry is all different.
Anyway, I tried to hold the original angle on my waterstones, and it came out fine. Not too hard to get back in shape.
As for break-in, I have cycled mine several hundred times, it is fully smooth- hold back the lock and it flops around like a fish. No binding, yet the pivot is tight enough to prevent all play. I sprayed in some oil and out came the black gunk from the coating wearing in.
I for one like to have a gun or folder that requires break-in so I know it is fit right.
I was chopping at grape vines this weekend, roughed up the fine edge it had. And I mean fine- the only blade I have gotten sharper from the box is Murray Carter's, and his geometry is all different.
Anyway, I tried to hold the original angle on my waterstones, and it came out fine. Not too hard to get back in shape.
As for break-in, I have cycled mine several hundred times, it is fully smooth- hold back the lock and it flops around like a fish. No binding, yet the pivot is tight enough to prevent all play. I sprayed in some oil and out came the black gunk from the coating wearing in.
I for one like to have a gun or folder that requires break-in so I know it is fit right.
