Sharpening Angle

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captainclemmys

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What angle are you guys using to sharpen your BK2. I have used a 20 degree sharpening angle for the BK9 and BK10, and it works great. But the BK2 is thicker than the BK10 and I forgot what Ka-Bar recommended. A 20 degree angle might be too much...so perhaps a 22-25 degree angle might be better for general purpose use around camp. Thanks...
 
20º works just fine but feel free to play around with it and find what works best for you. And don't forget to post pics!
 
I couldn't even tell you what the angle of my bk2 is now. But new it's the factory standard ka-bar edge of 20* each side.
send me a knife if i'm wrong.:D
And general camp task for a beckerhead is chopping wood, making fire and taking pics.
seriously though 22* total is slimmer than factory edge & 22* each side ( or 44* total ) is thicker than factory edge.
 
Since I've switched to sharpening entirely by hand (stones and strops), I'm never sure what angle I'm getting but mostly my knives cut OK.
 
Thanks everyone, I thought the factory edge was 20 degrees for each side. And I was referring to each side and not the total when I originally posted.
 
:thumbup: because some yahoos wouldn't even know the difference, or the angle that best suits what they do.
I think mine is close 30* total because I'm not beating through logs.
 
That's a good point, Sam. The optimum inclusive angle changes with the intended tasks, my bk-9 is about 35-45deg. inc. with a mousepad-style convex bevel, my bk-16, much less because it doesn't have to split wood near as often,but it has to make quick work of carving like tasks, and the lower angle gives me better performance for small tasks, and the shoulders that I walked back doesn't hurt either. My Bk-2 has nearly the stock angle preserved on it, because it usually only comes out when I have a vendetta against some solid object. It is a worry-free knife for me, so I keep the edge toward the stock angle, so I can bash away. lowering this angle results in a heck of an overbuilt camp knife, though.
 
For my heavy use yard/wood knives I have a 15 degree angle with a small (barely visible) microbevel at about 18-20. The only issues I've had were cutting dirty wood that had been laying on the ground and cutting roots and accidentally hitting rocks.
 
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