Sharpening Problems

JSMcustoms

JSMcustoms

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I took the Edge Pro Apex to my Small Sebenza 21... and the results are less than what I'd have liked. While the edge itself is sharp, either side of the edge bevel is uneven (or at least appear slightly off to me). Any tips out there for fixing this? Send it off to CRK etc for professional sharpening or???

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I agree it looks like your bevel is off. Not just left to right, but also heel to toe. If it was me, I would send it in. I figure if you are asking, you probably should as well.

I'm sure they can handle the correction as well as anyone. There are several causes that can lead to this result, I use a Wicked Edge though so I don't want to get into the Edge pro.

Alternatively you could go get a cheap knife, grind a ton on one side to bring up your burr, then just a little on the second side to get a burr, then fix it. You are going to eat up some metal though. Better to learn on a crappy knife.

FYI, I am still too chicken to do my own Sebenzas, and send them in though I have great results on other knives and I spent $700+ on the Wicked Edge. I'm no pro.
 
If it's sharp, and cuts, why remove any more metal off of a $125 blade?
Wait until it needs to be sharpened again, then balance it out.
 
Figure out why you wound up with an uneven bevel and don't do that again.
If it bothers you, send it in or send it to someone that can straighten it out.
If id doesn't bother you, like everyone suggested, use it and slowly even up the bevels. Also consider how much steel will be lost if you don't slowly work it even.
 
Ajack60 said:
Figure out why you wound up with an uneven bevel and don't do that again.
If it bothers you, send it in or send it to someone that can straighten it out.
If id doesn't bother you, like everyone suggested, use it and slowly even up the bevels. Also consider how much steel will be lost if you don't slowly work it even.
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I would imagine a lot of steel would be lost in fixing it outright... Though I guess slowly sharpening more on one side than the other each time it needs sharpening is the way to go? I'm just unsure which side this needs to be done to even things out down the line?

Ernie1980 said:
I would use it until it dulls, then send it back to Idaho to get fixed:)
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This... sounds like a very viable option if the above doesn't really pan out for me.
 
JSMcustoms said:
I would imagine a lot of steel would be lost in fixing it outright... Though I guess slowly sharpening more on one side than the other each time it needs sharpening is the way to go? I'm just unsure which side this needs to be done to even things out down the line?

From the pic, it looks like the lock side has an even grind from heel to tip, the presentation side looks to be off. It looks like the bevel widens as it gets closer to the tip. with a sharpie and a angle finder, you can mark the edge with the sharpie. When the sharpie mark is gone, that should be your angle. The angle finder will give you an accurate angle.
I would think the lock side would be your determining side for the current angle.
Here's the other thing to consider, do you want the bevels even or do you want it to look pleasing??? It will take a while to get the blade to look pleasing because with each sharpening, you're not taking off much metal, which means it will look unpleasing for a long time.
I've got a knife that some fool decided to convex the edge and did a horrible job. It has high shoulders and the bevel was way off. I decided to do a minimal re profile with a v edge. Got the bevel straight, but it still has the ugly high shoulders which may never go away. But, it's functional not pleasing.
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I just wanted to add so times it's not the knife. I have had this thing happen because I favored the one side too much and didn't use the same amount of strokes on each side giving it an asymmetrical edge. Sometimes the primary grind is off but in this case in would say that is not as likely.
 
I used to be real bad about doing that with the edge pro
. It's not necessarily you did too many strokes on one side than the other because I didn't .

My problem was some knives are harder to position on the edge pro than others. Looks like you didn't place the knife in the same spot on the presentation side as the lock side and you changed the angle .

Just use it . For looks you could raise the angle on one side and leave the other and just not sharpen to the edge. Just sharpen enough to cut even bevels or the appearance of even bevels. It can be done in just a few strokes , but I would leave it alone and use it.
 
BTW - When I sharpen on my EdgePro, I actually clamp the blade in place in stead of trying to balance it and get a good even stroke with the stone (to me, the regular way of doing it is like holding a 2x4 in the air and trying to drill a straight hole through it).
 
I really don't think it looks that bad. Yes, even on $400+ knives you can still find blades that have uneven primary grinds whether it's the case here or not. It happens. I've seen far worse bevels on the Internet so I'd say just use it.
 
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