Review Sixleaf SL-18 D2

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Purchased VIA FeeBay auction ..
Sixleaf SL-18 D2 .
HRC = the 65HRC file was just barely able to bite the blade .
So it's a relatively hard blade .
Hard blades are difficult in the sense of creating a false edge or bur ..

Factory Edge did some 100 slices for a FAIL
My guided edge @ 20 degrees failed at some 250 slices ( bit more than 100 ) and stropped back strong . ( That false edge / bur )
THe lock works fine , and locks up tight .... Till you get heavy handed ! Then you can entice a few thou of movement out of the blade .

Over all the knife looks to be well made , is bolted together nicely and there are no hotspots to complain about .
The spine is bushcrafty ... Butt !!!! I did massage the spine to make it more so , cos that's the way I like it .
So it did throw ferro , it did scrape wood ( spine ) , but I made it better .
In the video , the first ferro rod is badly corrugated and when I reached for the other rod .... First strike light . ( Aint that the way )
The blade is hard , so am looking forward to seeing what the wet stone grinder can do .
 
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While I remember !
The blade steel is hard , the 65HRC file can just barely bite the blade ....

There may have been a false edge , ................. ?
I suggest this because I have under magnification found chips in the edge ( steel chipped away ) ..
So am about o go out into the wild and woolly weather to grind a fresh edge ..
Because the steel is thinner at the edge , it may have also been hardened more or maybe over cooked ?
Anyways , about to do a regrind .
 
Ok .... Cut more rope today .. For a 200 slice fail, then wood stropped back for another 50 slices and a fail, then wood stropped back ... = "?"
Hu ? What the parking lot is going on ?

Looking at the edge under magnification .. There are micro fractures / micro chips on the very edge of the blade .
The 65HRC file barely bites the blade .. So was the very edge overcooked , ?
Is the steel so hard it is forming a false edge which then falls apart under load ? ( So many micro chips )
The guided edge failed at 250 , and looking at the edge under magnification showed some rather large chipping ..
This time around ( ground edge ) there is more chipping but much smaller ! ( After slicing rope - before it looked good )
Hmmm , perhaps another regrind ?
 
Cut rope again - 60 grit grind ( wet stone grinder ) + a Power strop ! ( we stone grinder has a stropping wheel )
250 slice fail with what appears to be a rolled edge ...
So looks like a the steel is hard enough to form a false edge .. ( strops back well enough )
So looks like for the time being , 250 is about as good as it gets .. Which is ok for the price point , but not great for D2 .
 
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