Stupid Question

Hi QB...

Sure it can....
Chisel,, just refers to it being ground on one side rather then ground on both..
Doesn't matter what kind of grind it is,,as long as it's on one side,, it's a chisel..

ttyle

Eric...
 
It depends upon how the terms are defined.

That picture shows a nice hollow-ground edge for the left side of the knife. If the right is pancake-flat, it can be said to be chisel ground for having the edge-bevel be only on one side and still be hollow-ground because the edge-bevel was formed, in part, by hollowing away the steel.

That's my opinion of it and the facts may say otherwise.
 
Hey Thom...

Do you mean Crepe flat or Pancake flat ?
Cause my pancakes aren't flat,, they are more sloped at the edges with chunks of apple ontop...

Great..
Now i'm hungry...:)

ttyle

Eric...
 
OK, Eric, I've got one for you: are strawberry preserves all right in place of chunks of apple? :)

How about this. I usually expect a chisel grind to be a sabre grind on the one side, that is, flat ground from about halfway down the side. I know this isn't necessarily so.

But what about a "sabre grind" itself? Does it have to be flat ground or could it be concave or convex from halfway down the side? I'd think a hollow/concave grind would defeat the purpose, though.
 
If I'm not mistaken, I think the original custom Janich/Snody Ronin had a hollow/chisel grind which is mentioned HERE .

Hope that helps,

-John
 
Eric,

The bottom side of the pancake conforms to the cookware. That is often flat although the top may range from flat to well rounded.

Esav,

How would a hollow ground relief interfere with the purpose of a chisel grind?
 
Thom, it wouldn't. It would with a sabre grind, though, since a sabre grind is meant to provide extra strength over a full flat or other grind.
 
When I workd at a cafeteria may years ago, we made pancakes on a grill and they came out quite flat, if I remember correctly we had a spatula with a straight chisel grind.

I see no problem with a chisel grind being hollow or convex or whatever, it just has to be flat on the other side, the general idea being that the flat follows the line of the cut and the chisel ground side pushes away whatever is being cut, if the chisel grind is there just for looks or to reduce cost it will most likely be flat.
 
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