Sykco 1111 warped

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number41

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In January I purchased a 1111 and received the knife about three weeks later. I took the knife out the box and holding it in my hand I realized that the blade was warped looking down the spine you could see it leaning towards the left. So I sent the knife back and they sent me a new one. This one is dead straight looking down the spine but if you look down the edge it looks like its warped! Don't know if its the grind or what?

Wondering if someone can give us some feedback regarding this, I can't keep on sending knives back-its to expensive being from South Africa. Just makes me wonder if 2 out of 2 are warped then there must be more out there. Once again , I think its the grind because the spine is straight. ( My 911 edge is also like that)

Thanks
 
In my experience, looking down the blade side of my knives, I get a bit of an optical illusion if the blade gets moved just a little.

I've found that if I find a table that is totally flat I can lay just the blade on it and be able to see it much easier. Had a Waki that I swore was warped, but the table told me otherwise. :)
 
The first one were def warped and that's why they replaced it, the replacement knife is dead straight but! Looking down the edge you can see its not straight. Looks like they ground off a bit more on the right hand side. Don't know- maybe they do the last bit of grinding freehand.
 
I have never seen perfect symmetrically ground edges on any knife. Some are closer than others but even my CRKs are not even. And they pride themselves on perfection. I notice that satin finished Busse blades tend to be closer than CG ones. Not sure why.
 
Living in S. Africa has be be an amazing adventure for a hard use knife! Is it possible that the knife isn't 'warped' but smiling. :D


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The grind itself sounds off a bit. But after a few good beatings and re sharpening sessions it will go away anyways
 
They freehand sharpen the knives on a slack belt, so they tend to have a slightly convex edge and might look a bit uneven.
If you plan to use it you'll have that fixed after two or three sharpening sessions.
 
number41 said:
The first one were def warped and that's why they replaced it, the replacement knife is dead straight but! Looking down the edge you can see its not straight. Looks like they ground off a bit more on the right hand side. Don't know- maybe they do the last bit of grinding freehand.
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you are talking about asymmetric grind? That is pretty common, it is not very easy to grind 11" of steel perfect even on each side by hand.
The bevel can be adjusted when you sharpen the knife yourself.
 
mainaman said:
you are talking about asymmetric grind? That is pretty common, it is not very easy to grind 11" of steel perfect even on each side by hand.
The bevel can be adjusted when you sharpen the knife yourself.
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Noted , Thanks
 
Do you mean the primary bevel (wide) or the edge bevel (narrow along the edge)? Could you post a picture?

If it is the edge-bevel, then sharpening can improve the symmetry and put the apex in proper alignment and improve durability. And I agree that the knife should not have left the shop like that.

But if it is the primary bevel, the wide slant under the coating that is ground via CNC, well *shrug* it should not affect the durability of the blade but cannot be easily fixed. My SYKCO Mudd Mutt is asymmetric in the primary grind:

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chiral.grolim said:
But if it is the primary bevel, the wide slant under the coating that is ground via CNC, well *shrug* it should not affect the durability of the blade but cannot be easily fixed. My SYKCO Mudd Mutt is asymmetric in the primary grind:
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You can fix the primary bevel if you wanted to, just have to regrind the bevel, if that is worth the time and effort is another story
 
I re profiled my 911 to about 17dps and the edge is now dead straight. The 1111 I'm just gonna leave like that as its just cosmetic. As long as the spine is straight its fine.
 
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