The first of the FFG Endura IV ZDP-189s is here!

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Amaranth

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Well sort of...

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TK turned this Endura 4 into a scalpel. It's so sharp, I won't even try to touch it up as I would a normal factory edge.

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With the original cost + the regrind, it ran about $120. Not too bad for a ZDP razor. The light weight and thin profile make it an easy EDC.
 
n_hall said:
is the logo pressed into the blade?
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i doubt it , it's most likely laser etched .

Amaranth said:
TK turned this Endura 4 into a scalpel. It's so sharp, I won't even try to touch it up as I would a normal factory edge.
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crazy coincidence , yesterday i to received my endura4 FFG (non-TK model) , even though the factory edge is really good i will be giving it the jimnolimit treatment and finishing with my 3000 and 6000 grit waterstones and a finale on the leather strope .
 
jimnolimit said:
i doubt it , it's most likely laser etched .



crazy coincidence , yesterday i to received my endura4 FFG (non-TK model) , even though the factory edge is really good i will be giving it the jimnolimit treatment and finishing with my 3000 and 6000 grit waterstones and a finale on the leather strope .
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I'd have to be a real obsessive-compulsive nut to try to improve on the edge TK put on it. I asked for a 10/1000ths edge. It's not going to be a hard-use knife, but it will be handy in case I ever have to perform emergency surgery.:p
 
Amaranth said:
I'd have to be a real obsessive-compulsive nut to try to improve on the edge TK put on it. I asked for a 10/1000ths edge. It's not going to be a hard-use knife, but it will be handy in case I ever have to perform emergency surgery.:p
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i wouldn't do anything to a knife that has been professionally sharpened , but i didn't get a custom krein grind so i has to give it a custom jimnolimit grid .
 
I am in complete agreement with you, Jim. The only factory edges I've ever left alone were a couple Japanese "Damascus" VG-10 chef knives that were scary sharp out of the box, and TK's regrinds.


Factory edges from Spyderco are pretty good, but you can definitely hone them to a finer degree with a few extra strokes on a extra-fine grit DMT and razor strop.
 
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Tom Krein's edges are some of the few I don't sharpen before using. They are tree topping sharp with serious teeth as it is a 120 grit edge. The .010" FFG Endura IV in ZDP is a great knife. I have used the crap out of mine, and it went out on a passaround (and is going on another) and that edge is plenty strong for anything that has been thrown at it. As long as you aren't twisting very hard out of a bad cut or trying to cut metal the edge holds up just fine for EDC work, it really doesn't need to be babied.

Mike
 
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