The grind on this Brous

Fire Beard

Fire Beard

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So lately I’ve been interested in trying out a small fixed blade/neck knife. The design of this one really appealed to me, so I gave it a shot. I like it ergonomically, but the grind, specifically the plunge grind, is way off on both sides compared to the rest of the blade.

Is this normal on his knives? I’m an intermediate sharpener, but I’m curious if I should just send this one back instead of trying to mess with it.
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Try to slowly expand the current edge angle to reach the choil to correct the problem while you are sharpening... It could take 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 times to even a grind like that.

During this process, the near guard could feel a little more dull until you reach needed acuteness. But it`s no big worries from the pics you posted.

If this is "SUPER STEEL" it could take a couple of years to reach your goal. Loll. But I never sharpen more than needed.
 
For it's intended purpose, the grind won't affect performance. Only you can answer the question: Are you happy with the product for the price you paid?" If the answer is "No." send it back.

Editied to add: I'd expect a more consistient grind at that price...but the Max Venom stuff is pretty rough, similarly priced, and I like the ones I've got.
 
I agree with the “send it back” suggestion. That’s not the way the product you paid good money for is supposed to be. Unfortunately, I think this is the way much so-called “QC” works these days. Present-day QC methodology seems to be “send them out and deal with whatever comes back” rather than the old-fashioned “get it right the first time--before you send it out.” IMO, it’s our responsibility to make the new system work (the way too many manufacturers are playing it) by sending things back rather than trying to center badly off-center blades or reshape badly ground blades ourselves.
 
Fire Beard said:
So lately I’ve been interested in trying out a small fixed blade/neck knife. The design of this one really appealed to me, so I gave it a shot. I like it ergonomically, but the grind, specifically the plunge grind, is way off on both sides compared to the rest of the blade.

Is this normal on his knives? I’m an intermediate sharpener, but I’m curious if I should just send this one back instead of trying to mess with it.
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That is one of my favourite neck knives of all time. To be honest the grind on that knife isn’t that different than what I see on alot of production knives. Seems like they mess up the plunge grind and sharpening choils alot.

Sometimes it seems like more get it wrong than get it right. Almost as if they know that a knife should have a sharpening choil there but don’t really know what its purpose is.
 
I would be disappointed with that grind on any blade over $50-$75. :( Send it back?; well, that's a hassle only you can decide if it's worth it. I will say that I don't own a Brous and doubt I will. :thumbsdown: I realize that one example is a poor basis for a decision, but this is not the first time I've heard of QC problems with them but I have no experience. o_O I don't see them as members here, if they are it would make a difference to me.
 
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If you're OCD, then yes, send it back. If you think it's worth your time to send it back, then do so. Otherwise, use the hell out of it and eventually you can get it all evened out. Like Lapedog Lapedog said, it's more common than you think and not with this brand only. Personally, I like a blade ground by hand and would/have started using one with a grind like yours.
 
If you look at these images it looks pretty standard.

Personally I wouldn’t let it prevent you from enjoying the knife. If the sharpening choil was bigger or of the grind is thick at the heel like it is now either way you’re going to have a little section at the heel where there is no usable edge.

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Fire Beard said:
So lately I’ve been interested in trying out a small fixed blade/neck knife. The design of this one really appealed to me, so I gave it a shot. I like it ergonomically, but the grind, specifically the plunge grind, is way off on both sides compared to the rest of the blade.

Is this normal on his knives? I’m an intermediate sharpener, but I’m curious if I should just send this one back instead of trying to mess with it.
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For the life of me i can't see anything wrong with that. Are you talking about how the edge bevel kind of dips at the heel of the blade?
 
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For the life of me i can't see anything wrong with that. Are you talking about how the edge bevel kind of dips at the heel of the blade?
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No he’s talking about how the sharpening choil isn’t forward enough of the plunge grind so the edge gets thicker at the very heel.

If you zoom and look at the very heel of the edge you will see it sort of looks like it has a tiny “smile” where in the photo the edge juts up to the right. It’s quite small but this is where the edge gets suddenly thick and is from not grinding the very heel down to full thinness.

Its extremely common on knives and this one isn’t even a bad example.
 
Lapedog said:
No he’s talking about how the sharpening choil isn’t forward enough of the plunge grind so the edge gets thicker at the very heel.

If you zoom and look at the very heel of the edge you will see it sort of looks like it has a tiny “smile” where in the photo the edge juts up to the right. It’s quite small but this is where the edge gets suddenly thick and is from not grinding the very heel down to full thinness.

Its extremely common on knives and this one isn’t even a bad example.
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Would you return or correct it ???
 
Lapedog said:
No he’s talking about how the sharpening choil isn’t forward enough of the plunge grind so the edge gets thicker at the very heel.

If you zoom and look at the very heel of the edge you will see it sort of looks like it has a tiny “smile” where in the photo the edge juts up to the right. It’s quite small but this is where the edge gets suddenly thick and is from not grinding the very heel down to full thinness.

Its extremely common on knives and this one isn’t even a bad example.
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Exactly this. Thank you for articulating and I do appreciate your insight. I’ve decided to just keep and use the hell outta this thing. That’s why I bought it, after all. Not to just sit and look pretty. It’ll also even out some as I sharpen it when needed.

Thanks for the replies, everyone.
 
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