Bought a short Kabar...handles a little short, but I look forward to getting some user time with it.
Took the top guard off, took the powder-coat off the....umm the BIG bevel. (Still not sure which is considered the primary and secondary bevel. To me it makes since that the BIGger bevel is "primary" but I've read a few posts which seem to say otherwise.) Got the big bevel polished up and in the process took of the deceptively sharp edge it came with. (Didn't "feel" sharp but took hair off effortlessly.) I have two questions:
1. Is it typical of factory knives for the last 1/4" of the point to be sharpened at a much more obtuse angle? Seems I've ran across this a couple times...always considered it slop. I suppose it serves a purpose. But lets not "pry" too deep into the issue
Is it typical?
2. This BIG bevel is already at 20* And this is usually the highest I set my blades to. I realize that this is 1095 and not a "skinner" blade profile or thickness. I can't hardly bring myself to raise the secondary bevel to nearly 35*. How do you fellow knifenuts address this issue? Are you still satisfied with an obtuse edge or do you strap-in and work it down? If so, do you have any pictures.
I realize this is a utility blade and, like I mentioned earlier, not meant to do the same tasks a skinning or paring knife are asked to do. Still, a knife that won't shave is a knife that's likely to not get used. (By me at least
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Took the top guard off, took the powder-coat off the....umm the BIG bevel. (Still not sure which is considered the primary and secondary bevel. To me it makes since that the BIGger bevel is "primary" but I've read a few posts which seem to say otherwise.) Got the big bevel polished up and in the process took of the deceptively sharp edge it came with. (Didn't "feel" sharp but took hair off effortlessly.) I have two questions:
1. Is it typical of factory knives for the last 1/4" of the point to be sharpened at a much more obtuse angle? Seems I've ran across this a couple times...always considered it slop. I suppose it serves a purpose. But lets not "pry" too deep into the issue
Is it typical?2. This BIG bevel is already at 20* And this is usually the highest I set my blades to. I realize that this is 1095 and not a "skinner" blade profile or thickness. I can't hardly bring myself to raise the secondary bevel to nearly 35*. How do you fellow knifenuts address this issue? Are you still satisfied with an obtuse edge or do you strap-in and work it down? If so, do you have any pictures.
I realize this is a utility blade and, like I mentioned earlier, not meant to do the same tasks a skinning or paring knife are asked to do. Still, a knife that won't shave is a knife that's likely to not get used. (By me at least
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