Unsharpened portion near the heel of the edge

kniferbro

kniferbro

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I've noticed on mine, and knives I see posted lately that the sharpened edge is terminating a mil or two before the heel of the edge. Seems purposeful as its on basically all new Spydercos, Golden and Seki (maybe Taichung?) alike.

I know I've read people complain about the edge being hard to sharpen at the heel near the finger choil. Is this Spyderco's response to these complaints?

Anyone else notice this? Discuss!
 
yablanowitz said:
I suspect it is an artifact of the new robot sharpening machines. Personally, I prefer a flat spot to a choil that will grab thin material.
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That's what I was thinking too, but I'm pretty sure I've received robosharpened Spydies that were sharpened all the way to the choil. This was shortly after the news of the robotic sharpening was getting to the forums.

Maybe I just didn't notice but I feel like the unsharpened heel has started in the past 3-6 months or so.
 
I actually add a sharpening choil on my Spydercos despite that gap since I like using a round-stick sharpener and never get the whole edge without one. The gap makes adding a choil easier though. :)
 
My OCD will not allow me to leave that unsharpened portion on a Spyderco. Here are a few of the many that I have sharpened out. All freehand, the only way to go!

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Very nice work there 91bravo ! ! !
I sharpen mine out but must admit to being a bit sloppy about it.
Some things I get perfectionist with but with my knives, since they get some scars in use, I just relax and get 'em practical but not pretty.
I'm glad there are people like you making pretty edges for me to enjoy looking at :thumbsup:
 
Here you go . . . here's a nice ugly one I did.
I couldn't stand to leave it but I couldn't put any time into it; I mean it is a twenty six dollar neck knife right . . .
hahaha I took it to my bench grinder, gently. The blade is considerably thicker there and I wasn't willing to take the grind and blade finish up the blade so we have this ramp thing but the edge is actually even and nice . . . right at the edge.
We are talking geeeterdone.
I had these photos; didn't take 'em for this post. I'm just so lazy right ?
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OK to soothe the eyes here is my pet wild cactus in the front yard. Noxious weeds nearly killed it or at least completely engulfed it. We got rid of the weeds a couple years ago and with some rain this guy has like tripled or quadrupled just this year in no time.
Nice flowers this year.
I call him "Mr. Big Spines".
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I thought they would work well for that purpose ... I just ordered a few new DMT Polka Dots Plates ... and a couple of the Diafolds for that exact use.
 
JJ_Colt45 said:
I thought they would work well for that purpose ... I just ordered a few new DMT Polka Dots Plates ... and a couple of the Diafolds for that exact use.
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Man, are you in for a treat! You'll have every knife in your house sharp, once you get those stones in. I started out sharpening on traditional whetstones, but ever since I've discovered diamonds, I haven't looked back.
 
I updated all my stomes in the past year and love my Shapton Glass and Chosera Pros ... but I stepped into the realm of higher vandium steels so needed to add some good diamond plates ...

I had only used the uninterupted ones but didn't care for the feel until I got into the extra fine plates so I'm giving the Polka Dot Plates a try and saw the Diafolds and added a couple to hit those tight spots.
 
I love the DMT interrupted (polka dot) diamond surface. My 6inch fine is my most used stone by a huge margin. I can go straight from that to the strop and get a wickedly aggressive edge, which I really like on an EDC blade. The interrupted are way better than my DMT diamond plates.
 
Do you mean I don't have to hold them like this
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and like this to sharpen !
nah, I'm just being silly, I remember when you did that. It's been a while. Good stuff.
Once I get some diamond plates for my Edge Pro maybe I'll get real and put some handles on mine; goodness knows I won't put them back in my aligner.
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