Victorinox BLUNT!

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone else found that
Victorinox pocket knives get blunt quiet easily.
I've only used mine for around 6 months and they
already can't cut paper when held vertically.

What gives?

 

[jcadden]

I never really used a SAK to anything that important. Of course, my SAK is a CLassic so really what are you gonna cut.

 

[OwenM]

They get dull, just like any other knife.

Welcome to the forums....buy a Spyderco Sharpmaker (I just wanted to be first)

 

[Josh Feltman]

I'd send it back if it went dull.
--Josh

 

[James Y]

If you've used it for six months, what have you cut with it? If you cut a lot of paper and especially cardboard, these materials will eventually dull any knife edge. Some pocketknives that are used very, very hard on a daily basis need their edges touched up nightly.

One advantage of Victorinox blades is that they resharpen very easily. For the purposes I use my (regular-sized) Victorinox blades for, they do very nicely. I use the large blade on the standard-sized ones mostly for cutting food and opening light packages, and save the rough cutting jobs for my knives more designed for that, i.e., my larger one-hand folders. With the type of light cutting I use them for, my Victorinox blades only need touching up every several months, which is about normal.
Jim

 

[Wild Weasel]

Are you sure you don't have one of the rare and highly collectible SAK Blunt Trainers?

 

[JF_Aidan_Pryde]

ahh...Thanks guys.
Because I was under the impression that
Victorinoxes don't get blunt! [a common view]

Now.. if I do want to resharpen it, should I do
it at my local shoe/key repair place?

I tried before myself - I blunted it. =(

 

[Josh Feltman]

JF-- I was just teasing with you before. If you want to sharpen your own knife, OwenM already gave you, IMHO, the best advice. If you want to have someone else sharpen it for you, you might want to look for a local cutlery store or sharpening service in the phone book. Personally, I would suggest getting the sharpmaker and a really cheap knife on which to practice. If you use your knife, any knife, it will eventually get dull, which means you will be taking it in to get sharpened for the rest of your life. The sharpmaker is easy to use, and with just a little practice, you can sharpen all your knives (as well as pretty much anything else you might ever want to sharpen) to a razor edge. The sharpmaker costs about $50, which seems like a lot of $, but once you start using it, you will see that it is worth every penny and then some. You might also want to read the sharpening FAQ here on bladforums, or do a search for "sharpening"-- this will produce more info than you wanted to know. Good luck,
--Josh

 

[rep]

The inexpensive kitchen knife sharpeners work beautifully on thin bladed knives such as pocketknives. These sharpeners have a groove that you just pull the blade through a few times. Any kitchen supply place should have them. Do not use the type that come on electric can openers because they will chew up your knife.

 

[chad234]

It has been my experience that Victorinox steel is extremely easy to sharpen to a scalpel like sharpness. A few strokes on the sharpmaker and my SAK's are scary sharp. The thin blade stock and flat grind allows them to continue cutting well, even after the edge bevel is deformed slightly. At this point a couple strokes on a smooth steel, screwdriver shaft or the spine of another knife will restore the edge quite readily. An added benifit is the extreme corrosion resistance of the SAK's steel.
Chad