What angle do you sharpen your hinderer to?

[Hedonizmdan]

So I recently traded into a RHK xm 18 3.5 Slicer grind no choil. It has since taken over my pocket. And I use it daily at work, time to touch it up. Wondering what folks tend to reprofile these to, the factory angle seems very obtuse to me (especially for something called a slicer). Using my angle cube on a zeroed out kazak model 100 looks like the factory angle is about 25.5. So what do you fellow blade addicts think dps wise 20? 18?

 

[UncleBoots]

Mine is now at 17 degrees per side. It didn't really live up to its slicer name, though, until I thinned it some, to knock back those fat shoulders.

 

[TheOne45]

I was just looking at hinderer folding knives and they look very similar to all the others EDC knives out there.
Do they need a special sharpening angle?

 

[Hedonizmdan]

Mine is now at 17 degrees per side. It didn't really live up to its slicer name, though, until I thinned it some, to knock back those fat shoulders.

Any chance you could post up a picture, I would like to see it.

 

[UncleBoots]

Any chance you could post up a picture, I would like to see it.

Sure, glad to. It was hard to capture the effects of the thinning on the profile, but I've included the best attempt below.

 

[Hedonizmdan]

I decided to keep it conservative and knock it down to 22 dps, I think it turned out nice.