what do yall think about flat grinds

Firsties!

Anyway.....FFG is great at slicing with no drag. However, with that said they tend to be thinner. If you're using the knife as a knife, you shouldn't have any issues. I'm open to many grind patterns, and knew nothing about them until I came here.
 
FFG's are my main bread and butter, followed closely by very mild full convex grinds. They're strong, keen, cut well, and look nice.
 
I guess about half of my knives are FFG. I like them, and also like a hollow grind. Don't mind a convex either.
The only thing I don't like about some FFG's is if the blade isn't pretty thin it will become too thick behind the edge after many sharpenings.
Hollow grids Gives you a blade that will still be thin behind edge after many sharpenings.
 
I adamantly dispute the notion that - in modern times, with top-quality steel and HT - "hollow-ground knives have a longer useful life because they can be sharpened more times, without getting back into thicker stock."

On the surface, this is true and logical. In decades past when most knives were made of steel with very low wear-resistance, at fairly low hardness (mid 50's Rc at best, in the case of most utility/kitchen/hunting knives), this was indeed an important factor (we've all seen old knives that have been sharpened so much that they're half their original width... overly-aggressive "sharpening" often plays a big role in that). They were soft and malleable, dulled easily, and had to be honed basically every time they were used.

I just don't think that's a valid argument anymore. Even low-alloy steels like 1095 that come from today's factories are commonly HT'ed at 58Rc or higher; in the custom/handmade world, that's a bare minimum. It takes a heckuva lot of sharpening to noticeably narrow down a blade made from any steel at 58-60Rc, and I don't know a single person who's actually done that in the course of many years of use.

Good, keen geometry from the get-go makes a knife cut well. Alloy selection and proper heat-treatment helps it cut well for a long time.

If you're honestly wearing down a FFG or full-convex blade by sharpening it so much that the edge is getting too thick, you either use your blade a whole lot more than anyone else in the current era, or you have a very soft knife.
 
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I love FFGs. Definitely one of my favorites aesthetically and functionally.
 
I love FFGs especially on a thinner blade like a swiss army. They slice and cut like no other. On knives like a Para 2 you can feel a bit of drag just because of how wide the blade is.
I don't have a problem with hollow grinds either, for my edc they work just as well.
Convex grinds I think look the nicest and are super easy to sharpen, just need some sandpaper and a mouse pad or a soft surface similar to one.

My CRKT M16-01KZ Started hollow grind but I later took it to some stones and flattened the grind out of bordom. The blade is now thinner and the differance it made in slicing is unbelievable, I also have a zero grind on it as well.
 
I'm not an expert, but I do love me a full-flat grind. Aesthetically and practically, they suit me right down to the ground. :thumbup:
 
I like FFG's quite a bit, especially ones in 1/8" stock or less. :)
 
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