Why don't we like recurve?

I like recurves! :thumbup:



Does great on my sharp maker. Just ordered a recurve fixed blade like 10 minutes ago actually...
 
Rhinoknives1 said:
Why would a round waterstone be any easier than using ceramic of diamond coated rounds? Both of which are harder than a natural stone.
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I'm not saying it would be easier with a water stone. I was thinking of a rounded bench stone, regardless of what it's made of.
 
I dislike recurves and normally won't buy one. But my new favorite EDC is the Benchmade Skirmish, which has a fairly strong recurve. My Skirmish came with a moderately sharp, but obtuse edge (50 degrees inclusive), so it didn't cut well.

I reprofiled it on a Wicked Edge to 30 degrees inclusive. The narrow stones on the WE work, but not perfectly. The belly out to the tip formed a beautiful edge profile and is incredibly sharp. But the recurve near the handle ended up with slightly wider bevel flats and the recurve is not perfectly curved. It's also not quite as sharp.

I've never found a recurve EDC to offer any advantage over a normally profiled blade, and they are definitely more difficult to sharpen well. Of all the things I love about the Skirmish, none of them have to do with the recurve.
 
Just sharpened a Buck Vantage Pro folder last night, seemed to have a slight recurve but seemed to go fairly even over my flat DMT stone. I know it is slightly upswept toward the tip.

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rpn said:
I like recurves! :thumbup:



Does great on my sharp maker. Just ordered a recurve fixed blade like 10 minutes ago actually...
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See, a knife like that above, I'd never even think to sharpen it on anything other than my flat diamond stones... I guess I wouldn't put a great edge on it. :P
 
I love the recurve but only on some knife models. Like an Emerson Commander and my Willumsen Tuco.
rolf
 
My sole knife with a recurve is so easy to sharpen I had not thought of any issues sharpening them. My Becker machax has a recurve edge but it's large enough to not have any problems sharpening it like a folder might encounter.
 
I like recurves! Amazing how well a thicker blade can slice!

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GCG199 said:
It is usually a good idea to sharpen recurved blades (and larger blades) in sections instead of trying to "sweep" through the whole thing at once.
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This method eases consistency tenfold. I find that it is not as necessary on slight recurves like the BM 710 but on more pronounced knives like the Emerson Commander it is much easier to get an even edge.
 
I like recurves, they look cool and have their advantages sometimes the biggest one is they have more belly. I dont find them hard to sharpen either, slightly more challenging but they get just as sharp as anything else. If I were to give anybody advice it would be to try out a blade shape that you are intimidated to sharpen to see if its actually as difficult as you may think, just give it a chance. Besides, recurves are wicked slashers:D
 
I just don't like the look. If I wanted a hawkbill, I'd carry a hawkbill (I sometimes do.) To each his own.....
 
I didn't used to like recurves (or hawkbills, etc.) because I couldn't sharpen them. Since figuring out how to sharpen them, I fell in love with them. My three favorites are: the JewelStik on my KME system, sandpaper over a round surface (in my case a giant 1" diameter crock stick), and sandpaper over leather bent over the edge of a table (for convex edges). As has been said, maintenance between proper sharpenings is easy peasy with any crock stick. :thumbup:
 
I can sharpen my Spyderco Kris no problem...and that's like 2 recurves in one knife.
Learn how to sharpen, people!
 
I had a Cold Steel large Vaquero and it was a pain to reprofile.

I had a Cold Steel large Vaquero and it was a pain to reprofile.





That's not a mistake... it just bears saying twice...
 
The Sharpmaker makes maintenance on recurved blades very easy. With a guided system (eg. Lansky, DMT Aligner), I would basically treat it as two different edges and re-position the clamp to sharpen on either side of the vertex of the recurved section. I could never get free-hand sharpening down for recurves. The benchstones just seemed too wide once you got to the recurved part of the blade.
 
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