Why not a chisel grind for bushcraft?

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CKE2

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After carrying my little Puukko for over a month now I am really liking the scandi grind I put on it. Other than letting it get waaaaay to dull and having to sharpen the heck out of it the other night to get it back up to standard that was my only complaint....and totally my fault.

I was thinking, a chisel grind(bevel one side only) would be "basically" the same. Could this be a viable option for say a small PSK knife? There is no secondary bevel and other than it being angled on one side I don't see the difference it would make. You would have to grind it on the correct side depending on whether you were right or left handed so the angle for say doing a fuzz stick was not too obtuse(or the other kind of angle I can't remember right now:p) Sharpening would be even a little easier as you only sharpen the one side and just lick the back side to remove the burr.

What do you folks think???
 
I bought a chisel-ground knife several years ago and HATED it. I can't think of any reason why I'd ever buy another one. I didn't like the way it cut; controlling the depth of the cut was awkward... the blade wants to "plane" in one direction; deeper or shallower, depending on whether the bevel is on the same side or opposite of the side your cutting with (if you can follow my description).

I guess you have to try one to see if you like it or not. I'm betting you won't.

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
try an Emerson, its a "V" grind, but more on the chisel side of grind. I love it for the woods, it just lasers thru wood and leaves a nice pile of fine shavings.
 
i've used a chisel grind before and wasn't really pleased...not that it was terrible, but i feel like it is just not as good as a symetrical grind.

i also use several grips, some with the edge coming towards me and some with the edge going away from me, so a chisel grind would interfere with that.

i've also had alot of trouble getting my own chisel ground knives to be thin enough to cut properly...i don't know why, its a little bit weird.
 
i make chisel grind knives and a lot of people who say they have trouble dont with mine. i grind mine in a way that they cut just as easily as a knife ground on both sides. i made this knife for esav and he uses it every day http://mysite.verizon.net/ress6fq6/id38.html
i have a friend who is left handed and he can cut something just as easily with my knives as he can with a knife ground on both sides. the video in my sig line is one i made for michdad. it cut thin strips of newspaper off without any problem. i have never had a problem cutting anything myself either. the knife in this video is a chisel grind and it cuts straight http://knifetests.com/kII.html
 
I don't like chisel grind either.Sometimes it is on bill hooks.As it said it is not so controllable,but what I dislike the most is sharpening.It is sharpened in low angle and is sharp,and it need to be sharpen only at one side,and when burr is to be moved from flat side if anything else is done but perfectly flat,edge becomes obtuse angle.And then is lot of work then to get it flat again.
And, as with all that cutting things if it was any better,it would probably become primary way of grinding.
 
I tend to switch hands alot when using a knife, so chisel grinds don't work for me . . . for about 50% of the time anyway.
 
My chisel ground knife I got from Rich E. cut just as strait as any symmetrical ground knife I've ever had.
 
I had a Martini once that was chisel grind. Never really had
a problem with it if I used it right handed. Problem is, I'm
left-handed, so I sold it. Other than that, it was a really nice
knife and if it had been left handed I would have kept it.

The only issue I can see with the chisel grind, is this: What happens if you hurt the hand (say break the arm, sprain the wrist, etc...) that the grind is designed for?
Could make for interesting times if you were stuck somewhere.
Probably better if you had a knife that could be used with either hand.
 
I hate chisel ground knives. And I don't see how one would perform in any way like a Scandi ground knife would. I wouldn't want a chisel grind for a bushcraft knife, because it's a poor grind for nearly any normal knife use. It doesn't have the same kind of precision and control other grinds have, and isn't as good for use with the off-hand. I do not see any value in chisel grinds in any use that I would imagine putting a knife through.
 
While a chisel-ground knife may be good for notching wood (traps) and making straight cuts, I don't think it would serve well for making fuzz sticks, scraping twigs (making twine) or for carving wood. Wouldn't work as an ambidextrous knife.

No benefits over a scandi grind.
 
Elen said:
I hate chisel ground knives. And I don't see how one would perform in any way like a Scandi ground knife would. I wouldn't want a chisel grind for a bushcraft knife, because it's a poor grind for nearly any normal knife use. It doesn't have the same kind of precision and control other grinds have, and isn't as good for use with the off-hand. I do not see any value in chisel grinds in any use that I would imagine putting a knife through.
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heh, while not optimal, they work fine. Oh here we go again Elen:rolleyes::D

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Fonly said:
heh, while not optimal, they work fine. Oh here we go again Elen:rolleyes::D
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Well, sure, if it has an edge, it works in the sense that it "cuts." But then, so does a sharp piece of stone, and we don't advocate those over steel knives, do we? :D I find the modern fascination with seeking new, suboptimal solutions to problems for the sake of doing things differently a little bizarre. ;)
 
to me a chisel ground knife would be perfect. but that's because I'm a woodworker (guitar maker).
I'm used really used to it.
 
hector81 said:
to me a chisel ground knife would be perfect. but that's because I'm a woodworker (guitar maker).
I'm used really used to it.
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I once got hopelessly lost at a three-day outdoor music festival and was forced to carve a guitar out of a dead pine tree to stay alive!


Not really.


Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
Elen said:
Well, sure, if it has an edge, it works in the sense that it "cuts." But then, so does a sharp piece of stone, and we don't advocate those over steel knives, do we? :D I find the modern fascination with seeking new, suboptimal solutions to problems for the sake of doing things differently a little bizarre. ;)
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Your just A dick, thats why you dont try new things, for whatever reason your way is the only,:yawn::D

ignorance is bliss I guess.
 
desmobob said:
Nice rolled edge on that butter-soft CRKT.... At least it's easy to sharpen a chisel-ground blade. ;)


Stay sharp,
desmobob
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No, its an edge that was sanded and not stroped, but you wouldn't know that sense you dont know how to sharpen, right?:D

Also, its not butter soft, I dug up a nail with little edge damage. Get your facts straight bud.:rolleyes:
 
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