Walking Man said:
I can't help but thinking that the big superchunky knives, which (may) include Striders or stuff like the Becker entry tool would be better at cutting stuff up with with a convex grind. Anyone else?
As said, not necessarily. My first knife, custom made, came with a very thick edge and a 40° included V - angle. I could make much words, but even though the whole intention was "solid", i wasn´t satisfied with the cutting power, as you can easily consider
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But just setting the angle back from 40° to something less than 30° wasn´t what i wanted the knife to be. It still should be solid. So convexing it was a solution, that works pretty well.
There might have been other solutions, like a secondary bevel, something like 20° included, and a microbevel at the very edge, but that seemed to be a bit complex on a simple knife.
Using sandpaper is simple. It seemed as a "one move and ready" way to be and it really was.
So i get a new relief like recommended before and than used the sandpaper method to smooth the "corners" and form a strong edge.
It cuts better and still is that knife i wanted it to be.
My Bandicoot with it´s factory convex edge was terrible too of the exact same reasons, Cliff noted above. The angle in wich the convex line meets was much to large. The edge wasn´t that much strong and lost it´s cutting ability soon.
It get a new relief by removing steel, starting from half the blades height. It still is convex but on a smaller level. Lost strength is not an issue or say it is more theoretically. It still is strong at the edge but it cuts much better. In that relief, the SR 101 takes the best push cutting edge i have felt on my arm hair.
