Would you pay an extra 10 maybe even 15 for factory edges to be mirror polished?

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It's kinda a thought, but I always seem to find that if I buy a knife I always have to do a step one sharpening job from 120 grit to 6000 grit. I kinda find it ridiculous. I mean how much more expensive would it be to do a mirror polished job out of the factory for all of your edges. To me it would just make a lot more sense if the factory edges just came right out of the box instead of the cheap course yet extremely sharp job that most companies do.

How bad could it be? I mean most sharpeners for a 6000 grit job would charge about 5 dollars for a pocket knife sharpened? Why don't you just tack it on to the price of a knife, especially for non knife people to know what a proper edge should feel like?
 
Time, equipment, training, and the fact its simply not fast enough will be some of the reasons its not going to happen. Imagine a knife with no edge and how long it would take to create one with hand tools.

I wouldn't personally pay extra because it probably still wouldn't be to my liking but I would pay a little extra if they were given better training on the equipment in current use. A 300 grit belt and a polish/deburr step can produce a pretty nice edge if you do it right.
 
Personally no--I'm going to re-sharpen it many times anyway, so why bother paying extra for the 1st edge?

For the blade itself, yes. I'd pay $10-15 for a properly mirror (or satin) finished blade over a coated one any day.
 
I wouldn't pay extra, it won't be 'perfect' after the first use, so that extra money would almost be an immediate waste. Plus being able to do it yourself may be the difference of having four knives with super polished edges that you'll have to sharpen after use - to having five knives with factory edges that you'll still have to sharpen after use.
 
Pretty pointless since most people are just gonna baton their new knife thru a phone book or something similarly ridiculous and then need to sharpen it again anyway.
 
No, for the reasons already stated. I would probably be willing to pay $5 if they let one pick the angle it came with, though, to save me the time it takes to reprofile a factory edge.
 
I would depending on the quality of the work - Hogue already does a superior OOTB job on their edges
 
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NO! cause then i'd feel stupid about the $190 i paid for my EP. same reason i like nice knives that come with crappy sheaths, the good sheaths make me wonder why there's hundreds of dollars worth the sheath making equipment in my shop.

there is ONE exception - a dedicated fighter. if i bought a Cold Steel Tai Pan, i'd prefer it come with a flawless edge because i wouldn't be using the knife for utility and would never need to sharpen it.
 
For $5-$10 I could just have it sent to a grinding service if I was too lazy to do it myself.

I've often wished that companies would make better edge bevels, and so one night I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if they released their blades without edges so it wouldn't be such a pain to re profile them in my jig?" I doubt that one will catch on though.
 
I charge a hell of a lot more than five dollars for a mirror polished edge.

But no, I really don't care all that much about initial sharpness. As long as I don't have to entirely regrind the knife, I don't care.
 
Not every one that buys a knife thinks a mirror polished edge is how it should be done.
 
Hells no. I can do it myself for free and I don't always want a mirror polished edge on my knives anyway. I would like every knife to come with a decent factory edge, like Kershaws and Spydercos, but not mirror polished.
 
I can deal with factory edges not being mirror polished, what irkes me is uneven bevels.
 
I would also just be happy if they put a good, even, edge bevel on it. I'm very happy with both recent Spyderco's I bought. Not so much with any recent slipjoints.
 
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