Hey Zach, appreciate your review on this knife. You’ve sharpened it once. I just got myself this knife, with a drop point just like yours. I am wondering, how did you sharpened this knife? as this has a multi grind on it. Did you sharpened it at one go? or due to multi grind, do you need to adjust two different angles on your Worksharp? Your answer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hey brother, the nice thing with these compound grinds is they maintain the same edge angle through the cutting edge. So if you set it at 25 in the hollow grind, it’ll be 25 at the flat grind as well. So if you have a fixed angle sharpener, set it to your angle (I like 25 degrees) and you’ll be good from there! Hope this helps.
@@mordfustang9197 If you do one continuous angle, the bevel height is gonna be different because of how much thicker the flat ground section is behind the edge. There's nothing objectively wrong with doing this, but some people don't like how it looks. 25 degrees per side is a ridiculous angle to sharpen a folding knife at, but I guess the positive is that it would minimize the size difference between the two grinds. It's a massive sacrifice (like literally a 75% reduction vs 15dps) in edge retention, though. Sharpening a folding knife at 25dps is objectively wrong. The Chinese OEMs only do it because it tricks novices into thinking they're getting a thin grind because the bevel is small. Edit: my beater XM24 is 17dps. I use it to baton, chop, pry... All the things you're not supposed to do with a folding knife.
I gave my personal opinion to a question. Is 25 DPS for everyone? Absolutely not but he asked how I sharpen my knife. I beat my knives to crap and have found that 25 DPS holds up to heavier use in my experience to shallower angles. Again this is just my opinion and everyone is welcome to theirs as well. I haven’t noticed too much a difference in bevel thickness when sharpening. But maybe I’m doing it wrong🤷🏻♂️ I appreciate the comment and hope you have a great day!
Yeah man I absolutely love mine, it's always in the rotation and is one of my favorite work knives! I've actually used it to cut electrical wires before cause I left my wire cutters on the complete opposite side of the house I was working on🤣
Just got that same knife in tanto. This knife is perfect. My sbd mini evo also by reate was perfect. My hinderer and strider made here were sloppy messes. Just my 2 cents to anyone on the “only buy American made” boat.
100% agree, American made doesn’t always mean better quality, in some cases yes it does, but not always. Would love to pick up a tanto version sometime
I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this knife.
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Its a nice flipper for the 199 blade was selling some for. Sold mine though as i prefer a slicer and this by know means is a good slicer
Definitely not a slicer, but a tough built knife that can take a beating
Hey Zach, appreciate your review on this knife.
You’ve sharpened it once. I just got myself this knife, with a drop point just like yours.
I am wondering, how did you sharpened this knife? as this has a multi grind on it. Did you sharpened it at one go? or due to multi grind, do you need to adjust two different angles on your Worksharp?
Your answer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Hey brother, the nice thing with these compound grinds is they maintain the same edge angle through the cutting edge. So if you set it at 25 in the hollow grind, it’ll be 25 at the flat grind as well. So if you have a fixed angle sharpener, set it to your angle (I like 25 degrees) and you’ll be good from there! Hope this helps.
@@Everyday_Zach Thank you for your reply brother! Much appreciated!
@mordfustang9197 I got you 🫡
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If you do one continuous angle, the bevel height is gonna be different because of how much thicker the flat ground section is behind the edge. There's nothing objectively wrong with doing this, but some people don't like how it looks.
25 degrees per side is a ridiculous angle to sharpen a folding knife at, but I guess the positive is that it would minimize the size difference between the two grinds. It's a massive sacrifice (like literally a 75% reduction vs 15dps) in edge retention, though.
Sharpening a folding knife at 25dps is objectively wrong. The Chinese OEMs only do it because it tricks novices into thinking they're getting a thin grind because the bevel is small.
Edit: my beater XM24 is 17dps. I use it to baton, chop, pry... All the things you're not supposed to do with a folding knife.
I gave my personal opinion to a question. Is 25 DPS for everyone? Absolutely not but he asked how I sharpen my knife. I beat my knives to crap and have found that 25 DPS holds up to heavier use in my experience to shallower angles. Again this is just my opinion and everyone is welcome to theirs as well.
I haven’t noticed too much a difference in bevel thickness when sharpening. But maybe I’m doing it wrong🤷🏻♂️
I appreciate the comment and hope you have a great day!
I got one from BladeHQ with carbon fiber and titanium. I love that knife, and it is stupid sharp out of the box. If you have one SAVE IT.
Yeah man I absolutely love mine, it's always in the rotation and is one of my favorite work knives! I've actually used it to cut electrical wires before cause I left my wire cutters on the complete opposite side of the house I was working on🤣
Just got that same knife in tanto. This knife is perfect. My sbd mini evo also by reate was perfect. My hinderer and strider made here were sloppy messes. Just my 2 cents to anyone on the “only buy American made” boat.
100% agree, American made doesn’t always mean better quality, in some cases yes it does, but not always. Would love to pick up a tanto version sometime