The first knife is the Vagabond :
This knife still has very close to the factory grind :
-0.018"/15-20 dps
The apex was finished with a 600 DMT finish. I cut 10 sections of sod, approximately 1'x1', the number of slices for each piece were :
-76,36,33,45,50,55,64,60,58,62
The first one was hard to cut as it was really thin and I could not peel it off. For the rest of them they were just skinned off in one piece. While I could see a slow change in the amount of passes, if I was not counting carefully it would not be guaranteed I would be able to tell that it was in fact blunting at all. Essentially after the first few cuts into rocks it pretty much goes dull by most standards and after that it just slowly wears. After ~500 slices it was hard to tell it was that different from after ~5 slices.
The apex has long worn away, however there is no chipping of the edge, there is just flattened and wear. To sharpen it took 150 pass on a fine benchstone similar to a Norton India (~300 grit) with 100 to 150 psi.
A few points on use :
-ergonomic and secure handle
-nice blade length for the work
-the blade shape is too narrow / lacks belly for skinning off and prying up the sod
