Thanks for your kind words my friend! :)
And glad you like my posts, though still keep in mind: While I do post a lot, I am certainly not one of the really experienced and knowledgeable members here.
sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
I think you might be being modest mate, ive been reading your posts and you seem to know a **** of a lot about knives and steel.
Thanks again! / I´ll pm you, so to not derail this thread - but it is just honest, not modest to say that I am not a steel expert at all. Just learning from all the great people here who share their knowledge.
Cheers and thanks mate.Wartstein wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:10 amThanks again! / I´ll pm you, so to not derail this thread - but it is just honest, not modest to say that I am not a steel expert at all. Just learning from all the great people here who share their knowledge.
Sorry D, I missed this somehow.
sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
I wish I could say more about the steel choice but I don’t have much experience with other serrated steels. It does seem to cut aggressively for a long time but that would be expected considering it is 15 dps on the serrated side giving it an inclusive angle that is probably under 20 degrees. It has been very easy to touch up on the sharpmaker.
sal wrote:Knife afi's are pretty far out, steel junky's more so, but "edge junky's" are just nuts. :p
SpyderEdgeForever wrote: Also, do you think a kangaroo would eat a bowl of spagetti with sauce if someone offered it to them?
Yes sir, I will report back. I’ve been grinding past my bedtime because I’m so close to reaching that last bit of apex near the handle. CBN rods are doing well despite very heavy use on the corners.
Also curious how it will cut for you overall when you´re done!Bill1170 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:22 pmI am almost done reprofiling my SE saber-ground Endura 4 to 30º on the Sharpmaker with the CBN rods. Well, 15º on the scalloped side and whatever angle the back is ground at, maybe 5º? The scallops are maybe three times as tall now and the points are wavy. I have a little more grinding to do on the inch closest to the handle to reach apex inside the scallops there. I have spent more than an hour actually stroking that CBN rod, over the course of several weeks, possibly two hours. I'm really looking forward to using the brown rods soon! I have had this Endura for years and almost never used it because I didn't like how it cut. It was paper-slicing sharp, but not a great cutter for my needs. I'm curious to see how I like it after the edge is done.
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I know what you mean about the inflection point at the shoulders. I will try it with shoulders intact before making any further modifications. However, I own two saber ground Delicas that I convexed by hand to eliminate the shoulders and it made a huge difference in how they cut. I prefer FFG knives, but my history with Spyderco extends back to a time before the Delica and Endura were available in FFG.Wartstein wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:28 amAlso curious how it will cut for you overall when you´re done!Bill1170 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:22 pmI am almost done reprofiling my SE saber-ground Endura 4 to 30º on the Sharpmaker with the CBN rods. Well, 15º on the scalloped side and whatever angle the back is ground at, maybe 5º? The scallops are maybe three times as tall now and the points are wavy. I have a little more grinding to do on the inch closest to the handle to reach apex inside the scallops there. I have spent more than an hour actually stroking that CBN rod, over the course of several weeks, possibly two hours. I'm really looking forward to using the brown rods soon! I have had this Endura for years and almost never used it because I didn't like how it cut. It was paper-slicing sharp, but not a great cutter for my needs. I'm curious to see how I like it after the edge is done.
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The steeper secondary bevel certainly will do much better, but of course it will not change the rather obtuse primary bevel (I mean the one that starts below the upper sabre grind part of the blade) and it will not change the fact that higher up on the blade wider material will hit the shoulders that are a nature of the sabre grind.
On the other hand: On a more obtuse primary bevel: A 15 degree angle on the secondary bevel will go higher up the blade than on a more acute primary bevel. So will hit that first "shoulder" later, which should be great in things like flatter whittling or cutting stuff with not too much diameter.
That re-profile job took longer than anticipated. Today I carried my Endura 4 SE for the first time since reprofiling the serrations to 15 degrees. I took it up through the fine rods and it’ll push cut paper.
One day I’d like to get around to making a thread about natural serrations in which sharks will get a starring role!
Cl1ff wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:30 pmOne day I’d like to get around to making a thread about natural serrations in which sharks will get a starring role!
The thread will ideally cover serrations’ entire known history from origins before the Dinosaurs, hundreds of millions of years ago in the Permian, to the modern day within our context of Spyderco knives.
I might just have an example of that ready for when I write the threadEvil D wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:21 pmCl1ff wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:30 pmOne day I’d like to get around to making a thread about natural serrations in which sharks will get a starring role!
The thread will ideally cover serrations’ entire known history from origins before the Dinosaurs, hundreds of millions of years ago in the Permian, to the modern day within our context of Spyderco knives.
No doubt early man mimicked animal teeth when they first figured out flint knapping.