Crimes against a beautiful knife...

[yablanowitz]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

Had some time on your hands. Submerged for the whole cruise?

I actually started that while sitting in line for the Seconds Sale one year. Spent most of my whittling time for almost a year getting it done.

[Hopsbreath]

I’ve picked a few very nice knives with badly abused edges for dirt cheap. If you know how to sharpen and are okay with removing some metal, there’s some deals to be had.

[SpeedHoles]

That might be kind of fun just to see how well one could try to revive it.... But not at that price...


Wow, yablanowitz, that's incredible! Almost thought that was a turnbuckle on it at first glance, but appears to be some sort of floating piece whittled to be captured inside?

[jmj3esq]

I saw that on ebay. I looked closer to see because of the nice price...

[yablanowitz]

That might be kind of fun just to see how well one could try to revive it.... But not at that price...


Wow, yablanowitz, that's incredible! Almost thought that was a turnbuckle on it at first glance, but appears to be some sort of floating piece whittled to be captured inside?

It's a cylinder in a cage. There wasn't room between the bars to get the Nilakka blade in to carve a ball or two, so I left it as a cylinder.

[jwbnyc]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

That’s impressive.

[Evil D]

If it were significantly cheaper I'd buy it and convex the whole blade. I know, kind of sacrilege compared to what it originally was, but like I mentioned before these knives are really close to being a stout user and with a less delicate edge you could really lean on it.

[Flash]

Those Nikkala’s are very unique looking and no doubt a very performance orientated BTE thickness.
It would be interesting to know how one would perform in a high-alloy toolsteel compared to the original S30v in terms of edge stability.

[yablanowitz]

I finally recovered my pictures from 2012.









This is the block of basswood that did that to the edge.



The circled area was carved with my thumbnail.

[awa54]

Those Nikkala’s are very unique looking and no doubt a very performance orientated BTE thickness.
It would be interesting to know how one would perform in a high-alloy toolsteel compared to the original S30v in terms of edge stability.

In their initial form, the *literal* ZERO grind meant that they had no thickness behind the edge, excepting the angle of the primary bevel. Even with a secondary bevel added for strength, the Nilakka is in the same realm with blades like the GB1 in terms of thickness immediately BTE.

I like @Evil D 's idea of taking the apex back and then convex/appleseed grinding it, in practice it should be very close to a true zero grind in real world performance, especially if the length of the convex bevel is fairly long (comparatively).

[horzuff]

I don't recall the GB1 having a particularly low BTE thickness. Mine was pretty similar to the GB2 which is quite average. Both were straight from factory, so not a question of being used up

[yablanowitz]

I don't recall the GB1 having a particularly low BTE thickness. Mine was pretty similar to the GB2 which is quite average. Both were straight from factory, so not a question of being used up

Mine was a battle-axe, like most these days.

[yablanowitz]

No, I sharpened it out and I'm still using it. In fact, I did most of this with it.

Well then, I see that not only do you have a sharp knife at hand, but plenty of skill and patience to go with it!
Very cool!!

Was that originally a broom or mop handle?

Sorry, I didn't see this earlier. It was a paint roller extension handle.

[ZrowsN1s]

Lil Nikkala was one I wish I'd picked up.

[Evil D]

Lil Nikkala was one I wish I'd picked up.

It was one of the first ones I bought that really went against the norm from what I typically buy and I never regretted it. It's one of the more unique ones I have.

[Jeb]

I probably need to tack up pix of my Smock over here after all the chewing of two teeth on the flipping tab. Heck I can't even clean them up and square them as the blade is harder than any file I have lol.

The teeth are chewed in rough and I have nothing to clean them up lol. They work amazingly well though and I am ok with that... but it's a crime what I have done to my Smock... it's a Frankin'Smock...

[awa54]

I don't recall the GB1 having a particularly low BTE thickness. Mine was pretty similar to the GB2 which is quite average. Both were straight from factory, so not a question of being used up

Mine was a battle-axe, like most these days.

My example is 0.37mm BTE, which means that only a few smaller blades in my Spydie collection are thinner (Chap, Urban, Manbug), I always wondered why that blade grind was in such a beast of a handle...

and yes, the Nilakka is thinner BTE even with the secondary bevel.

[Jeb]

Here are the crimes against my Smock I did. They work really well too, but compared to the rest of this little knife, they are a crime what I did...

[cabfrank]

If it works the way you want...not guilty.

[Danke]

Extra jimping is never a crime. Case dismissed.