Endura/Delica Trainer Sharpening?

thebestnoobcake · #1

Has anyone sharpened a trainer before?

This just came to mind as there seem to be trainers floating around on the bay for cheeeeep!

Piet.S · #2

Sounds like a bad idea to me.
If you want a cheap knife that performs well, get a Opinel.

npueppke · #3

Well it'd be AUS6, and I've heard that it's not heat treated-and I'm sure that if it is it's not heat treated to the same hardness as a blade steel would be. Assuming it is, though I don't see why not, although you'd need mad skills with a belt sander to grind it (or spend money on Tom Krein, at which point you might as well buy another knife). If you got it sharp though and if it's heat treated it should be fine, the Q has lots of holes in the blade and seems to be strong enough for cutting.

nathan310 · #4

I saw somebody sharpen a buck strider trainer and edc on one of the knife forums

THG · #5

Yeah, I thought about doing it. You'd definitely have to use a belt sander unless you don't mind spending years at a stone. Are the blades really not heat treated? If they aren't that would make for some crappy edge holding.

thebestnoobcake · #6

Piet.S wrote:Sounds like a bad idea to me.
If you want a cheap knife that performs well, get a Opinel.

+1

i shave with my opinel #8
beautiful knives!

might as well get one to play with the wave =|

araneae · #7

Judging by the location of the blade holes, you may not even be able to put an edge on it. Plus the tip is round. And if it isn't heat treated you might as well try to put and edge on a butter knife.

JohnAPA · #8

This thread is funny.

npueppke · #9

In one of the other trainer threads someone said it wasn't heat treated, but I think it would have to be to avoid wear on the locking faces-at least to some degree.

tonydahose · #10

i have mentioned the heat treatment or lack there of (is it their or there in this case??? :p ) anyways when i first came on here back in 06 i asked in a thread about making a temperance trainer into a live blade and that was the asnwer i rcvd back then. that of course was a fixed blade with no moving parts, npueppke might be right with the trainer folders needing to be heat treated to some degree. I am sure someone with an answer will pop in here.

defenestrate · #11

tonydahose wrote:i have mentioned the heat treatment or lack there of (is it their or there in this case??? :p )

Actually, one word, thereof. :)

tonydahose · #12

defenestrate wrote:Actually, one word, thereof. :)

OK that covers my DOHH! moment for the day :p

JNewell · #13

nathan310 wrote:I saw somebody sharpen a buck strider trainer and edc on one of the knife forums

That's because Buck used rejected/defective heat treated ATS-34 regular production blades on a few of the trainers, rather than doing what most companies do, which is use lower grade steel that is not heat-treated. I have one of these Bos/ATS-34 Bucks. I was told by Joe Talmadge that these were rejects and that sharpening them for cutting use was a bad idea, which doesn't mean people don't do it.

JTCasimir · #14

thebestnoobcake wrote:Has anyone sharpened a trainer before?

This just came to mind as there seem to be trainers floating around on the bay for cheeeeep!

I want either a Red Endura or a Sharpened Red Endura Trainer...

I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion as to how to accomplish either of these.

.357 mag · #15

JTCasimir wrote:I want either a Red Endura or a Sharpened Red Endura Trainer...

I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion as to how to accomplish either of these.

By a endura and a endura trainer and switch the scales. Then sell the trainer to recoop some of the funds.

Donut · #16

Hey JTCasimir, welcome to the forums. This thread is almost 2 years old.

Check out this video from Wouter on how to change the scales on a Delica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZu_tiUZU0k

Donut · #17

Oops, I linked the wrong video and I can't find the right one. It takes a little luck for the advice in that video to work correctly. Most people will advise you to change the blade and lock bar at the same time because they are made to work together when assembled.

I can't find it right now, but if you look for a "scale swap" video, I think you can find it. Generally a video from Wouter is good advice, I have heard that assembling an Endura is a little tricky and if done wrong you can put undue stress on the spring.

arjay18 · #18

JTCasimir wrote:I want either a Red Endura or a Sharpened Red Endura Trainer...

I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion as to how to accomplish either of these.

I plan to accomplish the same with Delica and the easiest way is to do a scale swap or a blade swap.

The Deacon · #19

Or find one of the white Enduras and RIT dye it.

razorsharp · #20

I saw a picture of a live edge delica trainer, I'm looking on finding it