I got a SE Endura wharncliffe during the big sales a couple weeks back to make into a project knife.
I love wharnie’s but have never had a full SE one even though I know that wharncliffe AND spyderedge combined means one **** of a mean slicer.
I’ve always hated the hideous giant humpback whale look of their wharncliffe Seki models though. After doing some searching I found some really cool looking reprofiled spines though and gave me the idea.
I unfortunately don’t have a belt sander though so I used my angle grinder with a flap disc (basically a bunch of sandpaper on a grinder wheel) mounted in my vise. I went slow and easy and dunked it in water to keep it cool to the touch. I REALLY like the profile now and think it looks badass.
I also acid etched it and semi stonewashed it. Just as it was starting to stone wash a bit I noticed it was doing a little damage to some of the small serration teeth so I stopped. After putting it back together I gave it a good sharpening on the sharpmaker.
I really like the all black look and want to get black hardware to match. I’m still going with my original plan though of putting a nice set of RC bladeworks brown canvas micarta scales on it.
I took one pic of it next to my other sick wharnie with a black blade.
