I'll apologize in advance for the length of this post. I tend to ramble...
I got into knives a few years ago, thanks to the purchase of a Benchmade Bone Collector and a Spyderco Manix2 I bought used from the classifieds here from either Que or Rhino. I have a pretty wide variety now, mostly...
I recall reading some comments (probably by Rhino) regarding the sharpening of knives (specifically EDC utility knives), and how it's better to have a rougher (some would call it a "micro-serrated") edge than a very fine edge (parentheses). My question is, how does one go about obtaining such an...
Big thanks to INGO member 7.62.
He was recommended to me by Brad (Brad's Knives) for his sharpening service Xtreme Blade Sharpening.
I took him a Benchmade flipper and a Cassel P.A.C.K. For sharpening and he didn't disappoint.
Super nice guy, super quick turn around (24 hours in my case), and...
So recently I've been grabbing some knives for my b.o.b's personal use/protection etc and realized even quality knives u buy (especially the survival types) like some of the gerbers built for durability and survival either aren't that sharp or don't stay sharp after a couple uses...so I decided...
There are many good ways to sharpen a knife. I choose tools for the job based on the steel type, profile, it's condition, my customer's intended use for the knife and the amount of time that I can invest. I may choose to manually sharpen on bench water stones, use the edge-guided Edge Pro...
This past week I was lucky enough to be one of the first INGOers to have DaKruiser (Photo Album of work) of INGO sharpen a few blades for me. He sharpened 2 Spyderco Manix2s (154CM), an ESEE 4-S (1095 Carbon) and a CRKT M-16 (AUS-8).
These blades came back RAZOR sharp. I have been yelled...