Thinning a knife
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Just reprofile it to 20dps then sharpen it. That would be the easy solution and can be done on weps
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It’s hard to tell how thick the knife is from the picture, but I agree with SupraneGuru that you should try re-profiling the secondary bevel before you try regrinding the whole knife profile.
As to your question about using the wicked edge to thin a blade, I don’t know if it can be done. I think the clamp will interfere with the stones ability to abrade the main bevel of the knife.
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I agree, I would reprofile and call it a day… You don’t want to regrind it with anything but a belt sander imho.
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If I wanted to thin a blade, I’d send it directly to Josh at RazorEdgeKnives (see the above post). That said, I don’t think blade thickness will prevent a knife from successfully skinning a deer. In fact, I think a very thin blade may be likely to slice into the hide accidentally. I’ve been told that skinners may be best sharpened at 22-25 dps. I did one a couple of years ago for a friend; I don’t recall the angles, but I polished a main bevel and ended with a 1000-grit microbevel. He was happy with it.
Could be maybe the edge was too polished? As in no tooth?
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Same idea here. Or even make it a multi-bevel (>2 bevels) or convex knife.
Molecule Polishing: my blog about sharpening with the Wicked Edge
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Thanks Guys for your help. Sharpened at 22 deg, 200-1600 ceramics. Shaves hair and shreds paper. Had a brain fart when first looking at this knife, because of the very shallow angle. Included pics, but not very good
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