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How tight of a recurve can you sharpen?

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  • 09/16/2014 at 2:11 am #20287
    williaty
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    I’ve got only flat stones right now. I’ve been asked to sharpen a Zero Tolerance 0301 which has a slight concave section in the blade.

    Can I sharpen this with the flat stones, or are curved stones going to be required?

    09/16/2014 at 4:26 am #20289
    Ronald Cindia
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    The flat stones can handle way more recurve than that. You will be just fine!

    09/16/2014 at 4:30 am #20290
    Mark76
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    I have sharpened this knife, and its Kershaw brothers, about 10 times. So yes, it can be done with the flat stones 😉 . The key is to somewhat use the corners of the stones and not to use much pressure.

    I am typing this on a phone, so it’s a bit awkward to search for similar threats. But this question has come up before. If you want to try for yourself, do a search on “recurve”. Use the search tab in the top right and not the search box.

    Success! And please let us know how it went.

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