Finished this Sniper Bladeworks LPC up today… thought you guys would find some WIP pics interesting =) Love doing this kind of stuff… the final edge is at 15 dps on the Wicked Edge w/ the edge shoulders being around 15 thousandths.
Prior to the regrind it was extremely thick, about double what I set large choppers at! It was a sharpened crowbar… well, it wasn’t that sharp actually hehe.
First thing I did was reprofile the edge to around 15 dps because that was going to be my final angle anyway. Look how thick it gets:
And a tip pic for reference…
So, time to take it to the grinder! Thinned it out in a major way, converted the grind to a flat grind (from the hollow it was) and brought it up a tad, fixed the plunge/choil area and then modded the finger choil to make it much more comfortable!
Then for the etch, stonewash, and sharpening! Much better now!
Dude that is great work. How did you get the color back to black? Is that from the stone wash? Or did you wash it something for the patina? Did you weigh the blade? Just curious how much weight you took off. Thanks for the pics, this interesting to see the progression.
It was soaked in etchant which basically forces oxidation. No, I didn’t weigh the blade but that’s a great idea on projects like this!! I’ve gotta do that! It wasn’t as much steel as the steel I removed off of this kitchen knife (that pile next to it is the steel removed), but it was a lot for the blade size!
I love your reprofiling and regrinding, Josh! My Kershaw Blur was a knife that cut in a mediocre way and had a weird recurve. You turned it into a sleek knife that cuts great! More people should consider your services .
Glad you like that thing Mark!! It’s a perfect edc that’s for sure, a pleasure to carry!
Thanks bud. Practice and more practice hehe. In my opinion, most knives are way too thick from the factory for what most people use them for. Having the primary grind (i.e. the main flat grind) thinned out is the single largest thing you can do to improve cutting ability.
You can get the PCB etchant from radio shack, dilute it half and half water, then clean your blade off, mask off the pivot and areas you don’t want the metal to be removed from, then dip it in the etchant for a few minutes (this is a mild acid which will eat away the metal if you leave it in for too long, that’s why we mask). Then take it out and stonewash it and oil it! There’s a lot of youtube videos on it.
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