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se Offline hectorlektor

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Leatherman knife sharpening?
on: August 22, 2016, 10:01:12 PM
So I noticed something with some of my leathermen. The sharpening angle is far from exact on some of them and the shoulder on the bevel on the tip is sometimes so big I had to thin it out with a course DMT stone.

Anyone else got this issue?
« Last Edit: August 22, 2016, 10:04:33 PM by hectorlektor »

us Offline Poncho65

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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #1 on: August 22, 2016, 11:12:33 PM
I don't think I have really ever had a problem with any of my PE, SE or combo blades even :think: Some I have had to sharpen as they were second hand though :tu:
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se Offline hectorlektor

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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #2 on: August 22, 2016, 11:44:58 PM
I could be just me that like narrower knife angles than Leatherman does  :D

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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #3 on: August 22, 2016, 11:47:20 PM
I'm with Poncho, are these newer Leatherman's or older ?
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se Offline hectorlektor

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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #4 on: August 22, 2016, 11:54:15 PM
Newer. The real "issue" was that on one of my new wave's and my skeletool cx's blades were very thick and broad in the tip right above the edge, plus the edges wasn't the same angle on both sides, anyway, I thinned them out and everything is fine and dandy now! I used to be a chef so I'm really used to 15 degrees on each side and they didn't pass my phone book paper cutting test, so I had to do something about that  :D :D

Quote from: SteveC on August 22, 2016, 11:47:20 PM
I'm with Poncho, are these newer Leatherman's or older ?

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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #5 on: August 23, 2016, 12:00:00 AM
Yup, LM is notorious for uneven bevels. Nothing strange there. They come sharp from the factory but the bevels aren't always even.
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Re: Leatherman knife sharpening?
Reply #6 on: August 23, 2016, 12:04:15 AM
Quote from: enki_ck on August 23, 2016, 12:00:00 AM
Yup, LM is notorious for uneven bevels. Nothing strange there. They come sharp from the factory but the bevels aren't always even.

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