Don't snap shut your alox soldier

[jzmtl]

After noticing that when the blade is pressed down while in closed position, the front portion will contact liner and dulled, I suspected the same thing would happen if the blade is snap shut. I tried it and sure enough, I can see reflection off the edge after the blade is snap shut.

So um, close the blade gently with both hands, don't snap it shut.

[Benner]

I don't have that problem on any of mine and I have snapped them shut quite a lot.

[jzmtl]

You gotta look at the edge with a jeweler's loupe under a 35w halogen lamp.

[Benner]

You gotta look at the edge with a jeweler's loupe under a 35w halogen lamp.

LOL! 

Still pretty sure it doesn't catch.

[Gadget Guy]

You gotta look at the edge with a jeweler's loupe under a 35w halogen lamp.

If I have to do that, who cares?   

[jzmtl]

I'm obsessed with keeping my blades razor sharp. 

[Pacu]

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[Benner]

I'm obsessed with keeping my blades razor sharp. 

I wish I had the skill to keep them razor sharp. 

[Craig]

It takes me a huge amount of time to get a half decent edge, so any advice that can help me keep my knives sharp is greatly appreciated

[Pacu]

invest in a quality whet stone. actually many stones of various grain.

[felinevet]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

[Pacu]

So it would be a good idea not to snap shut any knives...just to be on the safe side?

[jzmtl]

So it would be a good idea not to snap shut any knives...just to be on the safe side?

Depends on the design, some allow blade to move inward from rest position a bit without hitting anything so those are fine. But it's only the slipjoint and back lock that have any snapping power anyway.

[jzmtl]

I'm obsessed with keeping my blades razor sharp. 

I wish I had the skill to keep them razor sharp. 

You have a sharpmaker right? It's what I use as well, plus a home made strop. Nothing fancy about it, just practice a bit more and you'll get the hang of it.

[bren10man]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

Guilty as charged.....

[Anthony]

I noticed this on my first SAK...after a long while of snapping the blade shut, I was sitting at my desk and coulden't understand why there was a bent edge on the blade since I never cut anything hard or hit metal.  Then I realized I DID hit metal..every time it snapped shut the blade hit metal.

Maybe it varies from SAK to SAK...the model I noticed it on was a Sportsman II.

[Swiss Man]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

Guilty as charged.....

I personally think if you don't close the SI blade on the bail at least once then you don't own an SI.

[american lockpicker]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

That happened on my Brithish Army knife. 

[NeitherExtreme]

For what it's worth, I've noticed the same issue on LM Juice knives.

[David]

I`ve not noticed any of my SAKs doing this yet. But one of the good things about SAKs is they resharpen very easily. I have whacked the blade of the Wenger SI on the bail.      

[Sea Monster]

I just put my finger there to slow the blade down before it hits the liner!

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I've never had that happen to my Soldiers/Farmers either

[max6166]

I took apart a 84mm cellidor SAK to see what was going on once, and the blade was definitely hitting something when it closed. I think it was either a spaced or the backspring itself.

Since them, I have closed them all very gently. Seems like a strange design though - Couldn't they have left a little room so that blade wouldn't hit anything on closing?

[Dunc]

I had a Vic soldier that used to dull when you snapped the blade shut .After chatting about it on SOSAK it appears that only some Vic Soldiers do this .


Dunc

[Roadie]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

Guilty as charged.....

I personally think if you don't close the SI blade on the bail at least once then you don't own an SI.

My SI doesn't have a bail What do i own Anyone got a bail i can borrow just so i can hit my blade against it

[cliosguy]

It happens with the centofante too

[Benner]

On a related note: Be very careful when closing your Wenger Standard Issue because it can easily hit the bail and nick.

Guilty as charged.....

I personally think if you don't close the SI blade on the bail at least once then you don't own an SI.

My SI doesn't have a bail What do i own Anyone got a bail i can borrow just so i can hit my blade against it

I prefer a hollow rivet though. 

[David]

Last night after reading this thread I dug out the SI I keep in my pack and was fiddling around with it and whacked the blade on the bail again. Now I`ve got two nicks in the blade.      

[Bill.H]

I'm obsessed with keeping my blades razor sharp. 

I wish I had the skill to keep them razor sharp. 

It takes me a huge amount of time to get a half decent edge, so any advice that can help me keep my knives sharp is greatly appreciated

Go Here. Read.

I use paper wheels and follow up with a strop if I'm looking for a really sharp edge. For day to day usage I don't bother as I ruin it first time I use it hard anyway.
I like the Lansky for making new bevels. I'm just too lazy to put the extra effort it requires to do it freehand on a stone. Once the bevel is correct, the paper wheels are super fast and easy.
I purchased a 6" Ryobi grinder from HD several years ago for $40. Removed the guards, reversed the base, and put on a 8" set of paper wheels. Works very well, but I sometimes wish it turned a little slower, a little slip can mess it up cause it's working so fast.