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A quick update. This little SRM is still going strong. It needs frequent stropping to stay sharp, but its easy to maintain. The hollow grind makes it a real nice slicer. It does have one issue thoug. The tip of the blade is just barely under the edge of the scales when closed. That means that you can cut your fingertip when pressing your finger against the opening just infront of the tip of the blade. Espescially if you drag your finger towards the tip at the same time. See pic below. I might just grind the point down a bit to fix it.
Quote from: Grathr on July 15, 2017, 07:54:06 PMA quick update. This little SRM is still going strong. It needs frequent stropping to stay sharp, but its easy to maintain. The hollow grind makes it a real nice slicer. It does have one issue thoug. The tip of the blade is just barely under the edge of the scales when closed. That means that you can cut your fingertip when pressing your finger against the opening just infront of the tip of the blade. Espescially if you drag your finger towards the tip at the same time. See pic below. I might just grind the point down a bit to fix it.You could try filing a bit of the part of the blade that hits the stop ( don't know what you call it ). I've done this on a couple of Trad. folders
Quote from: SteveC on July 20, 2017, 05:07:11 PMQuote from: Grathr on July 15, 2017, 07:54:06 PMA quick update. This little SRM is still going strong. It needs frequent stropping to stay sharp, but its easy to maintain. The hollow grind makes it a real nice slicer. It does have one issue thoug. The tip of the blade is just barely under the edge of the scales when closed. That means that you can cut your fingertip when pressing your finger against the opening just infront of the tip of the blade. Espescially if you drag your finger towards the tip at the same time. See pic below. I might just grind the point down a bit to fix it.You could try filing a bit of the part of the blade that hits the stop ( don't know what you call it ). I've done this on a couple of Trad. foldersThe Kick This doesn't always work depending on the tang profile, but it's certainly worth a try