I brought my TRASH-1 in tonight and was looking at and noticed it has a fairly high edge on it (meaning the actual sharpened part is VERY close to or is 1/8 inch from the actual edge to where the coating actually starts).
To MY OLD School way of thinking the "edge" on this knife is way to thick, especially near the point.
This brought to mind different ways of thinning out the edge. ONE thought was going whole hog and sharpening it all the way up the blade to where the "Sabre Grind" starts, a bit over half way up the blade. An edge (actually way of sharpening) I THINK is what is referred to as a Scandi Edge. This, would serve a couple purposes.
1. It would remove the crinkle coat thereby reducing the friction caused by the coating making the steel much smoother to the cut.
2. It would lighten up the blade weight just a tad, probably not enough to be noticeable, but would reduce the weight by the tiniest bit.
3. It would thin out the blade where you could get a longer sort of SEMI flat grind.
IF you are like me, do you think this would improve the TRASH-1, an already tried and proven blade style or be totally unnecessary?
IF someone who truly knows what they are doing would like to try this I might possibly be willing to Donate a blade, but it would require some debating with myself.
I could try it myself, but all I have for sharpening devices are diamond and ceramic hones/rods and it would probably take me the rest of my life to remove that much steel! BUT at least that way one would be ensured the heat treat is not compromised in any way.
I LIKE the TRASH1/CGASH1. But I want to REALLY REALLY like it. I think it is a great blade profile for a multitude of tasks, but (Just MY opinion) it's way to thick for a blade this size!
Thank YOu, now it's time for a bite of cheese.
