[censored]...I wish I was that quick on my feet. She would probably ask if we could keep the puppy since she wants one so bad.

Great add blade .... I'm sorry about accident!

OUCH! But you know what they say (at least in some countries): Injury makes you wise.

Great knife, sorry about the booboo <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

have not had the opportunity to use the Basic 4 that much. Need a sheath before I can really carry it. However managed to do some kitchen duty:

Cut up around 15 chicken breasts for a stew. Sorry, not plenty of video or picture footage. It performed well with minimal sticking of veggies to the blade compared to a cheap kitchen knife. Also had no problems peeling potatoes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q39D6Xlv8ds&feature=youtu.be





Some rolling of the edge did occur, able to see it when looking down the edge (reflecting light) and feel with the fingers, however, the rolling of the edge is far less then that on the cheaper knife.

I will try to get pictures of the edge under magnification as well as sharpening it out. How to go about sharpening it...I am still undecided.

Congrats, very nice! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

In regards to the roll in your edge......

I usually just use a burnishing rod to "push" the steel back into the correct shape. INFI is quite malleable at 58-60 RC and this is quite easily accomplished. The less sharpening you can do the better as it will preserve your edge geometry. If you don't own a burnishing rod, I can recommend the following which is hardened to 64 RC and good for MOST production blades.

http://thebestthings.com/newtools/scraper_burnishers.htm

It is the first item listed, but as an alternative you should be able to use the shaft of a screwdriver and get at least a similar effect.

Burnishing is essentially steeling while holding for the proper angle, but the difference is that you have to use more pressure to "push" the edge back into alignment when you have visible rolls on your edge.

Once you've pushed the roll back into shape, you can then lightly steel the edge at the sharpening angle and then strop. You should be shaving hair at this point with your B4LE.....

Ditto

Dan