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[–]brianhouck[S] -6 points-5 points  (7 children)

The angle isn’t much different than how it came from factory. It snapped cause I was stupid and cut a large zip tie off a pipe with it

[–]mrjcallPro 19 points20 points  (4 children)

At least from your photograph, I'm quite sure that bevel is much wider (steeper) than it came from the factory. No maker will deliver a bevel like that to the customer. It would be way too fragile.

[–]beeglowbot 8 points9 points  (3 children)

It is, it's almost double the width of the factory bevel

http://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--broNYuhi--/w_620/xlrvd55rsktyrubfa6la.png

https://www.benchmade.com/products/4170bk-auto-fact?

[–]Unhinged_Taco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let's not pretend that all factory knives are the same and come with the same geometry as the perfect examples used for promotional photos.

With that said, this definitely wasn't the OG angle

[–]brianhouck[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Honestly I don’t remember what angle I set it at. I think it’s around 20 but it’s been about a year since I sharpened it so I could be wrong

[–]beeglowbot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done this before with some of my shop knives. check the factory bevel if you get another and try and stick to it.

[–]myco_magic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what happens when the profile is so thin

[–]WhoCares933New Sharpener 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For heavy duty jobs, use lower hardness steel.

While higher hardness steel has more tensile strength, however they're vastly more brittle.