Thoughts on Edges

My thoughts on edges:

I learned about knives mainly through Bushcraft. Having used many different styles, brands and sizes I have come to a conclusion: the more edge, the better. I tend to make shorter blades with as much edge as possible while leaving a short unsharpened “pad” allowing a grip from the middle finger when extending the index finger to the tip of the spine for fine work as well as for the index finger when using for fine shaving.

I try and give you maximum edge for the length of blade so that my knives often have more edge than knives with longer blades so you can do more with less all in a tidy package with a full-size handle.

As far as sharpening choils go, it seems six of one, half dozen of another. With a choil you get to sharpen all the way to the end of the edge but you lose a bit of length of the edge. Without a finger choil it is difficult to sharpen to the end of the edge, but the “dead” part of the edge is very close to the end.

A finger choil makes everything look clean but I always defer to use and performance. I want my knives to be used! A sharpening choil makes the most sense to me on V-edge or Convex edge knives as when sharpening one is addressing just the edge where on Full Convex grinds one takes material from the entire face of the grind.

I’m really no expert, just a guy who loves knives so much he makes them. As always, use the knife you have and when you’re ready to up your knife game, get a Fisher Blade.