Thread: Bahco Knives

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Not an upgrade,just different branding.hunting n fishing been selling them for ages like that.

Ahhhhhh - that'll be why I haven't seen them haha

Originally Posted by No.3

Pretty much what I've been doing - I got a good old skool Cambrian steel (one of the fine cut ones). Even that didn't do it, just left it like a kids toy knife... Using a diamond hone works if it's handled with care but you have to be careful with it. The Scary Sharp deals with the bulk sharpening, and a few licks with the fine diamond hone and it's shaving sharp. Stays that way for a considerable time too, but not with a steel anywhere near it that's for sure.

The bahcos are pretty high in chromium, which makes them a bit more wear resistant. They run a bit harder than victory too.

The old steel straightens the edge thing is a bit of a wives tale at this point, a steel can straighten the edge, but rolled edges arent actually that common, and usually they are just broken off rather than pushed back to center anyway.

A steel sharpens like any other hone, by removing a small amount of steel to reset the apex. Steels are just the least aggressive, especially the smooth ones. For maximum effectiveness A hone should be used at a slightly higher angle than the normal edge to create a micro bevel and reset edge geometry. This will take the least amount of time and work to bring the knife back to sharp again

Originally Posted by Nick-D

The bahcos are pretty high in chromium, which makes them a bit more wear resistant. They run a bit harder than victory too.

The old steel straightens the edge thing is a bit of a wives tale at this point, a steel can straighten the edge, but rolled edges arent actually that common, and usually they are just broken off rather than pushed back to center anyway.

A steel sharpens like any other hone, by removing a small amount of steel to reset the apex. Steels are just the least aggressive, especially the smooth ones. For maximum effectiveness A hone should be used at a slightly higher angle than the normal edge to create a micro bevel and reset edge geometry. This will take the least amount of time and work to bring the knife back to sharp again

The harder the knife steel the finer the sharpening steel should be. Otherwise it just chatters along the edge.
As shepherds we used to hone our new sharpening steels down on a brick.

Am I the only one that cringes slightly whenever this thread gets resurrected

Originally Posted by Nick-D

The bahcos are pretty high in chromium, which makes them a bit more wear resistant. They run a bit harder than victory too.

The old steel straightens the edge thing is a bit of a wives tale at this point, a steel can straighten the edge, but rolled edges arent actually that common, and usually they are just broken off rather than pushed back to center anyway.

A steel sharpens like any other hone, by removing a small amount of steel to reset the apex. Steels are just the least aggressive, especially the smooth ones. For maximum effectiveness A hone should be used at a slightly higher angle than the normal edge to create a micro bevel and reset edge geometry. This will take the least amount of time and work to bring the knife back to sharp again

Interesting vid about honing steels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ReQ83CZOQ

Originally Posted by Tui4Me

Am I the only one that cringes slightly whenever this thread gets resurrected

No.
My participation is in no way an endorsement of these terrible things. I would rather be seen wearing crocs.

Having once gutted a deer with a flattened and sharpened 303 shell (because I left my knife at home) I now appreciate any knife that’s in my pack

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever smashed a handle off one of these to see what the tang looks like?

Originally Posted by makka

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever smashed a handle off one of these to see what the tang looks like?

Pretty sure someone did a rehandle jobbie back on other pub...anyone remember whodunit??

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Having once gutted a deer with a flattened and sharpened 303 shell (because I left my knife at home) I now appreciate any knife that’s in my pack

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Yeah, I had to gut one with a stone I smashed together with a bigger one, when I left my knife behind. I now have a mercator as a spare that lives on the belt with the ammo pouch. Cannot get left behind that way!

Stupid Buck brought a knife to a gun fight.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Pretty sure someone did a rehandle jobbie back on other pub...anyone remember whodunit??

I was looking at some scrap walnut and having some silly ideas in the shed last night

Cheap enough you can melt handle off and see what you have to work with.

I watched a Steven Rinella episode where they cut up a whole bison with stone tools for a research paper. Was interesting to see what shapes worked best