Was very quiet 2022 ... Back still hurts ! But , stuff needs doing !
Rough Ryder Classic Carbon VS Boker 440A stainless .
Rough Ryder Classic Carbon / 60HRC file just bit the blade :
RR comes with FREE blade play and poor fitting . ( For free / no need to pay extra )
I had to wait over a Month for this knife because the dealer sold a knife not in stock . Yeah , this is the 3rd disappointing knife from that dealer and they are now black listed from my wallet !
Boker 440A / 55HRC file just bit the blade .
Fit and finish are quite acceptable for a $40 Banana knife ( In Australia ) , should be cheaper in the USA .
Testing against the rope !
Factory edge VS factory edge and both knives FAILED ... @ 50 slices ..
Looks like both knives rolled the edge / bur .
Resharpening ..
The RR went rather smoothly , and there did seem to be a rather decent bur .
The Boker edge was FUBAR .. I am just wondering if the blind dude ground the edge or his seeing eye dog ?
Cos it was horrendously bad .......................
Both edge have been resharpened to 22 degrees . The RR was already at 22 degrees , but the Boker was all over the place ..
How can I describe what that seeing eye dog did to this blade ?
They kind of rolled it from 20 something to 18 degrees as you go along the blade in a twisting motion .
Maybe I can fully correct it when I put the knife on the wet stone grinder .... maybe ?
So the factory edge performance was poor for both knives , I mean , really poor !
The RR fails the QC test , some one let a bad knife out the door ! And the retailer fails the QC test as well , passing rubbish onto a customer ( bad ju ju ) .
Anyways .. Both knives have fresh 22 degree edges off of a guided knife sharpener ... 180 grit diamond / 800 grit oxide / 1500 grit oxide / 5000 grit stone and then stropped .
Till next time ..............