Review Ganzo G6804

[old4570]

Nothing to complain about , just a really decent pocket knife for the money !
Lets get to rope slicing .
That 14 degree factory bevel !!!!! It just makes the knife crazy slice 'y .
Sharpened on the guided knife sharpener , brought to a light polished edge ..
Roll began around 50 slices .. But it was such a fine edge it just kept cutting till 300 when it just failed the paper slice .
A quick N dirty wood strop , &&&& it was slicing paper like a fresh edge .. I kid U not !
A little leather after's & it was like new .......... Ok , that could work ! ( 14 degrees )

Reground as close to 20 degrees as I could and now the edge is like ( 60 grit grind ) a micro hacksaw !
Oh yeah , that 60 grit wheel dug deep into the Ganzo blade ..

It's crazy humid ( 80% ) and we have a weeks worth of rain on the way ! ( Raining now ) .
2022 was wet ! Looks like 23 is going to try and out do 22 ...

 

[old4570]

60grit grind off the wet stone grinder @ 20 degrees ( as near as I can )
Ok , so I shifted the angle from 14 to 20 degrees .. That's a relatively large change .
The 60 grit edge was toothy .. Very toothy .. And grabbed the paper like a small hacksaw blade ..
Anyways , a 350 fail .. Which is pretty much good for CrMov ..

 

[old4570]

80 grit @ 20 degrees ...
Results in a 350 Fail , same as the 60 grit edge .
So if we want more , might have to tighten the bevel to 18 or 16 degrees ..
I'll have to see about that ..
But , 350 for CrMov is very reasonable @ 20 degrees .

 

[old4570]

I put a guided 18 degree edge on the Ganzo .
And the result was a 450 slice fail ..
That is rather Good ! for a budget knife .

I was able to strop the edge back with leather and compound ..
Just a couple of minutes of work ..
I think , there for I am ! Happy with the Ganzo ..
Seriously ...... You could buy so much less knife ( performance ) for a hell of a lot more money !

 

[Frag]

I have several Ganzo knives and I think they are great knives and a SUPER value.

Thanks for the detailed report!