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Sharpening Question - La Griffe Raptor Blade

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Jared Karr

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:o Okay, so I got a little crazy with the dremmel tool, and now my Emerson La Griffe is just the way I like it, but I screwed up the point when re-profiling the blade, and, not having much experience with claw and hawkbill type blades, I can't seem to get it pointy again. It's very sharp on the edge, but not pointy at the tip. It's not blunt, but it just doesn't have that pin-prick sharpness it should. I can run it along my palm without cutting my hand, and have to use some pressure to get it through magazine paper. Once it gets in, it cuts like butter, but it's just too dull at the tip.

I'm not gonna bust out the geometry book and tell you guys what angle I reprofiled the chisel grind to, but it is definitely less of an extreme angle than an out of the box Emerson La Griffe.

I've been sharpening on the Spyderco Sharpmaker, and it is great for that blade design, but how do you best sharpen this type of blade shape and grind to get a good point out at the tip?

Thanks for your help!
 
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