Cold Steel SRK - with sharpened Clip Point

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Hi all,

I just got myself a CS SRK in SK5. Very happy with the knife, especially considering the price :)

Since I want to use the SRK for hunting, I was thinking about sharpening the clip point (backside of the blade). The only problem with that is, that the clip point is pretty thick on said knife.

Has anyone sharpened the clippoint on an SRK?
Or will the thickness of the clippoint make this essentially a useless endeavour (- with the edge being so thick that it won`t really cut or on the other end so thin that the point looses all it`s strength)?

Greetings and have fun out there tinkering :)
 
are you sure that it would be legal in your state? many states consider knives with double sharpened blades as daggers, which may not be legal in your state. i agree with timmy
 
Thanks for all your replies.

tinfoil hat timmy said:
I'd dance in the shoes I'm wearing if I were you.
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Why? I like my shoes, but why not improve them? :)

SOLEIL said:
are you sure that it would be legal in your state? many states consider knives with double sharpened blades as daggers, which may not be legal in your state. i agree with timmy
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Thanks for the hint. I`m from over the pond. Double sharpened blades are legal here, depending on their size.

Alberta Ed said:
Not sure what that would accomplish. The SRK works great for field dressing as is.
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I don`t want to sharpen the clip point for field dressing (I use a havalon for that). Instead, under certain circumstances it can be necessary to dispatch a wounded animal by knive where I live, since you are not always allowed to / able to use a firearm for this task. To do this quickly it can be advantageous to have a knife that has a bilaterally sharpened blade or at least tip.

Any more thoughts on / experiences with sharpening the tip on an CS SRK? Why would it be a good idea or why might I be better off dancing in the shoes I`m already wearing?
 
You could file the back of the very tip to be pointier, aka "penetrator tip," but I don't think you could get a truly sharp edge of any length.
 
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For a penetrating cut from a clip blade, it really isn't necessary to sharpen the spine anyway, at the tip. Sharpening the spine near the tip essentially just makes maintenance/upkeep of the tip unnecessarily more complicated.

Most 'dull' tips can be made to easily penetrate simply by making sure the existing cutting edge is fully apexed all the way to the tip. So many factory edges don't quite finish the edge at or near the tip, which is why they so often seem dull.

After fully apexing all the way to the tip, one can also just grind down/flatten the spine, immediately above the tip of the cutting edge, to make the tip pointier. This is how I usually finish mine up, when tuning up the tips.
 
Thank you very much for your replies.

I guess I`ll leave the spine near the tip as is then.

Obsessed with Edges said:
For a penetrating cut from a clip blade, it really isn't necessary to sharpen the spine anyway, at the tip. Sharpening the spine near the tip essentially just makes maintenance/upkeep of the tip unnecessarily more complicated.

Most 'dull' tips can be made to easily penetrate simply by making sure the existing cutting edge is fully apexed all the way to the tip. So many factory edges don't quite finish the edge at or near the tip, which is why they so often seem dull.

After fully apexing all the way to the tip, one can also just grind down/flatten the spine, immediately above the tip of the cutting edge, to make the tip pointier. This is how I usually finish mine up, when tuning up the tips.
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Thanks for your tip. I`ll make sure to give the tip a nice apex 👍

Thank you for everyone that helped. Have a nice one
 
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