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So I bought a Gerber Strongarm recently and was pretty stoked about it given how affordable and capable it appears to be. The grind work on the knife was just, bad. Anything you could call a grind mark was not straight. The grind on the saber, the grind on the spine swedges, the bevel, all off. I have no reason to believe it's a counterfeit as the fit and finish appears to otherwise be very good, sheath was good etc. The steel sharpens very well and easily and I don't intend to return it as a bought it for dirty tasks and poor grind marks probably won't effect hard use. I'm just wondering if any other strongarm owners have had fit and finish issues on their blades?
Tip: I was able to fix the bevel with the KO worksharp and 25 degrees seems to fit the factory angle almost exactly. Just a couple of passes on the off side brought it pretty much in center with the main blade.
If I can get my flicker account figured out I'll post pictures. The offness of the grinds is almost kind of funny. I'm just imagining a tech saying, "So how do I grind this?" and the trainer saying, "I dunno man, how do you want to grind it?"
Tip: I was able to fix the bevel with the KO worksharp and 25 degrees seems to fit the factory angle almost exactly. Just a couple of passes on the off side brought it pretty much in center with the main blade.
If I can get my flicker account figured out I'll post pictures. The offness of the grinds is almost kind of funny. I'm just imagining a tech saying, "So how do I grind this?" and the trainer saying, "I dunno man, how do you want to grind it?"
