09-08-2017, 04:12 AM
Interesting topic, Grepper.
I remember reading a recommendation somewhere about resharpening pocket knives to single bevel. (I think it was in Leonard Lee's book.) Woodworking marking knives are generally single bevel to eliminate having to correct for the second bevel. The blade rides directly on the straightedge.
My wife and I generally have a very light supper, usually apple, cheese, and nuts. She likes the apple sliced very thinly. I have found my santoku knife, reground to a single 15° bevel helps me cut very thinly. I make this conclusion by observation only, no supporting research or extensive expertise. I am left handed, and the only person who uses this particular knife. I wonder if the two bevel fashion was to have a knife function with either hand or direction.
Time to awaken my family.
Ken
I remember reading a recommendation somewhere about resharpening pocket knives to single bevel. (I think it was in Leonard Lee's book.) Woodworking marking knives are generally single bevel to eliminate having to correct for the second bevel. The blade rides directly on the straightedge.
My wife and I generally have a very light supper, usually apple, cheese, and nuts. She likes the apple sliced very thinly. I have found my santoku knife, reground to a single 15° bevel helps me cut very thinly. I make this conclusion by observation only, no supporting research or extensive expertise. I am left handed, and the only person who uses this particular knife. I wonder if the two bevel fashion was to have a knife function with either hand or direction.
Time to awaken my family.
Ken