moose30273
New Member
Hi
My first post and a question. If it belongs elsewhere, feel free to move. I had reicently purchased a Camillus fighting utility knife (KA-BAR) to use. It was one of the 70's era knives with the dark brown coating on blade and sheath. It is as new as it can be for it's age. Bought it over the internet. Anyway, when I got it I thought the blade was bent. Turned out to be an optical illusion. The blade grind is just off. Anyone who has tried to make knives wil understand what I am talking about. You can / will remove more metal from one side of the blade than the other. Looks funny and curves the cutting edge just a little bit. My collectors question is; Is this just par for the course for these knives and their quality control? Or is this something wrong but rare like a double stamped coin? Just wanted to check with someone before I started sharpening. I bought the Camillus instead of a new Ka-Bar simply because being a traditionalist, I do not like what Ka-Bar has done to their flagship knife. But that is a rant for post #2 maybe. Thanks in advance for entertaining my silly question.
My first post and a question. If it belongs elsewhere, feel free to move. I had reicently purchased a Camillus fighting utility knife (KA-BAR) to use. It was one of the 70's era knives with the dark brown coating on blade and sheath. It is as new as it can be for it's age. Bought it over the internet. Anyway, when I got it I thought the blade was bent. Turned out to be an optical illusion. The blade grind is just off. Anyone who has tried to make knives wil understand what I am talking about. You can / will remove more metal from one side of the blade than the other. Looks funny and curves the cutting edge just a little bit. My collectors question is; Is this just par for the course for these knives and their quality control? Or is this something wrong but rare like a double stamped coin? Just wanted to check with someone before I started sharpening. I bought the Camillus instead of a new Ka-Bar simply because being a traditionalist, I do not like what Ka-Bar has done to their flagship knife. But that is a rant for post #2 maybe. Thanks in advance for entertaining my silly question.