Single bevel???

[hardwaymike]

Has anyone here ever seen or heard of a single bevel knife before? The reason I am asking is, I have a pair of old garden shears that do not work anymore but the blades are still good. And I would like to make them into a couple of knifes. But they obviously only have a single bevel. Thanks for any info folks. Mike

[Ray Hammond]

every sushi knife I've ever seen is a single bevel. There are many tactical knives also that are sb.

[JMR]

I believe srtben made a single bevel folder recently,  maybe he would be able to answer some questions for you.

[Izzy]

All of my Emerson tactical knives are single bevel. Very sharp but hard to maintain in stainless at least. Love it in my broad heads though.

[So-Mo Archer]

I own several folders and a belt knife in SB. They are a bit of a pain until you get used to them, but do make for a good knife, in my opinion. They do take a little more maintenance, as Izzy points out, but not a big issue for general/light duty use, just keep the edge touched up and you're good to go.

[David Yukon]

I believe, that single bevel knifes, come in left and right hand. At lest they should!!

[Bill Kissner]

A friend that is a knifemaker told me this. He said he and several other makers get together once a month and have lunch and discuss knives. He said one day they were cutting the hanging rope with several knives. One maker had brought a knife with a single bevel. He said that particular knife cut the rope better than any of the double bevel knives.

[onemississipp]

Reading old text, about Native American tools, it stated that they sharpened/ground the knives they traded for to a single bevel to conserve steel.

[Xander]

I have made several and own a few custom chisel ground knives.  Very common in the Japanese style blades.  They are right or left hand ground, with the bevel on the strong hand side, i.e. right hand grind, the right side is beveled.  Edge angles and primary bevel angles are th same as V ground knives.

Are the shears good and hard?  Also, depending on the style they may be tensioned with a bow in the blade.  Post a pic and we should be al to help you get a decent knife out of it.  I see sheep shear blades turned into knives pretty often, not much different.

Single bevel vs. Zero ground:  zero ground is no secondary edge bevel, the primary bevel is the edge bevel, many chisel ground knives have a small secondary edge bevel on one side only, so sharpening is very much like a traditionl V ground knife, except you only strop the burr off the back side.  Scandi grinds are an example of zero ground knives, but ground on both sides.

Terminology is a bit interchangeable depending on who you're talking to, but a good understanding of the design is needed.


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