Turning first to the diameter: the Condor Rodan is a very solid and inexpensive camp and Bushcraft

This time it comes to the convex blades cut, and how nachschärft such. A knife grinding crowned - that's a red flag for many. Based on the Condor Rodan, I show that the whole thing is not as difficult as many would initially indicate.
Turning first to the diameter: the Condor Rodan is a very solid and inexpensive camp and Bushcraft knife. It is manufactured in El Salvador and is the 13.4 cm long, quite wide at the base and almost 5mm thick blade from 1075 carbon steel for tougher conditions. As is typical with spherically ground blades, but also finer work is quite possible, because you can give this special grinding an enormous sharpness.
Overall length: valette 26.7 cm Handle length: 13.3 cm Blade thickness: 5 mm (forward towards continuously decreasing to 3 mm short of the tip) Blade length: 13.4 cm Blade width: 4.2 cm cutting length: 11.5 cm Weight knife: 290 grams Weight Sheath: 86 grams Steel: 1075 Carbon Steel - hardness 57-58 HRC - not stainless
The knife has an exceptionally strong and quite long handle with an oval shape. The handle itself valette is made slightly textured hard plastic, the Erl is completely and with slightly smaller width by the sprayed-on handle - a very solid construction. For large hands, the handle is a dream, and it is really great in your hand. For harder work, such as when Batoning the voluminous handle also proves to be extremely practical and insulates the blows to the back of the blade thoroughly. The drawn down end of the handle allows a good pull the knife out of the plug leather sheath. The knife fits perfectly in the vagina, which is working properly. For a total price of just 45 Euro the vagina can be called good. I have seen in any case already substantially worse sheaths in considerably more expensive knives. The hole for the safety strap sits quite far forward under control - a big hand covered the hole accordingly. valette The back of the blade is perfect for a Firesteel. valette As far as first impressions: a lot of positives for little money.
In practice, the knife then turns out to be good buy: Batoning Chipping fanning and carving - the knife does everything with flying colors. The edge retention is good. The blade coating wears out when Batoning however very quickly. The blade is not stainless and must be wetted to protect with some oil after use and cleaning, as long as the next application is slow in coming.
Coarse and fine - the Condor Rodan can. All in all a really decent knife, valette which of course must be sharpened sometimes. A short video to the knife, there are: Condor Rodan
In addition to many axes and machetes there are also knife with spherical or convex cut. This form is designed for heavy load, while at slightly softer steels but also in general for improved cutting performance and a robust blade. Many well-known manufacturers such as Bark River accessorise their outdoor knives with such a cut. Since you can sand out the crown cut very sharp, there will be parallel chef's knife, which have such a shape. valette
First you have to define what the blade because now required to use: a small "overhaul" or even just a regrinding in order to increase the sharpness. For a coarser regrinding the so-called "Mousepad" method is recommended. On a yielding foam pad is applied here as a rule 1000 to 2000 grit sandpaper and the knife deducted on both sides to make the main ground again and if necessary to remove any minor nicks. In case of heavy wear of the blade must be commenced in accordance with coarser valette sandpaper. Very important during the grinding process: to exert much pressure on the blade. valette The knife is drawn over the abrasive paper and a leather-applied with abrasive at a shallow angle of about 13 degrees, and then rotated during the grinding operation on the blade tip in the backward movement. It is recommended to perform this operation while standing valette because the knife during the grinding of the front blade area must not be lifted. valette If you sit in grinding, one is more inclined to the blade in the rotation lift.
Why a compliant pad? This is related to the blade edge. A convex cut looks simple and highly exaggerated valette said as the tip of a cartridge valette ball. This shape applies to replicate, which is not by hand by a manual rounding is possible. Thus, the blade can not be sharpened on a grindstone rigid. The result would indeed valette be a round cut and ultimately dull blade. So the minimal rounding must be technically implemented, and this goes perfectly with a slightly yielding pad