Swisstool Spirit Knife Blade

[wmirag]

I have a SwissTool Spirit. I don't use it very much only because I am usually near to full sized tools. But when I have used it, I found it handy, well built, and suited to the task. Like most SAK products, it's a work of industrial art.

One thing I have never used is its knife blade. That squared-off serrated blade seems so foreign to me that I've avoided it.

1. How do you guys like that blade and why?

2. SAK blades are very easy to sharpen. But how do you sharped this blade?

Thanks,

W.

 

[NutSAK]

I like it. The thing is like a straight razor. Very sharp.

You can sharpen it just like any other serrated blade. Use a stone with a "v"-shaped cross-section and sharpen each serration individually.

If you don't like the serrations, you could always grind them off with a coarse stone or file. Then you can sharpen it with a chisel grind as it is or put a "v" grind on it.

There is a new Spirit "S" model that has a conventional SAK blade instead of the scissors.

 

[AndyTiedye]

Might also be useful as a "rescue" blade, since it's not pointy at the end.

 

[Pydpiper]

I just sharpened mine the other day, I ended up using a leather strop... It went from sharp to really sharp..