ontario rtak, rant

[nova512]

i have been working on this friggin knife for 2 hours and it is not even close to being finished (made a few japanese flags in the process) the esse junglas is great to sharpen. the ontario rtak is not , im also sharpening the top of the blade close to the point which was not sharp . it is taking a very long time. just giving you guys a heads up if you try to sharpen one.

 

[NathanJefferson]

Meh, not to pick a fight but I don't think they were ever intended to be SHARP . I've sharpened mine a couple of times after hard use and it gets to what Ron Hood would call "Sharp 'nough" pretty quickly.

Although mine is an RTAK II, don't know if that makes a difference.


Now, if I could just get my Boss Jack sharp, this blasted blade just WON"T sharpen .

 

[phylodog]

Do you have the 50/80 stones for the WE? They've cut material pretty quickly on any blade I've used them on.

 

[nova512]

Yes 50/80 had to, I found out why its so much harder this one is made of D2 tool steel newer ones are not. Learning experience lol

 

[commonality]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[phylodog]

Ahh, good ole D2. I've got a slab of that I'd like to make a blade out of but it'll have to wait until I retire. I don't have the spare time in three months to work that thing into shape.

 

[Simon6101]

?????????

Thought you had the D2 stuff down pat, Unless that Ontario is different D2 than the Outcast I had you do.

 

[nova512]

the edge really wasnt the problem , but the guy wanted the top front sharpened also factory just put a rough shape to it , it was never meant to be sharpened is my bet. i got it done took me 3 hours lol, outcast was pretty difficult but i only had an inch and a half to reprofile , the rtak was 4 1/2

 

[tradertator]

D2 is a ***** to work with.

 

[NathanJefferson]

r this one is made of D2 tool steel newer ones are not.

Hmm, makes me want to find an old D2 one now!

 

[DaveO]

I picked up one with D2 at a gun show (embarrassingly cheap) haven't had to sharpen it yet. I like mine a lot.

 

[NathanJefferson]

Does it just have D2 etched on the blade? or is there another way to tell which it is?