Thanks for being gentle,....but your opinion doesn't phase me. I wouldn't have started this thread if I didn't expect to have opinions that were not supportive.

Possibly any lack of comments or others sharing their own customizations just "might" be because of anticipating comments such as yours?

You're a Randall worker (Scott,...shop foreman right?),...and have been programmed into seeing the same angled grind shapes over and over!

But really,...."no lines"? A full flat ground knife has "no lines" maybe in your eyes either, but it is probably the most used grind of all time. It WORKS very well, and not only in the kitchen! Yet I don't believe Randall has ever offered one??? Strange........

False upper edges and angled grind lines are used on a lot Randall knifes, but truthfully don't serve ANY useful purpose as far as overall cutting ability is concerned. Those are more design elements in my view,.....makes a prettier knife maybe,....and are easier to put into a thicker knife blade stock than a thin one.

Getting blade stock thickness down DOES make a difference, which was one of my main objectives in proceeding as i did. Not every knife has to be built like a crowbar, or have a large finger choil in a most useful part of the blade with best leverage!

Sportsman knives should be offered in 1/8" stock more often,....it's PLENTY thick and durable for that use,....and can be ground to cut much better overall in other applications. Isn't that what a knife is made for? (unless you're just a collector of pretty grind lines?)

BTW, I retired form jewelery work after doing it for 35 years,....it gets old after awhile. (But I STILL get folks wanting me to do their work, as there ARE too many bad jewelers out there)