The SRM 710 is referred to on the internets as a Sebenza Clone but it isn't really a clone aside from the superficial appearance. One of the biggest differences is that nothing is rounded, all the edges are squarish and fairly sharp, especially the clip. This is also at best a three fingered grip and in very heavy cuts there is no way to stop the end from digging into the pinky.
This review consists of :
The SRM 710 is a small folding back lock with a thumbstud. The most :
The edge is 0.018" thick and 0.033" wide for an angle of 14.5 (5) degrees per side.
A quick check on 3/8" hemp, the SRM 710 makes the cuts with 30 (1) lbs on a push, 14 (1) lbs on a 2" draw. The huge reduction in force on the slice shows excellent initial slicing aggression.
20 passes per side on CrO loaded leather shows a major improvement in sharpness. The knife now shaves well on both sides, push cuts newsprint, etc. . The performance was raised to 95 (5) grams on the thread and a major improvement up to 16 (1) lbs push cutting the hemp and 12 (1) lbs on a 2" slice.
Taking a Mora #1260 and the 710 to some one inch dowel, the cutting ability is very comparable. At 30-40 slices to make a point no real difference between the two, at 20-30 slices the handle on the 710 is starting to get uncomfortable. Using enough force to make a point in 10-20 slices the handle on the 710 becomes painful. This is about half of full effort, the Mora continues to make a point in 5-10 slices no issues, the 710 would actually tear the skin with full force.
An assortment of materials cut to check the edge for any major defects, from
left to right :
After the utility work, the knife just needed
The knife was now sharpener than it was originally.
It was later reground to an optimal cutting profile by putting a true-zero grind of 4.0 dps. This took :
This knife was just given a quick over view to see if it had an significant and obvious problems, none were evident. The last Sanrenmu knife, the ZB 786 was used much more extensively. But in any case, from the superficial over view this one seems much the same :
Comments can be emailed to regrind SRM 710
Most of the pictures in the above are in the SRM 710
album at PhotoBucket.
| Last updated : | 04/09/2013 |
| Originally written: | 11:29:2011 |