Sometimes i buy used older knives to restore, but also as practice material to try out certain idea's.
The tanto point on this used & worn 1980's Cold Steel Shinobu folder was made a bit pointier with the help of my Tormek T7, then sharpened & polished on a first generation Wicked Edge.
The straight edge was done freehand on Paper Wheels with diamond compounds.
The rubber grips were also re-attached to the liners (as they had partially come loose)
How these knives look from the factory (pics from the net):
(https://i.postimg.cc/Sxmrm32r/COLD-STEEL-SHINOBU-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6pB0Bg27/COLD-STEEL-SHINOBU-2.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
How my knife looks now:
(https://i.postimg.cc/59715W12/GEDC9681.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G9yZrNHW)
(https://i.postimg.cc/7PsD1rDH/GEDC9688.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8s6qD3j9)
(https://i.postimg.cc/jqgK6YK5/GEDC9694.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/grZfd5xF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/h4yg8Rgv/GEDC9695.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/t7xLyfsG)
(https://i.postimg.cc/gcSdybdn/GEDC9711.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RqHj98WB)
(https://i.postimg.cc/dQHvRcv0/GEDC9713.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/s1hty8MF)
A test i sometimes do just for the heck of it is to see how far from the point of holding one of my chest hairs can still be whittled root-to-tip (reverse hair-whittling) while holding the hair at the root end only.
The edge on this modified Cold Steel folder could do it at around 1.18 inch (about 3.0 cm)
Now i don't own a BESS tester, so i have no idea where this would be on their scale.
(https://i.postimg.cc/1tKF75M5/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bDsdsPKK)
(https://i.postimg.cc/bJRnVNLP/GE-DIGITAL-CAMERA-(1).jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8JjsjGqX)