I bought a Böker Vigtig about 6 months ago and have only used it maybe 3 times, I have only done stuff like carving wood.
I’m already noticing edge issues though there seem to be a couple spots that have chips or edge rolling.
For such light use this feels a bit disappointing. I’ll add pictures of the edge so you can see what I mean.
Has anyone else experienced this with the Vigtig? Normal for the steel or possibly a bad heat treat?
by krabss023
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Yikes. That cannot be normal for a BOKER… definitely not normal for a decent brand.
what steel? maybe bad heat treat
Boker heat treats pretty soft, which might be the problem. Try adding a micro bevel for better stability.
I’m wondering- what kind of wood were you carving (hardwood species or softwood, dead and dry or green and living, outside and dirty or clean carving blocks), was it dirty, were you hitting knots, torquing in the cut, etc? Scandi grinds can be notoriously finicky the smaller the microbevel, and sometimes it takes a little trial and error to dial it into where you need it. You might just try making the microbevel a bit more pronounced and it would probably settle in. There’s a chance you could be working through a little burnt steel too, and a sharpening sesh might do wonders.