The new, slightly redesigned El Grande went from 190 to 200 in large part because they now have full-coverage steel on boths sides. The offset on the old El Grande left a single layer at the edges and an overlap ridge that complicated sharpening. The new 200s are full double-plate all the way to the edges. The only way I have to measure bevel angle is to set my KME knife sharpener to match the bevel, and the new 200s are somewhere around 24 degrees. Sharpster will know precisely and is attracted like a fly to any thread with “Grizzly” in it. 😛 Aint’cha, Ron. And maybe Doc Ashby will pop in as well. While the new 200s come far sharper than the old ones, they still have grinder marks and need some file work before going to the stone. But I can sharpen these, when I never really could the others. But sharpening aside the El Grande is a huge head and unless you’re going for EFoC for big-big game like elk, the 160 single bevel is probably a good choice. This year in my quiver I’m packing one El Grande on a wood stick, one on carbon, one with an ABS Ashby, and a grouse hex-blunt. So far I haven’t found the “lucky” one that attracts the game, but I’m working on it. DAve 😆
