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pike3e

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I am currently working on a blade of d2 that was heat treated and finished hand sanded. The knife will be a hunter style with a 3.5 inch blade that is flat ground. When I measured the thickness of the blade right behind where the micro bevel will be it measured .050 inches in front of the ricasso and about .040 close to the tip. I measured another knife of a famous maker and the steel was .030 thick. Do any of you think I will have a problem with this thickness? should I leave it alone or grind the blade a little thinner? What thickness do you shoot for on your flat grinds for a similar size knife.


Thanks

John
 
It will cut better and be easier to sharpen if you thin that out a bit. .015 to .025 it a typical range for that kind of knife.

I shoot for .010 -.020 on a similar size skinner.
 
Can;t say that I would use a blade less than 1/16" thick as a hunter. I prefer at least a 1/8" thick blade (.125" thick) at very least.

As for a grind I use a flat grind from the edge to the spine but if you hollow grind you might achieve the thin edge backing at the risk of the edge breaking into a smilie.

George
 
A D2 blade with a .050" edge is goin to be a bugger to sharpen and probably not cut very good.

I grind my smaller blades to .010 +/- a little. I like a very thin edge.
 
I am with Don on a hunting knife .010-.015 on the edge. Survival or tactical blade is a different story as I will finish them a tad thicker to stand up to hard and abusive field utilization.
 
Just to be sure, do you mean the area just behind the actual sharpened bevel. I just measured that spot on a box cutter and it was .015. Are the blades really being ground thinner at that spot than a box cutter?
 
pike3e said:
Just to be sure, do you mean the area just behind the actual sharpened bevel. I just measured that spot on a box cutter and it was .015. Are the blades really being ground thinner at that spot than a box cutter?
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Yup. Box cutters really don't cut all that well. They're just cheap to make.

I like anything from .010 to .020, usually on the thin side.
 
Yeah.. Box cutter - the original scandi grind.... feh...

Actually, .025" is more common for razor blades, and some are even .060. They're thick like that because that is all there is to the blade, where a knife blade has some geometry to it.

.010" behind the edge is considered quite thin. I frequently get requests for this, but .015" is my standard.

A cut-throat straight razor is about .005" and can be damaged with your fingernail.
 
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