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Great job and thank you for the pics. You have turned an already great knife, into the perfect custom knife made by and for you. It is a matter of having that perfect feel in your hand. I understand. great job getting it done with what you had and getting it done yourself.
 
Ladams19 said:
Great job and thank you for the pics. You have turned an already great knife, into the perfect custom knife made by and for you. It is a matter of having that perfect feel in your hand. I understand. great job getting it done with what you had and getting it done yourself.
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I appreciate all the well wishes!
It just adds to the feeling of accomplishment I have.
 
Great work! Always good to see folks willing to make a blade their own.

That is very nice full height grind work on the RMD.

What is the edge thickness at the top of the edge bevel?
Was that done on the WK or HF?

I have done edge thinning/reprofiling/convexing on the HF, but find it hard to do full height regrinds due to the belt curvature. I can't grind against the platen on mine, as it chatters horribly. I was thinking of buying a user RMD and sending it off for a regrind to get a thinner edge.
 
That RMD was done on the HF with the platen on and the top guard removed, it fit perfectly.
I'll have to get a caliper and check, I'm not sure.

Mine chatters terribly too, but so far it's a huge upgrade.

This RMD is most likely stupid thin behind the edge, it's silly how well it cuts.
 
resinguy said:
Great work! Always good to see folks willing to make a blade their own.

That is very nice full height grind work on the RMD.

What is the edge thickness at the top of the edge bevel?
Was that done on the WK or HF?

I have done edge thinning/reprofiling/convexing on the HF, but find it hard to do full height regrinds due to the belt curvature. I can't grind against the platen on mine, as it chatters horribly. I was thinking of buying a user RMD and sending it off for a regrind to get a thinner edge.
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I appreciate the kind words!
 
So you worked just above the platen, in the 'slack' belt zone?

Debating if I should try it myself, or send it off to RazorEdge.
 
resinguy said:
So you worked just above the platen, in the 'slack' belt zone?

Debating if I should try it myself, or send it off to RazorEdge.
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Yes sir!
Exactly right.
Razor edge was my plan but I figured I have two RMDs if I mess up I'll just stop there,
I didnt mess up

He may get the regrind on my newer one, unless I grow the $@!!$ to do it.
 
Just go slow and steady and it isn't hard to do yourself... cost effective too. ;) The hardest part of facing our fears is to stop over-thinking and just start doing. If you are really worried about it you can always do it by hand, but it looks like you have it pretty well figured out already. :thumbup:
 
AZTimT said:
Just go slow and steady and it isn't hard to do yourself... cost effective too. ;) The hardest part of facing our fears is to stop over-thinking and just start doing. If you are really worried about it you can always do it by hand, but it looks like you have it pretty well figured out already. :thumbup:
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I really just need some better belts, the HF stuff did all the work seen here, but every belt I used is practically dead now.
The Tru-grit belts are my next goal, I may just order some tonigh to prepare for the new blades on the way.
 
There are a lot of options on Amazon. ;)
 
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