I am close to finishing the little bird & trout. A few more coats of surface finish and I will put and edge on her.
This steel hand and machine sands beautifully after heat treat however, I have not gone beyond 600 grit - but don't really need to. The grain works as though it is very fine and either I hit the heat treat or I missed it badly because it sands at least as if it were annealed but files skipped all over within the tang holes and I could not cut a notch with a three corner file.
I will not apply the edge until all handle finish is cured but hope to give it a field test in a couple weeks as bow season here begins 10/12. Before that I will do a card board test after handle finish cures enough to call it a finished knife.
So far I like s30v.
Roger
This steel hand and machine sands beautifully after heat treat however, I have not gone beyond 600 grit - but don't really need to. The grain works as though it is very fine and either I hit the heat treat or I missed it badly because it sands at least as if it were annealed but files skipped all over within the tang holes and I could not cut a notch with a three corner file.
I will not apply the edge until all handle finish is cured but hope to give it a field test in a couple weeks as bow season here begins 10/12. Before that I will do a card board test after handle finish cures enough to call it a finished knife.
So far I like s30v.
Roger