Bevels not perfect...

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SuzukiGS750EZ

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Does it make a big difference? I reground some 40 inclusive bevels back into my custom with 01 steel. One side is near perfect and the other side is the same size, except the belly is a tiny bit taller, not by much, and then narrows back down to normal. I can spot the difference. I did it all by hand so it's not like i messed up with a system. Should i leave it or tinker with it some more?
 
What are you using? Is your knife getting sharp? If so, relax, you are winning. Make the bevels even next time.
 
Sounds like your bevel is just off center for a bit of the blade? I'd leave it as it is. Should still cut the same :)
 
If it gets sharp it will cut just fine. What are you using it for? Now did you make the knife or was it a purchase? If you did make its a mater of if you want to accept it as good enough or just spend the time fixing it. If you have put a lot of time in it well I would try to fix it. That is if you can with out damaging it more. I am going through a simlar issue with my first knife I am making I have almost fixed it but the knife is already a loss I belive due to me sharping with out heat treating it yet, but I am using it to learn from.However it is a lightly tempered file so we will see.Now if I can get those last few file marks out. Good luck in what ever you decide.
 
John of JK handmade knives made it, he has a subforum on here. I cut it in using a flat diamond stone it's an eze-lap. What had happened was i was trying to convex it, it didnt go so well so i cut in two 20* bevels, and then 15* edge. One side came out perfect and the other came out slightly more acute at the belly. It cuts like a razor (literally) but it just bothers me lol. It's not so noticeable unless you flip back and forth and know it's not supposed to be there.
 
If it bothers you I think you have your answer spend the time might take a while but it will be worth it in the long run. If you dont you wont be as happy as you would be if you fixed it. Just my thoughts good luck
 
Fixed it :-) since you cant back pedal i just slightly increased the edge on the other side and now they're identical. Thanks guy :-). Oh btw, if anybody knows anything about 01, heat treated properly, can it take a thin edge without rolling? by thin i mean 30 included.
 
it will be real thin if you work it hard but if it just for light cutting you should be ok just dont lean on it to much or cut heavy bone ect. or you could add a micro bevel of 20 to 23 degrees on each side and get the best of both worlds
 
I don't know how to do micro bevels. The hardest work i'll ever do with it is delimb branches on both green or seasoned wood.
 
If you "fix" it, you're just going to be wasting metal, if you ask me. It wouldn't have made a huge difference if it was off-centered. You can avoid this by doing an even number of passes per side next time.

SuzukiGS750EZ said:
I don't know how to do micro bevels. The hardest work i'll ever do with it is delimb branches on both green or seasoned wood.
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To put on a microbevel, all you have to do is give a couple passes using a larger angle. That way you cut right into the edge adding a second bevel, but as its name implies, it's very, very small. The advantage is that there is more metal behind the edge (so it'll last longer), but you retain the benefit of the (performance of the) thinner primary bevel.
 
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