Can you repair a failed grind?

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Nicholas A Young

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Hello all. I am a novice knifemaker who attempted a chefs knife yesterday. I ground one side of the blade almost perfectly. The flip side....well it looks bad, not uneven, just ground too much stock off. My question is: can I reprofile the blade shape to try and "fix" my mistakes? Or, can I grind off of the "good" side to compensate? Thank you for your help!
 
You can do anything you want, it’s your knife. Without a picture(s) we cant advise anything at this point.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Yes, you may often have to move the edge back a bit to straighten up a bad grind. Many chefs knives have ended up boners or paring knives that way :).
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Thank you! It's really frustrating when you've worked for hours trying to get something perfect and mess it up at the end :/ it's been a good learning experience though. I'll attempt to push the edge back and maybe change the shape a bit, thanks again.
 
If you routinely have a bad side grind. try starting your grind on that side and before you get the height where you want it grind the other side. practice doesn't make perfect. perfect practice makes perfect. go slow and get a feel for how the grind sounds and feels and what was removed on each pass. a practiced ear can tell if you are on the same plane as the previous grind or on a new plane.
 
Above advice is good. It can be fixed, you just may end up with a smaller knife. Another thing, if you think you can't fix it because you don't have the skills at the moment, throw it in a drawer. Six months from now, or a year or two, you'll pull it out and be able to correct it easily because your skills will have advanced. I kept a drawer of buggered knives, and now most of them are fixed and sold.
 
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