Complete, utter, bitter failure

I laughed out loud when I read your post. It's not that you screwed up the grind, but how you did it ...I tried to fix one little friggin thing and...

I can't tell you how many times I screwed up a perfectly lovely blade because I looked at it and ..oh, look at that, a flaw! I gotta fix that!

Just keep at it, you'll get it. Learn the knifemakers grinding sway, keep elbows steady, get close to the grinder, etc.

Best of luck

Dave
 
I've said it here before. Making knives is easy. Making knives someone wants to buy is the hard part. I have a locked drawer of sterile knives so no one knows who did that.
 
If the weird squiggle is an inclusion in the steel, you might be sanding a long long time before it goes away, if ever. I don't think it will cause the blade to suddenly fall apart. The teeth are a much bigger stress riser than a lil ol' squiggle ;)

Sometimes you have to make a decision to either live with it or chunk the whole thing. Talk to the client and let him decide.
 
Heh! Just remember, the customer is always right. Unless he's wrong. Then you just say, "I refuse your foolish request, it's beneath me! Talk to James, he's got bills to pay and will make whatever ludicrous nonsense you want for the right price! He won't put his name on it, but he'll make it."

I'm kidding. Sort of.
 
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