Dagnabbit!!!!!!!

L6steel

L6steel

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Will one of you dagger pros please tell us dagger spazzes how to grind one so it looks balanced and the center line is in the CENTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks in advance!! Michael

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"

 
L6,
I am no dagger expert but I have ground several of them. I use Dykem blue on the blade and layout my centerlines and grind lines. Then I try to grind as close to them as I can. Once I have everything ground as close to the lines as possible, I do my heat treat. Then......I lay it out all over again and bring everything in with a fine belt.
Other than that, it's just practice and bad words!
Neil

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bad words fix lots of things, i'm an expert, i'm mastered all the bad words, i do need help with dagger making though.
 
L6,
I can give ou some lessons on the bad words. I've had lots of practice with that out baling straw.Saying Darn just doesn't make you feel any better when you have 160 acres left to do and the baler breaks. I'm not any help on the daggers though.

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L6,

Do not despair my good man.

Grind it down to a certain point and then draw-file the blade. That way you will have more control over where the spine sits on the blade. It only takes a few minutes.

BTW, I have ground daggers totally by hand and they turned out great (patting myself on the back). I didn't know how to grind one so I tried until I got it right. Desperation brings out things from inside of you that you didn't know were there.
 
Isn't it amazing how we look at things and over complicte them when the answer is so simple. I just never thought of marking the center line Neil! Thanks big time!!
Barry,I'm gonna give that a try. My wWilton is just too fast to have control over the fine spots.

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"Always think of your fellow knife makers as partners in the search for the perfect blade, not as people trying to compete with you and your work!"

 
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