Dan Dan the Grindin' Man

[Maqua]

I know Daniel Koster is a busy individual nowadays, but I sent him a blade blank to grind bevels into. I harrassed the heck out of him even though I told him to take his time. He probably hates me now, but damn he does a nice job when he gets around to it. :thumbup:

The blade is 10" of A2 (15.5 overall I think), designed by me and waterjet cut out of .25" thick Starrett A2. Dan masterfully ground the bevels. Apologies for the crapola pics:

Here's the original CAD drawing:

It's off to Mr. Paul Bos for HT. I have some Macassar Ebony for the scales if it survives heat treat.

 

[Danbo]

Love the design. Drill some more weight reduction holes in that tang, before you send it off for heat treat.

 

[Daniel Koster]

I was going to offer to drill out the tang - I think we did talk about this, right?

But IIRC, it balances great without it. On the longer blades, don't want too light of a handle.

Thanks for posting the pic!


It wasn't very easy to grind....but very satisfying when it was done!

Dan