Do I Need a 10in Wet Wheel?

[docmott]

So far im getting better on my primary bevels, deeper and even. I do the sharping bevels by hand on a 2x42 grinder. I just feel that they are some uneven and not true to the bevel im looking for. looking at some of the pictures of other knivemakers I'm sure they are not done by hand. they are too perfect. so should I be looking for a 10in type wet grinder to finish the last bevel? Thanks for any ideas

 

[Another Shepherd]

Try asking on https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/shop-talk-bladesmith-questions-and-answers.741/

 

[DeadboxHero]

So far im getting better on my primary bevels, deeper and even. I do the sharping bevels by hand on a 2x42 grinder. I just feel that they are some uneven and not true to the bevel im looking for. looking at some of the pictures of other knivemakers I'm sure they are not done by hand. they are too perfect. so should I be looking for a 10in type wet grinder to finish the last bevel? Thanks for any ideas

Pro tip: it's easy to make the edge bevel look nice if you grind the blade thin

 

[Father & Son Traditional Sharpening]

Pro tip: it's easy to make the edge bevel look nice if you grind the blade thin

This is the honest to god truth in the matter. I use a Tormek T8 w/ 10" wheel to do regrinds for customers here on the forum and I can assure you that even with the wonderful precision of edge angle holding and repeatability of this system, it is still difficult to get perfectly clean grind lines without running into multifaceting additional bevels. You simply will not notice this slop if the bevel is thin unless your customers are taking your edges to a microscope, lol.

The following knife of mine was reprofiled to 12 degrees per side, by accident. I was going for 15 DPS but I made an error calculating the adjustment during the process and didn't bother checking with angle wedges to verify I was off until I already finished. That said, this turned out to be a VERY wide bevel by most peoples standards. It was very difficult to keep very clean grind lines on and required a great deal of focus and finesse even with the guided system.



This knife, however, came very thin behind the edge (compared to the above knife) and subsequently it was almost effortless to get an even looking bevel with almost no drama or sweating it on my end to get things just right. I could have easily allowed this to get multiple facets on the edge and many people would never even notice looking at the edge in person. If they did notice some irregularity it probably would just seem a bit weird but not necessarily 'wrong'.

15 degrees per side. Note how the above edge appears roughly 3-4 times as wide as below.