Brian.Evans
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I will try to get pictures up of the profiled blade late tonight some time. Hopefully I get all my honey-do stuff done today so I can have some shop time tonight. 
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One of my current filing setup. I desperately need to get a vise!
One of the knife blank and the razor blanks. The round tip is profiled 90%, the square tip hasn't been started yet.
One of just the knife blank. I need to get a better round file and half round and a bigger flat file before I do too much more profiling.
Couple of things I see looking at the pictures. The choil needs cleaned up and made symmetrical. I'm probably going to grab the dremel with a cylindrical stone and clean it up a bit. Also, the handle and finger notch need cleaned up. I really have to get a decent half round to do some draw filing on it. The handle needs a little bit of a drop to it too.
One of the guys over at SRP told me just to get Harbor Freight files for my first time making stuff, then decide if I like it and then spend the money on nice files. I went ahead and bought an 8" single/double cut mill bastard Nicholson. Yesterday before I started working on them in earnest I bought a 4 pack of 12" files at HF. Total CRAP!
I was advised that Craftsman files were decent. Any comments? I like my Nicholson.
I posted this at SRP:
I'm taking back my harbor freight files. What pieces of absolute shit! I don't like to cuss like that, but they are horrid!! Five minutes and dull. My US made Nicholson is still goin' strong, but the HF junk is going back! A super false economy!! Junk!! I'm spending twice as much and buying good stuff. It is worth it.
One of the knife blank and the razor blanks. The round tip is profiled 90%, the square tip hasn't been started yet.
One of just the knife blank. I need to get a better round file and half round and a bigger flat file before I do too much more profiling.
Couple of things I see looking at the pictures. The choil needs cleaned up and made symmetrical. I'm probably going to grab the dremel with a cylindrical stone and clean it up a bit. Also, the handle and finger notch need cleaned up. I really have to get a decent half round to do some draw filing on it. The handle needs a little bit of a drop to it too.
One of the guys over at SRP told me just to get Harbor Freight files for my first time making stuff, then decide if I like it and then spend the money on nice files. I went ahead and bought an 8" single/double cut mill bastard Nicholson. Yesterday before I started working on them in earnest I bought a 4 pack of 12" files at HF. Total CRAP!
I was advised that Craftsman files were decent. Any comments? I like my Nicholson.
I posted this at SRP:
I'm taking back my harbor freight files. What pieces of absolute shit! I don't like to cuss like that, but they are horrid!! Five minutes and dull. My US made Nicholson is still goin' strong, but the HF junk is going back! A super false economy!! Junk!! I'm spending twice as much and buying good stuff. It is worth it.
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