grinding bevels

[bartblade]

making a 1 sided knife and was wondering what side to leave flat for a right handed person?

 

[Trace Rinaldi]

I believe the presentation side is the one to leave flat, and you grind the off side, when doing a chisel ground blade.

 

[Bruce Bump]

I believe the presentation side is the one to leave flat, and you grind the off side, when doing a chisel ground blade.

I would think the left side (presentation side) would be the one ground. Hmmm.

 

[David Schott]

If its a right handed person, take the knife and hold it in your right hand and make like you are cutting away from you. Flat side should be towards the ground.

 

[bartblade]

so thats 2 for the right side to be ground

 

[kalis]

Make it 3. The flat should be on the left side of the blade as you hold it in your right hand. Flat side on the left allows a straight cut down. I've seen 'em done wrong on a lotta knives though. Regards, Dan

 

[AfterTFD]

Factory knives like to do it wrong because they seem to photograph better that way.

David Schott said it about as well as it can be said.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Here is what is going on with a Japanese grind blade. Take a piece of meat. Slice it with a single beveled knife (flat side/beveled side). If the flat is on the left (assuming a right handed use), the meat slice moves away from the knife, as the knife moves straight through the meat. If the flat was on the right, it would move the knife away from the meat as it was trying to cut it ( Not good!).

So right hand=bevel on right.
Stacy

 

[richard j]

check out this one i made and see how it looks to you. i'm right handed and i can use it very well. it is ground on the left side and i can cut straight with it. most of the knives on my website are also a chisel grind. http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=547655

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

We are not saying it won't cut, just that it will cut more efficiently when it is trying to move the slice away from the block. In a utility hunter like yours ( nice knife, BTW) ,it would be hard to tell the difference. In a sashimi knife cutting taco (octopus) in slices that are paper thin, it would make a difference. Some of my sashimi and deba knives sell for over $500. The chef would look at me like I was crazy if I handed him a backward blade.
Stacy

 

[Bruce Bump]

We are not saying it won't cut, just that it will cut more efficiently when it is trying to move the slice away from the block. In a utility hunter like yours ( nice knife, BTW) ,it would be hard to tell the difference. In a sashimi knife cutting taco (octopus) in slices that are paper thin, it would make a difference. Some of my sashimi and deba knives sell for over $500. The chef would look at me like I was crazy if I handed him a backward blade.
Stacy

OK now that you put the "Octopus" scenareo in It makes more sense. For a right handed person holding the block with his left hand and slicing off the right end, the right side bevel causes the thin slices to neatly fall away in a stack. Cool! I learn something everyday.