Grinding blade stock flat?

[jaymeister99]

"Pickling" your barstock in regular vinegar overnight will make the mill scale much easier to grind away. A good deal of it will actually flake right off with a steel brush after being etched that way.

I second the notion of buying PG stock whenever possible. It's worth every penny.

Yup, I asked the wife last night to go get a big bottle of vinegar today.