Has this ever happened to you?

sharpstick

sharpstick

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I was talking to a friend of mine who is a professional artist. He said that when he first started painting, he would pain his subject upside down on the canvas because it trained his brain to concentrate more than if he were painting the subject just as he saw it.

Well, today I was in the shop and decided to try something along the same lines. I picked up a piece of scrap O1 and started grinding. I did not have a pattern in mind and I did everything backwards from usual. I ground the blade with the opposite hand, held it in ways I have never tried, etc...

The results suprised me. This blade had the straightest most even grind lines I have ever done. This piece of scrap steel became quite a nice looking knife. I will try to borrow a friends camera so I can post a pic.

I was just wondering if any "accidents" have turned out to be a nice finished piece for you other guys.
 
Great idea!

You know some of the best accidents make the grade.

...Like chocolate chip cookies.
 
Same here. Some of my best ones weren't planned, I just picked up a piece of steel and started grinding or had to correct an earlier mistake.
 
:confused: :p :confused:

I always heard: He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

I have tried some of the above, but they rarely turn out to my liking, sitting down with a piece of paper and making a template works best for me.
 
Originally posted by tom mayo
:confused: :p :confused:

I always heard: He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

I have tried some of the above, but they rarely turn out to my liking, sitting down with a piece of paper and making a template works best for me.
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Same here Tom my brain just want work any other way. I have to draw it out then grind it.And sharpstick I have a friend that is a artist and he said that was taught to him also.
 
I do the same quite a bit -- just grab a piece and go to town on the grinder. Great stress-relief (don't have to worry about sticking to a "set" design) and you never know what will come out of it.
 
Originally posted by sharpstick
I ground the blade with the opposite hand, held it in ways I have never tried, etc...
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It is always good practice to grind as much with the weak hand as you can. Use it to guide during profiling, instead of pushing etc.

Pretty soon you will be able to grind equally well with either hand.

:eek: :D
 
I too once put a professional artist upside down before grinding him with my left hand. Can't say I liked the results.

Maybe I'm in the wrong forum again.

Steve





Seriously tho, that's a neat idea sharpstick. I'm gonna try it out!
 
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