help with my 1st non file knife

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I am working on my first knife made from a known material (1/8"1095) and I'm in need of a little help. I have already screwed up my first one, but I want to go ahead and fininsh it anyways to abuse a little and see how the blades do.

I screwed up on the plunge cut on one side and ran it all the way up into the spine on accident. It isn't very deep, but too deep to grind the whole side of the knife down to fix it. Will this make a big differance in strength of the blade?

I was also wondering how smooth to make the blade before HT? I have it hand sanded to 220 grit and it seems pretty smooth, but I would rather take off metal when its soft, rather than after HT.

This is going to be a bushcraft type of knife with about 4.5" of blade and horse stall mat for handle scales. I also plan on making a twin of this blade (except the messed up plunge cut) to send out for HT (I still need to find a place for this. If you have any suggestions for this please let me know)

Thanks in advance,
Dustin
 
Did the same thing on my first knife screwed the plunge cuts up just made the most of it
 
What grit should I sand the blade to before sending it out for HT? I think that this is all I'm waiting on before I can go any farther on this one.

Thanks
 
depends on the final finish you are looking for, 400 grit would be lots for me.
You can make a file Jig to help with the bevels, and put a ceramic tile on your belt grinder as a "platen" to help.
With the file jig you might be able to put on a big enough bevel the you can follow it with the grinder. Again depends on the size of the bevel I guess.
 
depends on the final finish you are looking for, 400 grit would be lots for me.
You can make a file Jig to help with the bevels, and put a ceramic tile on your belt grinder as a "platen" to help.
With the file jig you might be able to put on a big enough bevel the you can follow it with the grinder. Again depends on the size of the bevel I guess.
The bevel going up into the spine will make a weak spot but does not mean the blade will break, do a partial quench and leave the spine softer and it will have a little bend to it leaving it little less prone to breaking. Cheers Ron.
 
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