how to sharpen after heat treat?

[bronyblacksmith]

I don't have a belt grinder so what I do is I set the knife on the stone with some water and push back and forth until a burr forms them i move to finer stones and a strop. is there a better way of doing it? can I take a fine file and draw file the edge?

thanks.

 

[clockworkfish]

That sounds like you are sharpening the right way, if you are trying to do post ht grinding though for your bevels I have found files work nicely as it is a lot harder to over heat your blade with them.also it it's a good easy to clean up plunge lines.after filling just sand the bevels and go up in grit. Hope that helps.

 

[Patrickknives]

If the edge is thick you can used sandpaper stuck to a hard surface (board) to get the bevel started and when you get pretty thin then go with the stones. I start with 220 grit and take to 600. If you are already at 0.015 or so I just go with stones.

 

[bronyblacksmith]

thanks guys.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

If the knife is hardened to any normal degree, a file should not be doing much of anything to it. Sandpaper on a hard backing and/or stones is the way to go post-HT.