I was feeling shiny

Swoop03 · May 21, 2013

I had the belt sander out the other day, just getting around to pictures and uploading them.

Kershaw chill, re-ground thinner and convexed and polished.

CRKT Folts Minimalist bowie blade: Dropped the blade, rounded the spine, put the swedge back in and exteneded it a little and polished that and the edge.

Rounded the butt end of my opinel

Polished up my Para 2 edge

Brous Blades Silent Soldier V2 first gen: Started as an edge thinning then I decided to convex the whole edge and leave the black flats but I screwed up so I made the whole thing one edge. I did this one a while ago so it has use on it, as you can see with that ugly scratch in the satin finish. I'm not too too happy with this one, I will touch it up sometime.

9blades · May 21, 2013

The silent solder is sick...

Swoop03 · May 21, 2013

I liked the way it looked stock from Jason, but with it being quarter inch thick it didn't slice through anything. I reprofiled it to 17 per side on my lansky and the edge ended half way up the primary grind. I might just sand everything off and rig up a way to stonewash it.
It also actually looks better on camera, but thanks anyways!
This is only the second time I've used my belt sander and the first time doing modifications with it. Before I only had sharpened and reprofiled a few knives.

Hairlesstwinkie · May 21, 2013

I am digging your Chill. That's a purdy blade.

Swoop03 · May 21, 2013

Hairlesstwinkie said:
I am digging your Chill. That's a purdy blade.

Why thank you! I took my time on that one and I am proud of it. It's not perfect but I think it's darned good especially not having the most ideal equipment to polish things like that. I just now noticed as well that there is brass chips around the pivot and in the liners. I work with brass a lot at work. I gotta clean that now, its gonna bug me.

Razorsharp-Travis · May 21, 2013

Very nice, what was the grit progression?

Brisket · May 21, 2013

Looks like you got a quick handle on that belt sander, Swoop03. Nice work!

9blades · May 21, 2013

Swoop03 said:
I liked the way it looked stock from Jason, but with it being quarter inch thick it didn't slice through anything. I reprofiled it to 17 per side on my lansky and the edge ended half way up the primary grind. I might just sand everything off and rig up a way to stonewash it.
It also actually looks better on camera, but thanks anyways!
This is only the second time I've used my belt sander and the first time doing modifications with it. Before I only had sharpened and reprofiled a few knives.

Didn't know they where a 1/4 thick lol...still looks great!

Swoop03 · May 22, 2013

Razorsharp-Travis said:
Very nice, what was the grit progression?

Umm..lol..I started with 400 I think, I was thinking the steel is soft and I'm not removing a lot of metal but in hindsight I should have started lower to make it quicker, then I went to 600, 1200, 3000, fine scotch brite, then leather belt with white compound then plain leather. There are still stratches and what not but I got impatient and ended it early. I'm sure if I find the patience I could to a good polish, also if I had maybe 4000 grit belts that would make it easier.

Brisket said:
Looks like you got a quick handle on that belt sander, Swoop03. Nice work!

Thanks! I use one almost every day at work for de burring and final finishing of copper and brass pieces so it's not totally new to me, just the whole precise angle and matching sides thing is new to me along with the polising and grit progression.

9blades said:
Didn't know they where a 1/4 thick lol...still looks great!

Yea the earlier versions were, he has since made a couple revisions and now I think they are thinner and they have a little nub to keep your finger from slipping up onto the blade. They're only $99, or that one was at least. Might be more or less now, but totally worth it. Also SOG is making production runs of them, I think it's called the snarl? Brous is really moving along in the knife world. Yep, I didn't have mics or calipers handy, they're at work, but I do have a presicion 6 inch scale here, and it is indeed 1/4 inch D2 tool steel. Wonderful steel I love it, I just end up using my minimalist more because it slices better and I slice more than cut into with my EDC needs.