Marking the Edge

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Ryan Meyering

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Hello,

I'm going to be attempting to grind my first blades sometime this week and I think I've gotten all the basics down by reading Loveless's book, except scribing the edge. He made two parallel lines down the edge of the blade (I presume to mark the "flat" that would later be ground for the edge.) and I'm not sure how to do this. All I have is a regular pen-like scribe. Do I need some sort of guide, or a specilized scribe to get the parallel lines right? I don't think I could do it freehand!

Thanks,

Ryan



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Hi:

I just ordered an edge scriber from Sheffield Knife supplies. It is less than $15 and is adjustable. You should look into it. Your lines have to be parallel and about a hair apart. It makes the job so much easier.

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worlds simplist way....take a file..grind the HARD end into a point that is the height you want your line to be..lay the file flat..and scribe away. it is completely an eyeball technique so you might have to move the point up or down to get it right where you want it.

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The world's easiest (and simpler than Tom's way, hehe). Use a drill bit. Spray layout dye or spray paint in a pinch and lay the blade down. Then lay a drill bit down on the same surface and mark it with the business end of the drill bit. For two lines, use a drill bit slightly larger or smaller than the thickness of the steel.

C Wilkins
 
Thanks for all the tips, guys! I think I'll go with the Sheffield scribe if I can ever find their website. Now that I looked, I think K&G has something similar. After spending $&$?% on all of the other supplies, another fifteen bucks won't really be noticed.
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I'm beginning to understand that quote about winning a million dollars and making knives until it's all gone!

Ryan



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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23


 
And those streets were undoubtedly paid for by knifemakers down through the ages.

Can't imagine anything I'd rather do though.

GaryB
 
Ryan
Hers another way . I like this because I never have to look for the tool to mark the edge and its adjustable.
Most calipers are hardened at the tips . I just use a black marker and mark the edge I want to find center of. Then set my caliper to about half the thickness of the knife blank.
Then use the tip on the edge to guide and the other tip to scribe the line. I do this from both sides of the blank to make sure the line is in the middle .

These calipers are 15-20 bucks for the cheap ones. There great for other stuff to hahaha
In the shop dust and grit are a problem so I buy cheap ones. I dont loose a 150.00 set of calipers to grit this way.. They also mark the center of a blank real nice and measure drill bits ect..
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[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 01-12-2000).]
 
I am with Darryl on the calipers if and when I mark an edge. Usually I don't bother I eyeball the initial grind on one side of the blade to see that it is even and almost half the thickness of the blade then grind the other side of the blade to match. This takes a little practice but it isn't very difficult to keep the grind in the center.


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Man, that caliper idea is brilliant! And I can pick one up on my way home!

I love this place... thanks gentlemen.
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Ryan
 
I`m with george on this one,I don`t know if it`s a Canadian
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thing or what(not to start anything racist)but i just grind them the same way he does,and it works real well.
ps.i used to scribe too but find it a waste of my time.

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