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Remyrw

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My best grinding so far, still not great but I'm very happy at the progress. I need a plunge line guide, the curve on this one was to fix a goof made right at the start, it was smooth it out or take off a LOT of width. *grumble*

The bubble jig is my new best friend, it made a huge difference in the time on this guy. I just should have sucked it up and bought the clamp/guide at the same time.

As with one of my earlier knives, this is for a medic, in this case an EMT friend. It will get a cord wrap handle once we fish for color preferences. I wanted to do a scale handle but the gift giver wants paracord so that's what she gets. The steel is 1/8" 1075/1080 from Admiral, chisel grind at 5 degrees then a 22 degree secondary bevel for the edge. That's 22 total, not 27, just to be clear. Scotchbrite finish so he can easily touch it up on his own.

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Thanks guys. I'm tempted to make another, but I'm not sure whether it would sell. These days trauma shears have taken over most of the jobs a sheepsfoot was used for. I guess I'll make sure to get a good pic once it is done and include it on my site (also in process). If someone sees this one and wants one they'll be able to get in touch, and if someone happens to see it on my site and wants one...

With the very shallow angle on the edge it is incredibly sharp. It's almost a tri-bevel since the last bit of the edge is a bit steeper to form the actual cutting edge. I tried using my lanksy to sharpen it, but it couldn't keep a good grip on the blade at a reliable angle so I did it by hand. I'm estimating between 25 and 30 degrees final angle at the cutting surface, and oh wow does it slice through stuff. I doubt it would hold up to much abuse, but it is 1080 so it's probably still tougher than a lot of production knives with thicker edge geometry.
 
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