My first attempt at making a knife

and yes, since the belt is bunching up on the edge of the bevel (if you are grinding, as most do, with the edge up, this would be your blade edge). This is causing more material to be removed from the edge and less higher up, giving you more of a convexed edge.
 
Would also probably explain why I keep grinding my edge too much near the ricasso trying to find the correct angle for the bevel. It would take me forever since about was nowhere near the platen.
 
Feezle said:
There was no coming back from my screwups. FFG it is...ugh.
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Been there, done that, many times. I've been making knives for about five years now, but it's just a hobby and I only have time and resources to make a few knives a year. I haven't gotten very good at grinding by hand yet, so I have quite a few FFGs that were supposed to be Scandi. Oh well. I've had some success with a jig; you might want to consider that.
 
I'm going to give it another go freehand. I did ok considering I had my platen set up wrong. I made myself a filing guide to help get my plunges even. Heading to my cousin's today to use his forge to harden it along with the knife and anneal some files.
 
A couple more I'm finishing up. These are probably knives 4, 5, and 6 for me. The two in the first picture are Christmas presents for two of my brothers-in-law. They were each made from one of their late grandfather's 4-in-1 Nicholson files. They are slightly asymmetrical which has made them a real challenge. Lots of learning here.

The other one was a Delta file and it a present for my dad.

Time to learn to make kydex sheaths.

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