My next knife

[Sharpe5097]

I have it profiled. Any suggestions before i go forward. I would like to do a full flat grind. And i want a different handle where it meets the blade. Suggestions

 

[KnuckleDownKnives]

Clean the finger area up. I'd get that right before messing with the bevels. I've found it best to do it that way so if i mess something up I can push the plunge line forward if needed, and when I do my bevels, I leave them a little forward till i get close to fully ground as i find myself chasing them some and have gone too far back with them. I'm getting better at grinding so I'm learning to get closer as I go.

 

[E.Carlson]

Ha! the ol' DH9. That was the first knife I ever made!

 

[Sharpe5097]

Keep going down to the actual paper size or its good how i have it

 

[Natlek]

Ha! the ol' DH9. That was the first knife I ever made!

It would be interesting to see picture of your first knife And when S Sharpe5097 finishes with this one we can compare them

 

[Natlek]

Keep going down to the actual paper size or its good how i have it

I would keep going down to the actual paper size .BW , I don t think that this model is good for full flat grind , tip will be very thin and blade distal taper . . . ???

 

[Natlek]

I have it profiled. Any suggestions before i go forward. I would like to do a full flat grind. And i want a different handle where it meets the blade. Suggestions

Something like this maybe ?

 

[Sharpe5097]

I like it

 

[E.Carlson]

It would be interesting to see picture of your first knife And when S Sharpe5097 finishes with this one we can compare them

Ewwww. Ok Sharpe, your mission, which shouldn't be hard, is to do better than this.

 

[Sharpe5097]

Ewwww. Ok Sharpe, your mission, which shouldn't be hard, is to do better than this.View attachment 793900

I think the handle looks sweet. Knife sucks though.

 

[E.Carlson]

It's rough as it gets, but think of it this way. As ugly as it is it performs well. In fact I still use it all the time. At this point in the hobby you should be focused on learning what makes a blade cut well. Think thin. Then make it thinner. Save that thick stock for camp choppers.
Fit and finish will come with practice, but a beautiful knife that doesn't cut well is a crappy beautiful knife.

 

[Sharpe5097]

How bout this. Good to go or no. Let me hear it.