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blgoode

blgoode

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I am working on a set of 4 knives for my first customer. I had them damn nice before HT...

looks like I went too thin and now there slightly wavy. In straightning things up I had to take a little more off one side than the other. This helped but now I have the edge off center when looking down on the edge at the choil area.

I am not happy!!!! BUT, I do think these will be very nice functioning blades and most of what I dont like no one but freaks :D like us would address.

I have an email to the customer (who is a Bladeforum reader) stating that I can remake these if he is not happy or I can simply reorder steel.......

Can someone give me there experiences and shed some insight from an outsiders point of view.....

I do think these will be awsome blades but these are not like I want my work to be like in a year......(looks like I may just order new steel....)
 
I agree - start again - but don't throw them out. hang one on the wall in your shop to remind you how important your standards are. As for the others, I'll bet there is plenty of steel left to 'redesign' them into something with a narrower blade - perhaps a bird and trout - a childs first camp knife - or the shop knife that you open boxes, scribe lines and practice etching on.

If you do decide to regrind some, watch the heat buildup.
 
If they're small knives, you might try profiling, drilling the tang, then heat treating. Grind the bevels after HT.
Just take it easy on the heat when grinding. Lots of makers do that. :eek:

Other than that, what Gib said! Keep the old ones though, you can make shop knives out of them. ;)
 
Never, never, never, ever, ever send out a blade that you know is not right. even if the customer says it's "ok". It will haunt you forever.

Hope this helps.
Jerry
 
Rob! said:
I agree - start again - but don't throw them out. hang one on the wall in your shop to remind you how important your standards are. As for the others, I'll bet there is plenty of steel left to 'redesign' them into something with a narrower blade - perhaps a bird and trout - a childs first camp knife - or the shop knife that you open boxes, scribe lines and practice etching on.

If you do decide to regrind some, watch the heat buildup.
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I have to agree. If you put something out that is not up to your standards now, as you get better and your standards go up it will be that much more below what you will accept as your standard. If you put it out there it will somehow keep coming back to haunt you. Put it on your wall to remind you where you want to go.
Larry
 
What Jerry said!
Set the blades aside and regrind them into something else later on. I just had a similar thing happen with a bowie knife. Thing is gorgeous and a fine user but the edge has a slight wiggle in it about 3" out from the choil so I can't sell it. That's knife making!
Michael
 
Thanks Guys...who knows...the customer may just step in on this thread :D :D

We have decided to carry on...and If they do not preform I will be re grinding....

He wants early pieces from makers (he has quite a set of early on pieces from various makers) as well as users......he has insisted for me to carry on so I will....

I will next time not discuss this and regrind to my satifaction........

And hope these arent jinxed ;) ;)
 
actualy...these may nor be that bad.....
 
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