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As short as the bevel is, it actually looks hollow, not convex. How did you do the grind?
 
Bunker Hill Blades said:
C CagedSuperman those knives look nice, I did pretty much the same thing with the first couple knives I made, where I did a ridiculously thick convex grind. But I quickly learned that, that thick of a blade is not good for anything else but a prybar. Most people don’t realize just how thin you can make a knife that will hold up to hard use.
I regularly make knives with a very acute flat or slight hollow grind with a behind the edge thickness between 0.015“ and 0.020” depending on steel and use, if I need to go much over 0.020” with a steel to make it heavy duty enough for the task then I will select a different tougher steel.

One example, awhile ago I made a knife in 80crv2 that I heat treated in a gas forge (I know barf 🤮) stock was 3/16” with a nearly full flat grind, and about 0.018” behind the edge, I did some torture testing with it, including batoning through a brick as well as a cinder block, the damage did not go past the secondary bevel! and it wasn’t even heat treated correctly!! AND let’s be honest when in a real life scenario are you going to need to baton through a cinder block!!

Best regards,
Joseph
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I use a gas forge. My 2 80’s are near unbreakable
 
K.O.D. said:
Ignoring people just to read their posts anyway? Ok...
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Well he had no reasonable feedback like others, so he’s not worth my time. I only viewed his stupid comment because I figured the ignore would not have my posts show up to him. Unfortunately there’s not a straight up block.
 
scarysamcary said:
because it is 1/4in thick. At that thickness, most things are gonna be near unbreakable. What he was saying is with a proper HT you could be using much thinner stock and still have a near unbreakable blade, also one that cuts much better.
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Precisely.
 
Your knives are...uh....well, they're something alright.

My feedback would be that you should probably look into a Knifemaker's level membership if you're going to continue to try to show off your work here. Other knifemakers have paid for the privilege to do so, after all.
 
Quiet said:
Your knives are...uh....well, they're something alright.

My feedback would be that you should probably look into a Knifemaker's level membership if you're going to continue to try to show off your work here. Other knifemakers have paid for the privilege to do so, after all.
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Lol, no. I’ll learn. You’re more than welcome to have my account deleted.
 
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CagedSuperman said:
Isn’t that rich
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Why necro a thread like this? surely nothing positive can come from it. I got a lot of the same criticisms when I started making (I still forget to bring the bevels higher sometimes for my larger pieces lol), but I took it to heart and moved on to better my craft.

Rather than revive this negative thread, post some of your recent work in a new thread and compare the criticisms (you will always find some criticisms). I'm sure you will see your growth and be inspired to keep working!
 
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