Putting a lot of work into my beat up NMFBM. *crosses fingers*

sumnrfam said:
Here Here! AGREED!!!!, that is beautiful 230 :thumbup::thumbup:,,I am almost done on my hand satin of my SAR5 :D (LOVE it), and will put up some pix soon,,, but it will certainly fall into Resin's "Ghetto Satin" category,,but yours is B E Autiful!!, What grit are you up to so far?
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Thank you.

I used a 1x42 grinder.

Started out with a 50 grit belt after stripping the coating off with chemical stripper. A LOT of grinding removing the dimples. Moved up to an 80 grit, then a 220 grit, then a 400. After the 400 grit I start using scotchbright belts for satin finishing, from coarse, medium and fine.

If your grind sucks at the beginning, no amount of higher grit belts is going to fix it. Keep your grinding lines straight and it'll blend in a lot better. It takes A LOT of time removing the dimples to achieve the satin finish, A LOT. You have to be very patient, it seems like it'd be simple to just use a lot of pressure and keep going but you have to be cautious of heat build up. There is a reason satin finished knives cost a lot more than coated ones, its a lot of work.

Sharpening I generally go around 400, 600, 800, 1000, 15 micron, leather loaded with 1 micron diamond spray, then .5 micron diamond spray or some green compound. Having a variety of belts is handy. After its off the leather/compound if you can't split hair, you did it wrong. Be patient.

Looking forward to see your SAR5! I've been considering one as a project knife.
 
Longknife3 said:
NICE work Mike:thumbup::thumbup:
You Sir, are really pushing me towards getting a belt sander... I never used one, and wouldn't think about touching INFI to it until I had some experience and LOTS of practice.

Ever do a tutorial before:D
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Get one, they make life easier.
 
Ankerson said:
I love it personally. :D

It doesn't beat up the battons and it's makes for a nice touch. :thumbup:
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I wouldn't mind a little rounding of the corners, but I prefer a flat spine and pommel. While it does reduce the corner mashing affect on batons it also makes the spine and pommel act like a ball peen hammer when using the spine to strike things. I'm not sure I could come up with a really good logical reason for why I prefer the flat spines, but it just feels more indexable and versatile to me.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
I wouldn't mind a little rounding of the corners, but I prefer a flat spine and pommel. While it does reduce the corner mashing affect on batons it also makes the spine and pommel act like a ball peen hammer when using the spine to strike things. I'm not sure I could come up with a really good logical reason for why I prefer the flat spines, but it just feels more indexable and versatile to me.
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We are all differnt and like different things. :D

I love the way the LE and Satin NM look. :thumbup:
 
WILLIAM.M said:
Beautiful results

Do you have the Before photo>>???
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Thank you.

No before results pictures really. Just picture a beat to heck NMFBM with a damaged edge and the coating worn in various spots. A knife that's been thrown a hundred or so times and processed probably a cord of wood.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
I wouldn't mind a little rounding of the corners, but I prefer a flat spine and pommel. While it does reduce the corner mashing affect on batons it also makes the spine and pommel act like a ball peen hammer when using the spine to strike things. I'm not sure I could come up with a really good logical reason for why I prefer the flat spines, but it just feels more indexable and versatile to me.
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I agree, plus the ability to strike a firesteel without using the edge.

Batons are free, especially when you have a giant razor blade like the NMFBM with you. In my experience, the meltdown treatment doesn't really change all that much in terms of how many batons I go through.
 
hoopster said:
It looks like a safe queen again. :D I say go beat on it some more.
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It's not really functional yet, hours of grinding kind of took the bite out of the edge, so its pretty dull. Not going to sharpen it until I finish up the detail work.
 
230grains said:
It's not really functional yet, hours of grinding kind of took the bite out of the edge, so its pretty dull. Not going to sharpen it until I finish up the detail work.
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THAT'S smart. I haven't always been so smart. Nothing like sanding away on a big razor!
 
Speaking of tips, I think I figured out the main reason my leather belts stretched past an adjustable length. I always finished with the leather belt when sharpening so I left it on the sander between sharpenings. I have been taking it off now and it seems to be holding up much better.

This is probably a common sense thing that I just overlooked at first and you probably already do this.

I am just happy you like the grinder and I could help you out the little bit that I was able to.
 
Yeah, I had the same problem before, but learned to always take off the leather belt when I'm done. On the 1x30 the belts would become USELESS for me after a little while.
 
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That "lot of work" sure has paid off! She looks great!!!!:thumbup: The NM Mistress is the next logical step in my Busse knife affliction and favorite Mistress.
 
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