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I have been doing a lot of hand sanding this week, and today I got tired of chasing 220 grit scratches, dips, and worse sometimes.
So I took my Gyuto which still had about a .025 edge on it back to the grinder.
I went back to a slightly worn 120 Cubitron II and did my best to make a flat even grind all the way down both sides. Worked out pretty well.
Then to 220, same goal. Did well with that.
Then I put on a 45 Trizact and did some work with that. I am of the school of the fairly light grind, something like the Silverman grind video so masterfully demonstrates.
I've been using what I call the pool que grind on these long Gyuto blades, which is hard to describe, and harder still to keep from wearing your fingers down in places.
But the idea is a long slow pull of the blade lightly across the belt from tip to heal. Also, as I get to 220 I am holding the blade at almost a 45 deg with tip down. This helps show flaws from the previous belt, and also helps with stability in keeping things flat.
I bounced back and forth a bit between that 45 belt and a 400 belt, which helped to show up the flaws of the higher heavier grit grind.
Finally satisfied, I ended up at 600 grit for kicks, and was fairly pleased with the result. This showed me there are still some flaws, but they are fairly light in the steel, which means a bit less hand sanding work.
So in the end I am kind of settling on a progression of:
50 Cubitron II
120 Cubitron II
220
and I think 400. If someone has a great 400 grit belt they'd recommend I'd be thankful.
A couple of side lessons learned:
I was working that 45 trizact belt way too long and the way I found out was at one point, when presenting the blade to the belt, I fumbled it a little. That blade cut the belt in half and bounced back and hit my chest.
I don't use a work rest, and I am pretty glad at this point about that. I think because of this it couldn't get much bounce and didn't hit me hard at all. Could have gone a number of different ways though, and has me thinking about that leather apron pretty seriously.
A note on 220 gator belts, they are pretty punishing on fingers that touch the edge. :|
Just thought I'd throw all this out for discussion as it was a fairly enlightening grinding session, and I think it will improve my speed and finish.
Here are a few photos of the blade at 600. I wasn't going for a finished blade so wasn't too worried about small flaws.
I should also say that my goal in the end is a 1000 grit hand pulled (pushed actually) finish.
So I took my Gyuto which still had about a .025 edge on it back to the grinder.
I went back to a slightly worn 120 Cubitron II and did my best to make a flat even grind all the way down both sides. Worked out pretty well.
Then to 220, same goal. Did well with that.
Then I put on a 45 Trizact and did some work with that. I am of the school of the fairly light grind, something like the Silverman grind video so masterfully demonstrates.
I've been using what I call the pool que grind on these long Gyuto blades, which is hard to describe, and harder still to keep from wearing your fingers down in places.
But the idea is a long slow pull of the blade lightly across the belt from tip to heal. Also, as I get to 220 I am holding the blade at almost a 45 deg with tip down. This helps show flaws from the previous belt, and also helps with stability in keeping things flat.
I bounced back and forth a bit between that 45 belt and a 400 belt, which helped to show up the flaws of the higher heavier grit grind.
Finally satisfied, I ended up at 600 grit for kicks, and was fairly pleased with the result. This showed me there are still some flaws, but they are fairly light in the steel, which means a bit less hand sanding work.
So in the end I am kind of settling on a progression of:
50 Cubitron II
120 Cubitron II
220
and I think 400. If someone has a great 400 grit belt they'd recommend I'd be thankful.
A couple of side lessons learned:
I was working that 45 trizact belt way too long and the way I found out was at one point, when presenting the blade to the belt, I fumbled it a little. That blade cut the belt in half and bounced back and hit my chest.
I don't use a work rest, and I am pretty glad at this point about that. I think because of this it couldn't get much bounce and didn't hit me hard at all. Could have gone a number of different ways though, and has me thinking about that leather apron pretty seriously.
A note on 220 gator belts, they are pretty punishing on fingers that touch the edge. :|
Just thought I'd throw all this out for discussion as it was a fairly enlightening grinding session, and I think it will improve my speed and finish.
Here are a few photos of the blade at 600. I wasn't going for a finished blade so wasn't too worried about small flaws.
I should also say that my goal in the end is a 1000 grit hand pulled (pushed actually) finish.
