well im new here and want to say hello to everyone. i have found a ton of great info so far so thank you to all that post. im working on a new knife witch has a Scandinavian grind. i wanted to know how thick i should leave the edge before i HT? but again thank you for all the help i have gotten so far.
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scandi grind question
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About the thickness of a dime at the edge is good as a general rule.
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what steel and heat treatment are you planning to use? slower quench speeds allow you to go thinner at the edge prior to ht.
with a scandi there's more metal to be removed after ht. I'm sanding down to about .010 with S30V that will go into pressurized gas quench, next batch maybe thinner
with a scandi there's more metal to be removed after ht. I'm sanding down to about .010 with S30V that will go into pressurized gas quench, next batch maybe thinner
im using 1084 and i was planing on use heated veggie oil for the quench. im doing it in the back yard so im just trying to wing it and see if i can get it close. for the other knifes i have done i left the edge about as thick as a dime but this is my first scandi grind and im worried if i dont go thinner there is lot of metal to remove with hand tools. thanks for the help