You made 40 knives without a grinder?
I have 8 feet of steel on the way solely for the purpose of practicing technique and learning the process. But i dont have money for new belts. I dont have ANY sharpening stones or ways to put final edges on ANY knife i finish, and i will not be using a 2x42 as fast as it is to put a final edge on anything. Dont wanna ruin the HT. Or screw up all my grinds after i spent hours filing it out and paying for HT. Money i dont have. And dont wanna use files to put final edges and convex these edges with sandpaper ETC. Im not a huge fan of convexed edges.
I have finished my first knife as far as i can before HT. Its just waiting to go to heat treat. My 2nd knife is about done now as well. And will be ready for HT in the next day or 2 max. I dont have money for HT.
I have something else i want to do and it would be impossible to do it with the stuff i own. Im guessing there is a lot of knife makers that couldnt pull this off with the stuff they own and it be functional. Not saying you couldnt, but you have access to far better, and far more tools than a lot of knife makers. And your skill level is also at a way higher level these days. I want this done before Xmas. This would be impossible unless i sell something. I have a few family friends willing to pay for this idea already for xmas presents if i can get it done. and that would give me more money to keep progressing.
I have a couple knives i use every chance i get and would never sell them. This one is the best looking knife i own but due to its size its not something i use often, but it could help me out much more than a knife hanging on my wall, which is what the giedymin does 99.9% of the time.
I get what your saying but i cant keep going the direction i want without money. I cant test the 2 knives i made for function without money for HT, i cant sharpen what i make without money. And paying my land off to move takes precedence over spending money on making knives. I love making knives so far, but moving my family somewhere there is not a couple murders every week within a few miles, somewhere my kids can play outside, somewhere my son and daughter is not the only light skinned people in their school and hear it everyday is much more important. So i can just stop once i grind out my steel and wait a year to move before i can HT and sharpen them.... Or i can sell something to continue to learn and improve. I had to sell my Bow and finance the stuff i got in order to even get this far, i knew id have to sell something else to keep going if i enjoyed the hobby. I do, very much. So thats where im at now.
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