+ 3 for that... actual even bevels on a bench grinder would be impressive. I used a bench grinder and 3x18" belt sander clamped upside down in a vice for my first 13 years of making knives and looking back im amazed I kept trying. however, if that's what you have, I got a couple tips that I learned the hard way over that time...take em, or leave em.
- find a way to mark your centerline.. scribe is outstanding, but an old drill bit sharpened and glued into a square block of micarta works.
why, you ask? because if you don't know where the centre is, your edge probably won't be running along it.
- make a file guide first and make your plunge lines with a round file (like a chainsaw file) before you ever fire up the grinder.
porquoi? because you want your plunges even and smooth... round is easier to get scrathes out and is stronger than square.
note... if you can't make a file guide, clamp your blank in your vice at the angle you want to file it... this WILL wear a groove in your vice.
- Real 2x72 grinder is better than angle grinder... but angle grinder is better than bench grinder.
Perche' you ask? an angle grinder with a flap wheel will be easier to keep your eye on the bevels and will be a lot more even than a bench grinder as well as a much smoother finish.
get good files... and use those before you think you have to. it'll save you from grinding too far to fix your mistakes.
buy the how-to book by bob loveless... its the best aid I had prior to the internet. and it'll give you a lot of answers if you read it.
