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[unky_gumbi]

First off happy hollidays to everyone.

Being that allmy family is over 30 hrs away from me I have decided to spend the day working on my knives. The co-worker that made my file jig is getting one of my first knives made in payment, but hte thing is he would like a swedge on it. What would be the best way of going about this? I already have both of the first design profiled beveled and sanded for HT

His is the one on the right.

What I am thinking is to just draw a rough line onit and either file or grind to it before HT, or should I wait till after HT and grind down to it?

I have a benchtop 5" disc grinder with an adjustable table so the angle would be constent on both sides.

Thanks for taking your time on this day to answer my noobie question

George

 

[John L]

Practice first...they can be tricky to get equal amongst other things! When you do begin on the real blade..take it slow and make a pass taking off minimal material until you really get the hang of it. One of the most important things is to get both sides dead on equal. Good luck.

 

[12345678910]

Why not use the filing jig again ?

 

[unky_gumbi]

Well went with the file jig raised to max and it seems to have worked, and should be minimal sanding to get it back to the 400 grit finish

couple of poor cell phone pics

thanks forthe suggestions, time to sand again they hit the post office tomorrow for HT

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Too late now, but I don't like the looks of those deep "V's" at the ricasso. It is the perfect place for a stress riser to form. Sure looks like the place the knife would snap in two if any lateral force was applied.
The swedge looks fine.
Stacy

 

[Mikel_24]

Too late now, but I don't like the looks of those deep "V's" at the ricasso. It is the perfect place for a stress riser to form. Sure looks like the place the knife would snap in two if any lateral force was applied.
Stacy

+1
If you want a notch for helping out when sharpening (the so called sharpenning notch), don't make it that deep. And if you want a full size notch to be able to choke up on the blade, make it rounded.
Mikel

 

[erik markman]

Too late now, but I don't like the looks of those deep "V's" at the ricasso. It is the perfect place for a stress riser to form. Sure looks like the place the knife would snap in two if any lateral force was applied.
The swedge looks fine.
Stacy

That's what I thought...