what you think?

hurley0816 · Dec 18, 2009

scroll down for updated pics!

this is after profile and start of the bevel. would like to know what you guys think? this is my 5th knife and its my first with a grinder(thanks matt)

ill be dressing her with spalted maple

JasonSCarter · Dec 18, 2009

Thats a great start. However how thick is it? Those bevels should be taken up at least 3/4 of the blade than a secondary bevel for the cutting edge. great job so far though!

Jason

hurley0816 · Dec 18, 2009

its thick, i cant remember how thick but here is a pic

galadduin · Dec 18, 2009

A good start I have to say, my bevel grinding looks like a mess at the start...
Dont forget to flatten the tang, it looks like the top corner has been rounded at the 4th pic.
Emre

hurley0816 · Dec 18, 2009

yup, i still have a little flattening to go, i didnt want to flatten all the way down right away because i know that when i start moving through the grits ill be taking more away and it should work itself out.as far as the bevel, i am curious as to how far up the second bevel should be?

grease-man · Dec 18, 2009

Ed and Jason, if that is the 5160, it should be approximately .204 thick. At least that is what I was told when I bought it, but I never did measure it to confirm. -Matt-

Robert_Phelps · Dec 18, 2009

One thing I finally learned after a couple years is to not expect things to always clean up in the grit progression... sometimes you just find you've gone through a bit of paper and have to back up and fix it anyway. Unless you're using something really coarse to work it out you won't have to remove too much thickness to polish it back up.

hurley0816 · Dec 21, 2009

here is a little more progress. i ground the rest of the scratches out and got it down past that rounded part on the handle.

Frank Niro · Dec 21, 2009

It looks to me that there aren't any flats on the handle as well as the blade. Sure it won't matter on the blade because you have lots more grinding to do there but I suggest you get those handle flats ground down before you do more on the blade. Hey, just the way I would do it. Frank

hurley0816 · Dec 21, 2009

what do you mean by handle flats? the handles are flat minus one nick on top the handle, if thats what you mean.