What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

No belt grinder so I’m using a file for the bevels. It’s cool to see the weld line on this San mai though!
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Natlek said:
Like it , but next time make some changes .................only sharp place should be edge , rest places need some roundness .Move that sharpening notch / choil little back ,half on tang half on blade .....Plunge should have some radius too.................:thumbsup:
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Thanks for the pointers and agreed!
Will incorporate those suggestions on future builds.
 
coop7 said:
Did a little more filing and some hand sanding, just noticed that my steel had a little bit of a bend to it. What would be the best way to get that out?
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Hey coop, if it’s not heat treated yet, just stick it in a vise and bend away. Or hit it with a rubber mallet, or make a 3 point vice jig and bend it that way.

Simply put befor HT, you can abuse it pretty much how you please. Within reason obviously... if you bend it back and forth too much you’ll eventually over stress it and it’ll snap.

Like when you bend a paper clip back and forth a bunch.
 
Thank you Scott, Desert Ironwood.
 
That is beautiful, Avigil!

How was the process of the shield in letting?
(Is that the correct term?)
 
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