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I plan on getting a G.I. Tanto and doing some mods such as removing the top guard, adding gimping, dropping the point to be more like a spearpoint and softening the radical angle of the tanto. I was planning on doing the grinding with a hand held angle grinder (no pun intended).
I just watched a You tube vid of a guy dulling and re profiling his GI on a bench grinder, turning a once fine design into a crude metal shiv. The responses posted were less then complimentary telling him he just destroyed a GI Tanto and that putting it on a bench grinder totally ruined the heat treat.
I have shaped blades before but with the hand held grinder and in short buzzes so the steel doesn't get too hot. I don't see any other way to remove and reshape that much steel on the CS G.I. if I want to finish the knife in my lifetime. Will it destroy the temper in the blade like they were accusing the video maker of doing?
I just watched a You tube vid of a guy dulling and re profiling his GI on a bench grinder, turning a once fine design into a crude metal shiv. The responses posted were less then complimentary telling him he just destroyed a GI Tanto and that putting it on a bench grinder totally ruined the heat treat.
I have shaped blades before but with the hand held grinder and in short buzzes so the steel doesn't get too hot. I don't see any other way to remove and reshape that much steel on the CS G.I. if I want to finish the knife in my lifetime. Will it destroy the temper in the blade like they were accusing the video maker of doing?
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