WIP : Ground My First Batch Today !!!!

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This is my first "Batch" although a few of these I ground early this year just never had a chance to finish..

Thought I'd start a thread to share the progress of some blades I started on yesterday, the bottom one I ground a while back and is hand sanded the others are ground with 36.. Mostly these are 1084 with a couple being 01. And the bottom is 5160 which I will do today..

I've heard varying reports on what final grit to apply before HT with open forge.. is 120 sufficient for grain?

here are the blades I will be working on, of course I may or may not finish them all up at the moment as I'm trying to fine tune my grinder which means I'll be grinding more blanks.. :)
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criticism's, encouragement, hate mail are all welcome :D I will post another pic with them all cleaned up and drilled out later..
 
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Look'n good! :) :thumbup:

My only "criticism" would be to draw your knives on paper, then find the size of steel you need for the knife... rather than letting the dimensions of your bar-stock dictate the design. :)

edited to say: Maybe you did and I'm just ASSuming otherwise, but that's what it looks like based on what I'm seeing in the pic.
 
Looks good, a few of those look like the choil area could be uncomfortable but maybe my hands are just weird.
 
NickWheeler said:
Look'n good! :) :thumbup:

My only "criticism" would be to draw your knives on paper, then find the size of steel you need for the knife... rather than letting the dimensions of your bar-stock dictate the design. :)

edited to say: Maybe you did and I'm just ASSuming otherwise, but that's what it looks like based on what I'm seeing in the pic.
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no you're spot on.. what you see scribed with the marker are after thoughts, It seems even if I draw it on paper something changes.. I do have need to yield to that and have been thinking about it..

scs.knives said:
Looks good, a few of those look like the choil area could be uncomfortable but maybe my hands are just weird.
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no you're right, 6th one down I added some mark on it because the choil does feel a little odd for me..

the warnie was very close to being scraped as It originally had an angled plunge but I think I've saved it, however the tip is really thin and something to watch during HT..

I bought a new 1 1/2hp motor for my grinder and I'm having issues wiring it, It didn't come with a diagram :( I've connected a switch and everytime I turn it off it trips a breaker.. so right now its plug/ and unplug system..

also it appears I'm having a little to much bounce.. so I need to fine tune everything...

see what building a new bench does for ya !!
 
ran into a snag today (literally) and have decided (for the moment) I don't like tool rests..... they have they're place I'm sure, I'm just not good enough yet to find out what that is...:)

I decided to grind out the wharncliffe and was really proud of the grind lines on 36 grit, installed my rest, kicked up to 50 and was going over it and oops....
looks like my grind line will end up being a little bigger :)
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the knifes so small as I was gliding it across the rest it got caught !!!!!!

also realized today with a 50 grit blaze belt I can hog just as much material on high speed and save a step progressing to another belt..

here they are all drilled out and sanded to 80 grit...
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tomorrow after work (yeah, I have 5 of us to support) I will finish them to 120 and start on the chopper..
 
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Rob,
Notch your rest so it "wraps around" the platen. Then it's hard to get the blade in there, but I'm sure some of us could still do it.:D
 
oldwolf said:
Rob,
Notch your rest so it "wraps around" the platen. Then it's hard to get the blade in there, but I'm sure some of us could still do it.:D
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Its notched but I don't think I had it close enough.. All kinds of learning curves, and here all these years I've been taking you guys for granted.....:D
 
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Looking at your early grinds, my guess is that you could end up being very good. My only suggestion for now is to really concentrate on graceful lines in your profiles. Look at Ray Laconico's knives, he really profiles with elegant simplicity. The curves show, but it's hard to tell where they start and end. I think you like the style. For example: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/881175-Small-Bushcrafter-EDC

Keep it simple. The simpler the better.
 
alb1k said:
Looking at your early grinds, my guess is that you could end up being very good. My only suggestion for now is to really concentrate on graceful lines in your profiles. Look at Ray Laconico's knives, he really profiles with elegant simplicity. The curves show, but it's hard to tell where they start and end. I think you like the style. For example: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/881175-Small-Bushcrafter-EDC

Keep it simple. The simpler the better.
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yeah, Rays work is outstanding.. I start some of my bevels like that and go into flat... because I just can't get an even line.. (free hand)..

the one second from the bottom on the last pic I designed by trial and error really, funny thing it feels great in the hand and overall I think it would make a great bushcrafter..

The one on the bottom I may apply towards the necker challenge that Ray will be judging, its the right length.. at least:foot:

thanks for the comments guys..
 
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