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Ok, you do not sand to 1000 grit then go to a coarser material like scotch brite.

Take it to 220 or 400 and then go to Scotch brite.

If you are going to sand to 1000 grit stop there or go to the buffer or 1000 cork belt with compound or polish with Flitz
 
If it's hand sanded the lines should run from the riccasso to the tip. You can still see vertical lines from the belt. And I would fix the tip of the blade.
 
Ok, slow down. I have seen this many times before. Whether it's beginner's enthusiasm or ADD or something else, it's not helping. I realize that before you started reaching out to the community you probably had a handful of projects going on already. But I would strongly suggest you pick one blade and work on that one until you finish it. Until you have a better grasp of the process you are going to be making the same mistakes on multiple blades. Seems pretty inefficient to me. All that wasted time could be spent working out the bugs in your operation and progressing faster while making your mistakes only once. Hey, we all like making knives. That's why we're here. But work smart, not hard.
 
valknut said:
If it's hand sanded the lines should run from the riccasso to the tip. You can still see vertical lines from the belt. And I would fix the tip of the blade.
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It was hand sanded to 1000 grit and i only did pull strokes from ricasso to tip, but i then hit it with the scotchbright belt
 
Okay, here is my process.
1. Profile knife with 36 grit ceramic.
2. Start bevel with 60 grit ceramic.
3. Go to 120 grit ceramic until its thick as a dime on edge of blade.
4. Use 120 grit ceramic on flats.
5. Heat treat
6. Temper
7. Use A 60 gator grit on flats and bevel
8. Use 400 grit j flex on flats and bevel.
9. Use 600 grit on flats and bevel.
10. Hand sand with 600 grit on flats and bevel.
11. Hand sand with 1000 grit on flats and bevel.
 
What kind of belt grinder are you using? 2x72?
Variable speed?
It helps if we know what you’re working with.
Like Marc said, we’ve all been here, some of us thought we could cut shortcuts and pump out world class knives because we’re older, wiser, or had experience in woodworking or leather or whatever. If you’re still doing this in a year or two you’re going to look back on your first knives in horror:eek:.

Taking it slow is the hardest thing to do right now, but the best and quickest way to do well in the long run.

You’re already doing great by posting your stuff and keeping your ego in check, that’s not easy.
 
Josh Rider said:
What kind of belt grinder are you using? 2x72?
Variable speed?
It helps if we know what you’re working with.
Like Marc said, we’ve all been here, some of us thought we could cut shortcuts and pump out world class knives because we’re older, wiser, or had experience in woodworking or leather or whatever. If you’re still doing this in a year or two you’re going to look back on your first knives in horror:eek:.

Taking it slow is the hardest thing to do right now, but the best and quickest way to do well in the long run.

You’re already doing great by posting your stuff and keeping your ego in check, that’s not easy.
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Oregon Blade Maker - 2x72 with 1.5hp motor and vfd.
 
OK, take that same knife, go back thru the hand sanding progression - to 1,000 grit if you desire and stop there. Also, create an acct with imgur, upload your photo, under your acct name select the "images", then all your uploaded images show up. Click on the image you wish to post, then along the right side of screen you'll see a whole column of links, pick the one that says "BBCode" and paste it direct into your post. That allows the photos to show up direct on forum post like this:
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It will help if you use the Imgur editing ability to crop your image so it looks more like this: (if you wish the ruler to show distance then lay ruler next to blade for photo.)

kmGW68H.jpg
 
Ken H> said:
OK, take that same knife, go back thru the hand sanding progression - to 1,000 grit if you desire and stop there. Also, create an acct with imgur, upload your photo, under your acct name select the "images", then all your uploaded images show up. Click on the image you wish to post, then along the right side of screen you'll see a whole column of links, pick the one that says "BBCode" and paste it direct into your post. That allows the photos to show up direct on forum post like this:
kmGW68H.jpg
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I am using mt phone and it doesnt show a column on the right with bb code
 
Oh, using phone? Never mind, don't know anything about doing anything other than reading or talking on a phone. I use a computer for forum work.
 
I have noticed changing directions of the polish can give a strange sort of finish
 
Btw, the finish looks good, and the bevel is very nice! Do you have some pics in other lighting as well?
 
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