Thread: 2nd almost complete 8/8 chopper

So here is my second razor . still needs scales , still needs to be honed. about exactly 8/8 . 01 steel. Mike Blue, thanks for the great heat treat , will be in touch again.
so , a harbor freight grinder , sears wet grinder , dremel pads for buffing . Not perfect , but not bad . My dream would be a variable speed kmg ginder . That would make getting the semi hollow grind perfectly uniform and getting the sanding marks out easier as i move up in grits . I went to 400 on the harbor freight grinder . then hand sanding up to 1500 grit. ON a side note it took several short sessions and a bucket of ice cold water closer than arms distance away while grinding . making the blade so thin without over heating it on such a fast grinder was not easy. it was like 1, 2, 3 dunk . that fast . then back . little by slow got the blade to where i wanted it .Not every scratch got out from the 400 grit belt but most . Took "lewis razors" advice from his video and did bevel test to see where i needed to grind move to get the bevel even . Now to set bevel , make scales , and finish honing and shave . to say the hobby is fun is an understatement . To make something useful that will last is very rewarding .