Well I forged my blade and then ground it out. It has a lot of detail to it. I did start with 120 and as I got closer to what I wanted I went finer. I have belts up to 1200 which IS too fine for before heat treat but I was looking to see what I could accomplish before I popped for the oven. I punched a hole it and annealed it so it is scaled and ready for more. But after HT it will be grind blade, clean,scale and hone.

The point I was making about the fine belts is they gave me time to get the feel of using the grinder before I took off too much material. If I made a mistake it wasn't to hard to get out and less likely to make again.