Thread: Scandi Grind Angle?

Wow! what a great idea! Charlie! I have access to a few grinders with a flat platen at my school so maybe i can talk someone into letting me rig it up! haha

The filing technique makes sense but I cant to maintain a ricasso so I am not sure if using a round file to make a hollow grind would work

You could create the hollow with a sen. I made one myself for pofiling kitchen knives.
If you have a sen with a belly, you could carve out the hollow and it would be much faster than using files.

The only problem is that you won't find one anywhere. People who use a sen typically make them themselves..
I recently forged one for profiling kitchen knives, but haven't gotten around to finishing the handles and uploading pics.
I followed this example, though mine is obviously less elegant.
http://www.dfoggknives.com/photogall.../makingsen.htm

Without a sen, I would opt for filing the stock triangular, and then using 40 grit sandpaper for metal, wrapped around a piece of drain pipe or other object with a convenient radius.