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Thanks guys :)

Thanks Pierre :)

Just a quick pic to show the grind

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Yeah it's pretty lethal at the moment but I like living on the edge :D

Cheers Jamie.... It took some doing but I'm sure the next one will go a little easier.

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Thanks for all the advice fellas.

Second time's a charm :)

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Thanks Bruno, it's nearly 2" anyway ;)

I'm still trying to get my head around how you grind the middle of the blade without taking too much off either end. If it was a flat ground knife I'd use...

50mm belts and wheel.

Basically the blade is too thick in the middle so the question is, how do you grind the middle section without hitting the toe and heel?

The edge of the wheel?

Cheers Jamie :)

Yeah Bruno, the tang has a nice taper to it starting at the shoulders. I always new the grind would be the hardest part but it really is hard!

At least now I know what the hardest part is....Grinding the blade to an even thickness at the edge

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Here I have set the bevel with...

It's quite hard to photograph the heat treating process as you need both hands!

Here's a picture of how the first blade looked after quenching
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Cheers Jamie. I'm planning on using the same mark I put on my knives for now. I'm not sure the size will be quite right though so will probably have to get another one made up at some point.

I will electro etch my mark after heat treatment :) The edge is probably 0.7mm. With this grind there's plenty of meat behind it so fingers crossed it won't crinckle....

Managed to get some workshop time today and thought you might like to see what I got up to....

Here the outlines are scribed onto the steel. I then cut them out with an angle grinder and tidy up...

I wasn't planning on being in the workshop today but somehow ended up in there with a conveniently sized piece of scrap so this is what happened...
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Thanks for the encouragement and words of advice. Much appreciated :)

Things are moving slowly as I've be rebuilding my workshop but I'm hoping to get the grinder set up again tomorrow so what...

Thanks all. skipnord, thanks for the tip about the tang angle, I'll definitely be doing that :)

When I first set up my workshop I always planned on making razors but decided to 'get my eye in' by making a few knives. Several years later and I'm basically a professional knife maker and have...