Thread: Breaks my heart...

Originally Posted by bartds

the blokes at the bodyshop gave it a rub today so it turned out quite 'shiny'

This statement gave me pause. Are these blokes used to polishing thin sections of hardened steel? Do they know anything at all about tempering temps and the possibility of easily overheating the blade?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

This statement gave me pause. Are these blokes used to polishing thin sections of hardened steel? Do they know anything at all about tempering temps and the possibility of easily overheating the blade?

Gotta say that crossed my mind too

Well first of all the sections aren't that thin really - it's a hollow allright but not that 'extra' hollow thin... all is done by hand on the lower grits (guess they started at 600 wet) and went up to 1500 wet (600-800-1000-1200-1500) - then they move over to the pads (3000 wet) on a Festo (non rotating polishing device thus not producing heath) and finally on the 6000 pad wet - time spent on the pads is very short also...

Those trizact pads are great. I've used them a lot. Just need to take care not to round off straight lines with them as they are slightly padded. Good for polishing scales btw.

OK bevel's here -more or less- (no tape) but that heel is still a p.i.t.a. - took it to the stones ( coticule / la lorraine / thuri / la lune) - super sharp edge from toe up to halfway the blade ...
This is where I am stuck... Should I file down the heel ? Any advise is very welcome.
Cheers
Bart

Yes I think I mentioned that before. If you honed it without addressing the heel it will sharpen at the front & not the heel so much as the stabiliser will lift the heel & create the wrong geometry for the bevel.
Both the links I gave you have instructions.