Thread: The Butchered Blade

Now that's a nice looking bevel for you Tom,,, you sure it was not that way when you got it,,,,

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Otay.... Houston. We have a bevel!
Nice fatty! (Which seems to be the norm for most butchered blades! )

Popping hairs from around the heel to the toe off the Nani 1k down to 1 layer of tape. FINALLY!
In fact, you can push on a hair just under the notch and it goes flying!

Should be a great place to begin! Mebbe Santa will chuck me a green monster someday?
This took a RIDICULOUSLY long time!

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Nice job on that bevel Tom, looks wonderfully straight. I need to get better at shaping the initial line on my bigger blade restores. Still struggle with that tight starter bevel. Maybe why I like hollow grinds so much, hide all my stone weaknesses..
Regarding the swordplay, had no idea it never received fair use before the rot. Makes it all the more important to bring it back right and proper.
just need to use my wire wheel to clean up all that shiny gold wash on the blade.

Do what you must, Mike!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Now that's a nice looking bevel for you Tom,,, you sure it was not that way when you got it,,,,

(I really wish you would not do that! It's getting difficult to find someone to hone for me! )

Originally Posted by sharptonn

(I really wish you would not do that! It's getting difficult to find someone to hone for me! )

Good 'ole Tom.....................I love it when you're that way! You're on a roll tonight.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Now that's a nice looking bevel for you Tom,,, you sure it was not that way when you got it,,,,

Hey there! I love Tom's bevels ( and the blades they come on)

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

Hey there! I love Tom's bevels ( and the blades they come on)

Yep, Harold knows from The Great Experiment!

Originally Posted by engine46

Yep, Harold knows from The Great Experiment!

Harold IS the Great Experiment!

That he is! I have a great deal of respect for Harold. He's a great guy & a great asset to the community.

Well, found a couple of new challenges on this inlay project.
First, getting a clean image of a gold item into black and white, or clean grey scale was a trick.
Secondly, turning the scale sideways makes plotting your references much more challenging.
Thought I had it so I ran the scale through the etcher.

And I don't like the placement on the scale. Think I need to grid the scale lightly so I can get some proper references.

Ah well, maybe I can sand these down past the etch and reshape, otherwise, a few fresh slices of polyester and start over.