Quote Originally Posted by Dafonz6987 View Post
i see what ya'll getting at... i really thought i was at a good angle for what i was making but this is definitely out of the box thinking i was looking for! so many many moons ago i was given a standard, and that standard was to make 8/8 blades with 1/4 steel 7/8 7/32 steel and 6/8 in 3/16... so i dunno what angle that makes it but the rule of thumb is that... should i still go home and throw 2 layers of tape and give it a go or is that angle good?
You lose nothing by trying 2 layers. If the edge holds then you have two variables to figure out only,: 1. how wide to make the blade for the spine thickness you are at to increase the angle and avoid chipping. 2. The HT might be off, although chipping does not occur at low hardness. You should see problems with edge holding and bevel setting if you HRC is too low.