Thread: Reshaping Heel of Blade Question

i had a double arrow with problem close to that. i took a fine sharping stone i got from lowes and just went nice and slow. it worked well took about 15 or so minutes but alot safer then uses i dremel i think. and also you can fit it your hand and handle it alot better. just food for thought.

Here are a couple of tools i made based off of Smythe's advice with a little of my own ideas thrown in. Sorry i dont have before pics but i got a little ahead of myself. it turned out pretty good. Im gonna leave it at this shape cause i usually end up overdoing things if i dont watch it and next thing i know there wont be a heel left. The finest grit used was still just 400 with CLP as a lubricant.

Well Done, kind of fun doing some of these mods for yourself huh?

It is addictive to say the least. I love working with my hands weather it is construction, wood working, gunsmithing, or this. Hopefully my wood working skills are up to the task of making some scales for this blade. Ive only done a couple of projects with wood (gunstock refinishing and a homemade baseball bat).

Hey!… that’s good work man, better than my first try at smoothing up the heel. And if you want you can polish it to a brilliant shine… but don’t over do it… lololol.
Plenty of tips in the Wiki on scale making, and if you get stuck just ask, and let us know how that she shaves when you get done.

BTW... SRP friends: Will tell you to do something stupid and post 360 degree "tips" to make sure you don't get caught.

Have a good one.

Get your silicon paper off ebay. I recently bought some and you can get 20 sheets for like $20. To me its not as good as 3M or Norton Paper, but its a whole lot cheaper.

Well ive gotten her up to 800 grit and looking good. She is nowhere near shave ready but man is that thing sharp! There are still scratch lines on the faces of the blade. They should buff out i think. If they dont then oh well it gives the blade character.

Good job! (Nice blade anyway )
You can do it on the narrow side of a hone as well, bw.

I'm planning on taking it up to 2k grit and then start in with the polishing wheels. What type of polishing compound should i use? I can go to lowes and get the dremel 421 polishing compound but i think they only have one level of abrasive and not progression from more to less aggressive compounds.

You can use different rouges, Chromium Oxide and Cerium Oxide, too
There is this thread about yellowstone compound which is quite good.