Thread: Reshaping Heel of Blade Question

Yep a dremel with either a fine stone, or a sanding drum, will do the trick...

Just be aware of the heat build up and your fine...


Cast Steel ?????? what brand is that????

Why not wrap (or glue) a strip of Silicon Carbide sand paper around a ruler and use that as you would a file to smooth the heel? Sounds safer to me… for you and the blade.
Start with 600 grit.

where can you get silicone carbide sand paper? would 600 be course enough or would i be there all day sanding?

It’s the same wet dry paper you use to sand (remove rust/tarnish) the blade, available at the nearest auto supply. The grit you start with depends on how much “smoothing” you want to do… 600 is a good place to start and of you are not getting there in reasonable time then switch to 400 to remove material quicker.

I will have to try that. I just thought about using a piece of dowel and glue it to that to get some casting marks out of the tail. Thanks for the suggestion.

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.

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.