Thread: Dremel any good?

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

Personally, I prefer a table top buffer for polishing blades... Less variables and I can keep both hands on the blade... Just my preference... However, if you want to do regrinds (which I'm just starting to dabble in) a Dremel is a wonderful tool.

As said before, BE CAREFUL! You'll shoot blades at your hands and feet if you don't watch it... Trust me, if things don't go right, the BEST outcome is just a ruined blade!

Once you get a good grip on it, regrinding is fun... Making your own thumbnotches is, in my opinion, a great way to customize the blade, make it yours, and make it more appealing to you (I love blades with thumbnotches...)

And dremels are good for scalemaking if you don't have all the other necessary equipment.

Okay, to clarify, you are modifying a blade... re-grinding is re-grinding i.e. changing the grind of the blade in terms of hollowing. Dremels are a fair tool for this, if you're in to altering blades-- which I have some concerns with as far as historicity is concerned-- but this is not a tool for re-grinding.

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

Okay, to clarify, you are modifying a blade... re-grinding is re-grinding i.e. changing the grind of the blade in terms of hollowing. Dremels are a fair tool for this, if you're in to altering blades-- which I have some concerns with as far as historicity is concerned-- but this is not a tool for re-grinding.

Agreed. It may just be a matter of semantics, but I cannot imagine any way in which an actual re-grind could be accomplished with a Dremel.

If you are looking to regrind on the cheap, go to Sears. In the section where buffers/grinders are you will find a wet grinding wheel. I have one and have used it making razors, so regrinding with it would be a good starting point. I got mine for around $50.00. The wheel is slow rpm & wet, thus no ruined temper. You could do this on your kitchen counter if the wife would allow it.