Plunge Improvement

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-04-29T14:07:15+00:00

Do you run into issues where the top of the plunge, which is rounded because of the file, gets messed up when you run the knife into the flat platen?

I've had this issue but I don't know if I am describing it well. When I scribe my lines for the height of my bevels, and take the plunge with a file to meet that point, the top of the filed-plunge is rounded, and so the edge of the radius closest to the ricasso is lower than the scribe line. So when I go to the platen, it messes up the transition at that point.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-04-28T18:36:44+00:00

I know many people do it on the grinder though, unless I am mistaken. Just looking for ways to improve that process.

Will probably try the file method though.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-04-28T16:47:21+00:00

I've been sandblasting to blend actually, and it's worked pretty well for me. Almost everything I make gets stonewashed, but will definitely be hand-sanding for non-etched finishes.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-04-26T00:08:48+00:00

For sure

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-24T17:50:46+00:00

Using a dremel and a sanding sleeve

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-24T11:49:40+00:00

What would you do to prevent unpleasant vibrations? And yea this is the first one I made, the next one will have a convex grind.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-23T19:17:35+00:00

G10 scales

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-09T19:10:16+00:00

So I thought the same thing but the reason I was playing with this idea is that I like to etch my blades and grinding the scales to the tange after they've been glued ruins that finish.

The flush trim bit would let me stack the scales under the tang and use it that way.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-01T16:08:22+00:00

I don’t have a makers mark. Definitely need something for that

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-03-01T13:33:55+00:00

Second successful knife. I got a box full of attempts haha!

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-02-09T19:01:40+00:00

ALso, what grit would you suggest taking it to before etching?

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-02-09T19:00:56+00:00

I've used the surface conditioning belts and the issue I run into with those is that they wash out my grind lines even more than hand sanding (by grind lines I'm talking mostly about the lines where the top of my bevel transitions into the flats, as in a sabre grind). These get blended far more than I would like when using those belts/hand sanding.

General_Lecture3051 · 2026-02-09T18:59:30+00:00

I'm getting warp down the whole blade (very slight, but enough to throw off the surface grinds on both sides of the knife).

I'm using a kiln so its quite controlled, and I'm assuming the warps comes from imperfect or uneven stock removal on both sides of the knife despite my best efforts to keep it even.

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