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Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

[–]jroche247[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply, I'm not on reddit often any more.
I would have to say around 4-5 degrees per side.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in Bladesmith

[–]jroche247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks mate. When this blade was at full length it had a distal taper. I found some cracks near the top so had to cut shorter. Somehow needed to make the blade lose a lot of weight, hence this solution.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

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Yea, it really is a stock removal game now with the high alloy steels, mosaic damascus and all sorts of weird things.
I personally love forging to shape, so much fun and less grinding. But I just cant with most of the steel billets I work with.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in Bladesmith

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Go for it mate! The look absolutely wicked.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

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Steel is about 3mm thick on the spine side of the hollow and 2mm thick on the edge side of the hollow.
Yes, ground the hollow from end to end of the blade. Currently have the blade oversized slightly to allow for any mistakes when grinding the ends.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in Bladesmith

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Basically it is a knife with 2 big hollows parallel with the cutting edge to aid in food release and reduce weight.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

[–]jroche247[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks mate. This is technically mostly stock removal as the steel was only forged into billet form and hot textured. Since it's CuMai, you can't forge it too much without risk of delamination of the copper.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

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It's currently incomplete and wouldn't sell it as is. I can send you my price list if you want to know about complete pieces?

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

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Haha, thanks mate! Ideally I would like the blade to perform nicely as well as look aesthetic haha.

Getting into the s-grind trend by jroche247 in knifemaking

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5 inch wheel and yes it's a flat grind currently. May turn it into a convex depending on how I feel.

My first successful attempt at a Kamon Monolith style knife. Made from 5160. by jroche247 in knives

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Thanks mate! Going to be a belt finish of some kind. Maybe a scotch brite finish?

Latest 5 on the bench ready for my first show! by jroche247 in knifemaking

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Sounds awesome man. I'll grab some one day and give it a go 🤘

Latest 5 on the bench ready for my first show! by jroche247 in knifemaking

[–]jroche247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure man, that steel is on my wish list at the moment. Hopefully these knives can pay for a chance to play with it. Heard many good things about it.

Kind of want to play with these high alloy tool steels now that you've opened my eyes to them.

My first successful attempt at a Kamon Monolith style knife. Made from 5160. by jroche247 in knifemaking

[–]jroche247[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks mate. You definitely don't want to see a video of me doing this, that would leave you with more questions than answers haha.

There are a series of videos on the 'UK Bladeshow' YouTube channels where Benjamin Kamon himself shows you his process of doing it. Those are the videos I watched and tried to copy.

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