I have always struggled with producing parallel plung cuts on double edged blades. Most of the time I end up abandoning the grinder and slowly hand filing or carving (with the foredom)them in.
Like most, I grind edge up. The other day, however, my buddy Shane Harvey bought a video by Harvey Dean on flat grinding. Shane mentioned that Mr. Dean alternates from edge up and edge down to keep the tang on the same side of the wheel.
Since I figured that the unevenness might be coming from the left hand/right hand thing, I tried it. It worked like a champ! These are probably the cleanest, most parallel plunge cuts I've produced 100% via grinder (i.e. no substantial hand work w/ files or foredom).
Other new things I tried on this blade:
1 -- I wanted a reall dramatic double edge hollow grind, so I used a very small (2") wheel and did chisel grind. This was the first time I tried that and I like the effect. I picked up the idea from Uli (amazing bladesmith) and his Quip blades.
2 -- This is the first time I really used my milling machine to mill a precise tang so I could do a press fit on the bolster. It worked great. No solder. No epoxy.
Anyway, here's the result. I hope you guys like it.
Cheers,
Dave
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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| From carved boot dagger |
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