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What is your take on a scandi grind? i haven’t done one before. do you run the primary bevels all the way to the edge?

Sounds cool, looking forward to seeing your progress/final product. Please post more pics as you go Sent from my SM-G965U1 using Tapatalk

Good job forging - Please do continue thread with final photos. I'd never heard of that style of knife so I've learned something...

Starting at 8:13 this guy explains the reasons behind the knife's design. The entire video is good (wish we had birch bark in the...

That looks complicated. My question, tradition aside, is if that grind is superior to a scandi or flat grind, given the complexity of...

Reminds me of yanagiba

If I can offer an unsolicited opinion, I think you started with steel that was too thin so you cannot get the fuller deep enough to...

I do want to make another one already. Larger, with a fuller forged closer to the edge. The metal didn’t want to move into the opposite...

Framelock in the works. Progress pics tomorrow! I also designed several other folders that I'm prototyping at the moment (6 others to be...

I did some rough shaping on it tonight. I brought the bevels down to what seemed to be a realistic width. I ground too far again

That is part of my curiosity, too. From a forging standpoint, it is not a difficult piece of work. When you forge in the deep fuller...

I agree, I think it's meant for bushcraft, hunting, etc. I don't think it's what I'd want for any kind of food prep. But the videos...

I literally have a friend who is from Ukraine and speaks Russian. I will try to get some translations here. The picture finally made...

at about 3:42 Combine that picture with dc knives grind calculator for adjustng to the height of the blade. Then land at about .030 -...

That's whats kinda got me. I only have a second. Check out shurap on you tube. He's got a good video and link to his website and an...