I was hollow grinding the companion knife, a semi skinner, to the Loveless style drop point hunter I posted on the forum a couple of days ago and started to get "hot spots" on the blade. In the end I scraped it.
Because I usually spend too much time honing a blade to sharpen it, the blacksmith that heat treats for me said I was leaving them too thick and needed to stop grinding just short of the blade being "sharpened". Also, it is my impression that Loveless ground his blades very thin.
As the blade gets thinner, I try to make quicker passes and dunk it in water after every pass, but that didn't seem to work. So, my question is how do I do this without getting hot spots and ruining the blade ?
Thanks in advance,
Lee
Because I usually spend too much time honing a blade to sharpen it, the blacksmith that heat treats for me said I was leaving them too thick and needed to stop grinding just short of the blade being "sharpened". Also, it is my impression that Loveless ground his blades very thin.
As the blade gets thinner, I try to make quicker passes and dunk it in water after every pass, but that didn't seem to work. So, my question is how do I do this without getting hot spots and ruining the blade ?
Thanks in advance,
Lee