Adam Pound
Well-Known Member
So I use a 1"x 30" to shape stock and do primary bevels on my blades, after using a hand grinder to rough cut the shape.
After that all the bevelling and finishing is done with files and sandpaper. I thought I'd make a camp knife for me, (prototype of a new design idea), and a kitchen chopper for my brother using 8670. I had read it is a more extreme 5160 material so I thought, "Yeah great for kitchen cutlery!" Sure, it is but what an utter BUGGER to hand sand!! Going to take a week to get the feeling back in my hands, and I still could not get all of the scratches out of the chopper. The camp knife came out okayish for a prototype.
After that all the bevelling and finishing is done with files and sandpaper. I thought I'd make a camp knife for me, (prototype of a new design idea), and a kitchen chopper for my brother using 8670. I had read it is a more extreme 5160 material so I thought, "Yeah great for kitchen cutlery!" Sure, it is but what an utter BUGGER to hand sand!! Going to take a week to get the feeling back in my hands, and I still could not get all of the scratches out of the chopper. The camp knife came out okayish for a prototype.