SHOKR
Well-Known Member
hey all
i don't have a running KMG (yet) so what i do is use angle grinder with those round sanding sheets (or a file couple of time), so far i used a heavily used 80grit then started hand sanding.
so my questions are, how do i deal with 'curved' sanding, this will be bit hard to explain but i'll try. when the main part of the edge (the part extended from the handle) is straight but the curved up part (near the tip) is so curved that i have to sand at an angle and not just take it as one long stroke from ricasso to tip. i guess sorta like the tanto blade BUT with no definite separation of the main edge and the tip part. i DO hope that makes sense lol
second question, after heat treating i'll finish by hand as well, so someone told me to go up to 400grit before HT to save effort, but what if the minimum thickness to leave before HT (also read is about 0.6mm) is too thick to be sanded with higher grits after HT, do i go lower in grit and start over again or what? or if anyone has a better way of doing it please let me know
i do hope you didn't get a headache reading that!
thanks!
i don't have a running KMG (yet) so what i do is use angle grinder with those round sanding sheets (or a file couple of time), so far i used a heavily used 80grit then started hand sanding.
so my questions are, how do i deal with 'curved' sanding, this will be bit hard to explain but i'll try. when the main part of the edge (the part extended from the handle) is straight but the curved up part (near the tip) is so curved that i have to sand at an angle and not just take it as one long stroke from ricasso to tip. i guess sorta like the tanto blade BUT with no definite separation of the main edge and the tip part. i DO hope that makes sense lol
second question, after heat treating i'll finish by hand as well, so someone told me to go up to 400grit before HT to save effort, but what if the minimum thickness to leave before HT (also read is about 0.6mm) is too thick to be sanded with higher grits after HT, do i go lower in grit and start over again or what? or if anyone has a better way of doing it please let me know
i do hope you didn't get a headache reading that!
thanks!