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Just wanted to post a quick photo of my first attempt at grinding a blade with a serious recurve, I've done slight recurv's but this is my first attempt at what I would call a true recurve. Comments and criticism welcome.

I just received my Evenheat KF27 and am excited to start finishing the many blades I have profiled and ground. Since I have made several dozen each of the same steel from the same supplier I would like to do as many as possible at the same time. From what I can learn you have some time ( a few...

Is it possible to complete a knife blade from start to finish on a grinder? I see lots of folks do the rough grinding on a grinder but finish the blade hand sanding. For a beginner is advisable to finish via hand sanding or just stick with it and learn to finish the blade on the grinder...

Had anyone ever split a 4x72" belt into (2) 2x72" belt? Trugrit sells a 4x72" Norton 36y belt that would save me a bunch of money on my initial grind belts, anybody done something like this with any success? Sent from my RM-878_nam_usa_100 using Tapatalk

I thought it would be nice to have one thread where I put all my progress as I start out. What I have to work with... Metal cutting band saw from Harbor Freight (adjusted to cut square) 8" buff wheel powered by a 1/3 HP 1725 rpm motor (with green and white rouge) Beaumont...

I just bought all my starting equipment (KMG belt grinder, sanding belts, buffing compound, etc.) the last thing to purchase is the steel for my first knife. My plan has been to get some cheaper steel to practice on before I start cutting and grinding on the expensive stuff. Any...

I have always had an interest in knives. Graduated HS in '03 and have carried a blade every day since. I don't have a huge collection and didn't really care to have more than a functional collection. I got the itch to get another edc about 4 months ago and that started me on the path to...