I have just sent you a picture of 2 sample knife blanks. Yes, they are large. Yes, they are thin - approximately .070 at the spine for the longer blade. the shorter blade should have been ground to approximately .060. The blank is not ground to edge. A thickness of .01 should have been left at edge by the grinder. It might be easier if I send you a sample or 2 of this material to see how it responds. thank you.photos would help
I have just sent you a picture of 2 sample knife blanks. Yes, they are large. Yes, they are thin - approximately .070 at the spine for the longer blade. the shorter blade should have been ground to approximately .060. The blank is not ground to edge. A thickness of .01 should have been left at edge by the grinder. It might be easier if I send you a sample or 2 of this material to see how it responds. thank you.
I was also hoping, as Von Gruff was, that a picture would clarify what you were asking for. Yes, you did say that these were rectangle- but that did not make sense to me. Now that you have shown that they are indeed heat treated sheet steel, I am left scratching my head.
May I ask why someone would begin with an already hardened piece of steel? Many of us grind our blades after they are hardened, however the hole drilling and profile shaping has already been done while in the annealed state. I am not quite sure what I could possibly do with a piece of hardened steel- especially one that is already polished for some reason.
Please don't take this as any sort of personal criticism. I'm sure you have your reasons. If you care to explain, I'd love to hear it. If you are simply asking for someone to polish these without asking questions then I wish you good luck, but it is not something I'd be interested in.
Yes that is a pic. of the type of knife that I make. Yours looks as it is not STAINLESS. Handle shape and size at times are totally redesigned. I might need to make 2 smaller knives from a large blank, I will steal from the TANG if necessary. Not able to do so with PRE drilled pin holes or cut tang Thank youNow it is all starting to make sense but will you still have to shape the tang for the handle after they have been polished and what will dictate the handle shape/size that it couldnt be done before polishing?
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