Grinders going again / Knife WIP part 1

[Daniel Macina]

This one is officially going to heat treat tomorrow!

Wish I had bumped the pin holes back to the butt end a tad and still have a little cleanup work to do. Thanks for looking.

 

[Nick Riggi]

Does anybody know if using aa jig would help build muscle memory and confidence to eventually go freehand or does it do the opposite?

Proof it does!
Freehand grinds

 

[Nick Riggi]

I need to just bite the bullet and buy one of Mr. Bumps Guides. Part of the problem is the one I have is fairly bulky lenghts wise at least. Just hard to spend the money as that’s most of the money I can afford to put towards knife making in a month. LOL. One step at a time I’ll get there eventually! Thanks for following along guys

My guide I use

 

[Daniel Macina]

Well it’s heat treated! Could’ve sworn I felt a little ping but I looked and looked and didn’t find any we’ll see when I start grinding on it. Tempering now.