Frank Niro
KNIFE MAKER
Do you recommend a flat grind or a hollow grind? I'm thinking sa hollow grind will remove a lot of the outside layers and cause thm to end up high on the blade. Is this right? Thanks Frank.
Grinding a San Mai billet
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Drew Riley
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How high the outer layers grind up the side of the blade depends on a number of factors:
Thickness of the outer layers vs. the billet/final forged stock thickness
Height of the grinds vs width of the billet/final forged stock thickness
Radius of the hollow grind
That being said, and all things being equall, I suspect the differences will be very minimal between a flat and hollow of the same height, unless the hollows are very deep and the outer layers very thin. Even then though, I don't know that it'd make much difference.
Thickness of the outer layers vs. the billet/final forged stock thickness
Height of the grinds vs width of the billet/final forged stock thickness
Radius of the hollow grind
That being said, and all things being equall, I suspect the differences will be very minimal between a flat and hollow of the same height, unless the hollows are very deep and the outer layers very thin. Even then though, I don't know that it'd make much difference.
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