so i was looking at some of my knife books with big shiny pictures, and I came across the Persian / middle eastern section. I found a very cool Persian single edged, kinda half dagger thing and thought wouldn't that be cool if it were double edged. Yea. well. So anyway everything went fairly well up until I got the the point of putting the rough grind edge on before HT. The normal upward curving side went good, no problems there. The reverse curve side however, did not go so well. I put the blank in the jig, up ended the belt arm and commenced to grinding. What i got was a reverse curve edge with a straight grind line across the steel and dull as hell in the middle. Why ? and how do i over come this issue ?
I see other knives with a re curve edge but those seem to be a fairly low curve. The one I tried was pretty steep. If you are familiar with older style middle eastern blades then you understand. So anyway is it possible to put an edge on a steep re curve ? and what technique or process would you recommend ?
thank you,
CMN
I see other knives with a re curve edge but those seem to be a fairly low curve. The one I tried was pretty steep. If you are familiar with older style middle eastern blades then you understand. So anyway is it possible to put an edge on a steep re curve ? and what technique or process would you recommend ?
thank you,
CMN