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Two words brother: Plunge Less... in seriousness though I would make my choil deeper and set my plunge line in the middle of the choil or toward the front. It helps keep you from grinding past it. Believe me, I know.
 
Kevin Zito said:
lol that’s funny, Garry! Literally 2 seconds before reading this, I was looking at the knife thinking that the notches on my knives are always messed up. I’m thinking I should probably file the notch before I start beveling, right? The thickness of the ricasso vs the blade pushes the file toward the point.
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I always file the notch before grinding and start about the 3/4 -7/8 of the way toward the back untill the finish grind when I take it right to the back of the ntch.
 
Chris Railey said:
Two words brother: Plunge Less... in seriousness though I would make my choil deeper and set my plunge line in the middle of the choil or toward the front. It helps keep you from grinding past it. Believe me, I know.
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Thank you. That’s the exact look I want.
 
Von Gruff said:
I see you have ground beyond the sharpening notch Kevin. That is something to watch
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Easy fix make the Choil a little bigger! I wait till I'm almost done grinding before I put the choil in that way if I need to blend something, or the plunge is a little mucked up I can file the choil in and hide a little bit of sin if need be!
 
Von Gruff said:
I always file the notch before grinding and start about the 3/4 -7/8 of the way toward the back untill the finish grind when I take it right to the back of the ntch.
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Thanks, Garry. These little details make all the difference. I’m really trying to take my blades to the next level.
 
Gliden07 said:
Easy fix make the Choil a little bigger! I wait till I'm almost done grinding before I put the choil in that way if I need to blend something, or the plunge is a little mucked up I can file the choil in and hide a little bit of sin if need be!
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I will try this in a little while. Thx
 
Oh wait I see what y’all are seeing now lol. The pic makes it look 100 times worse. Let me clean it up a bit. I’ll repost soon
 
It’s still pushed too far back though.... id like it to run dead center. I think if I file it first I should be able to nail it with the file guide.
 
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I got this tip here, do all of your grinding forward of where you want your plunge then move the guide back to its final location during finish grinding.
 
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