oldmanwilly
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I went to my local hardware store that has a little shop in the back. Older fella there let me commandeer their grinding wheel at my leisure. I'm glad I did because it took me minutes to do what would have taken hours of hand-filing.
It looks a little more uneven than it actually is, just a trick of the lighting. I stopped short of fully apexing the swedge because I didn't want to burn away the temper. Despite constantly dipping the blade in cool water after each pass, I started to see some discoloration and chose to stop.
I'll finish the rest by hand with progressively finer diamond grits, maybe final polishing with a dremel.
It looks a little more uneven than it actually is, just a trick of the lighting. I stopped short of fully apexing the swedge because I didn't want to burn away the temper. Despite constantly dipping the blade in cool water after each pass, I started to see some discoloration and chose to stop.
I'll finish the rest by hand with progressively finer diamond grits, maybe final polishing with a dremel.