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I've finished the black raven. There were a few knicks in the bit 8 months ago when I purchased it. So a month after re-hanging it I filed a radial grind on it because I didn't want to remove much steel. In all honesty I was kind of afraid to! That may sound silly but I didn't want to ruin it.
I wasn't taking a picture of the grind itself, while this isn't a close up, here is that grind;
Then I made an attempt at a nicer mask which didn't turn out well at all. (I took this pic this morning);
. 3 or 4 months later I then decided screw it! I wanted it filed and sharpened properly so I put a banana grind on it. Other than not removing a small chip off the heel I was careful and did it right. But the way the stone marks looked against the rest of the steel looked pretty bad in my opinion.
And there was a small chip off the heel that I was reluctant to remove for fear of screwing it up.
So finally a few days ago I decided that it's silly to be afraid of messing up something that I own! Plus goodness knows I've got enough practice to improve it safely. So I removed about 80% of the chip with a file, honed it up, then used directional strokes with dry 600 grit sandpaper. I made a sheath like I've been making 'em recently and here's the result! I'm very pleased I did it.
I actually took inspiration from a raven that's on THAT auction site presently. They look almost like twins now. I thought to myself "there's no reason mine can't look that good"! So I went to work and I'm glad I did. Have a good one!
I wasn't taking a picture of the grind itself, while this isn't a close up, here is that grind;
Then I made an attempt at a nicer mask which didn't turn out well at all. (I took this pic this morning);
. 3 or 4 months later I then decided screw it! I wanted it filed and sharpened properly so I put a banana grind on it. Other than not removing a small chip off the heel I was careful and did it right. But the way the stone marks looked against the rest of the steel looked pretty bad in my opinion.
And there was a small chip off the heel that I was reluctant to remove for fear of screwing it up.
So finally a few days ago I decided that it's silly to be afraid of messing up something that I own! Plus goodness knows I've got enough practice to improve it safely. So I removed about 80% of the chip with a file, honed it up, then used directional strokes with dry 600 grit sandpaper. I made a sheath like I've been making 'em recently and here's the result! I'm very pleased I did it.
I actually took inspiration from a raven that's on THAT auction site presently. They look almost like twins now. I thought to myself "there's no reason mine can't look that good"! So I went to work and I'm glad I did. Have a good one!
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