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[Justin W]

Nice hamon!

 

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Wabacho freestyle tall heel
Hitachi white core and stainless
Cork belt high polish finish
Marblewood frame handle

 

[John Cahoon]

Here's a new smallish Nessmuk just finished up. 80CRV2 with Padauk and Wenge, with yellow G10 accents. Still needs some final touchup/polishing and sharpening. Seems to me that Padauk/Wenge goes together like ice cream and apple pie!

 

[Cushing H.]

Here's a new smallish Nessmuk just finished up. 80CRV2 with Padauk and Wenge, with yellow G10 accents. Still needs some final touchup/polishing and sharpening. Seems to me that Padauk/Wenge goes together like ice cream and apple pie!

John ... I’ve used wenge a couple times..
And I note it is really porous (but it DOES look great).. how do you deal with the pores?

 

[John Cahoon]

Hi Cush, Normally I'd follow the recommendation from here to wet sand to a slurry from about 320 on up but with two colors it migrates from one to the other (especially the red onto black). So on this one I'm just dry sanding to 1200/2000 grit and oiling the heck out of it then the usual wax and buff. I didn't try taping them off and sanding in 3 operations, has anyone tried that?

 

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[Cushing H.]

Hi Cush, Normally I'd follow the recommendation from here to wet sand to a slurry from about 320 on up but with two colors it migrates from one to the other (especially the red onto black). So on this one I'm just dry sanding to 1200/2000 grit and oiling the heck out of it then the usual wax and buff. I didn't try taping them off and sanding in 3 operations, has anyone tried that?

John ... what oil? Tru oil perhaps?

 

[Daniel Fairly Knives]

Grinding! 61-62 RC Nitro-V and Beta Ti, both are relatively hard on the ceramic belts

 

[FredyCro]

That's crazy.

Ready for glue op on this kitchen couple, I have to up my bolster fitting game now that I have a file guide. Was too lazy to regrind the tangs and now I have a sloppy fit. Will try to hide it with dust and epoxy and/or colored epoxy. Wood is African blackwood and home stabilized poplar.

I forgot how A blackwood is a b* to grind. Any tips there? Will zyrconium belt do a better job then an AO belt? Ceramics?

 

[Cushing H.]

I forgot how A blackwood is a b* to grind. Any tips there? Will zyrconium belt do a better job then an AO belt? Ceramics?

very coarse belt (like 60 or 36) to do rough shaping, then go very slow and use sharp belts to refine surface up to finer grits.

 

[A.McPherson]

I forgot how A blackwood is a b* to grind. Any tips there? Will zyrconium belt do a better job then an AO belt? Ceramics?

Japanese hacksaw rasp. Eats hard woods like nobody's business and leaves a nice-ish finish.

https://www.rockler.com/japanese-saw-rasp

Like this!

 

[Hubert S.]

Japanese hacksaw rasp. Eats hard woods like nobody's business and leaves a nice-ish finish.

https://www.rockler.com/japanese-saw-rasp

Like this!

Those are great! I have one with a straight handle that has a coarse and fine side.

 

[JamesBro]

Japanese hacksaw rasp. Eats hard woods like nobody's business and leaves a nice-ish finish.

https://www.rockler.com/japanese-saw-rasp

Like this!

Looks like a Bondo rasp, which I have somewhere, which I will have to try.

 

[Richard338]

I feel like I'm getting closish, if that's a word.

That hamon is unbelievable! I'd love to hear about the material and process.

 

[Natlek]

I haven't make a knife in a long time...................

 

[FredyCro]

very coarse belt (like 60 or 36) to do rough shaping, then go very slow and use sharp belts to refine surface up to finer grits.

Yeah, it was just a worn belt. Fresh 60 ripped through it

Japanese hacksaw rasp. Eats hard woods like nobody's business and leaves a nice-ish finish.

https://www.rockler.com/japanese-saw-rasp

Like this!

Those look nice and handy for bigger projects. Another thing to buy...

 

[PEU]

Chinese cleaver, O2 K720 steel, 2mm/0.08" thickness, 180mm/7" length 100mm/4" wide. Ebony Macassar and paper micarta handle with 3 corby bolts. Last minute Kintsugi repair with CA and golden powder.

Pablo

 

[Storm W]

Yeah, it was just a worn belt. Fresh 60 ripped through it



Those look nice and handy for bigger projects. Another thing to buy...

Don't use your ceramic belts. They are I think what they call closed grit and you want something like zirconia or AO belts that are open and don't clog as bad. Use a belt cleaner frequently.

 

[ISKski]

forged 80crv2 and curly eucalyptus

 

[Natlek]

Chinese cleaver, O2 K720 steel, 2mm/0.08" thickness, 180mm/7" length 100mm/4" wide. Ebony Macassar and paper micarta handle with 3 corby bolts. Last minute Kintsugi repair with CA and golden powder.

Pablo

I like it , but what the hell is this