riohog

ive had my share if i have no more

not bad for an old soldier

the apple doesnt fall far from the tree!.

just be carefull what you put on the customs declaration .ie; gift!! kitchen equipement ,avoid the work knife if possible

double that wouldnt be out of the way 40 quid is a gift !!,

that corbyn is just not the full ticket ,infact fkn dangerous !!.

work in progress kitchen knives , a real pain in the boll...blending the grinds so there is no grind line ,lot of work yet before heat treatement ,then a fkn lot more after

wet and dry paper ,trick is mate get the deep cratches out before heat treat or clean the bevell up with a fine belt after h/t justt dont get the steel hot on fine belts after h/t keep dunkinking it in water then wet and dry paper go through the grades to fine .

i grind before heat treatement mate so no issues there i know from experience that ive never had a blade come back from h/t warped the , i use 60 grt ceramic grain belts to ruff out and first grind then a 150grt ali oxide belt then its alot od hand finishing i fkn hate to see grind lines and scratches on a blade its abit overkill 60 grt belt but there is cobolt in this steel it would eat ali oxide belts

its thin stock only 2.5mm to start so flexes alot i straped it to a piece of 3x2 wood but its more tricky than that mate you only grind to the start of the handle leaving a triangle to spine then itbecomes tricky you can feather the grinds in by hand but not above the spine if you grind it right it will give a distel taper from handle to tip lot of hand finishing mate .

tricky job ken no gplunge on the grinds all blended into one very time consuming

i dont fk about these days with stones i cut the cutting edge on a wicked edge , then just hone with 1000gt ceramic steel rod , easy ..

bit of blade grinding to do tomorrow

one for the kitchen from bohler n690 stainless