Big Chopper

[sussex 4,671]

Cracking job Griff ...never ceases to amaze me how many good things you can make from an old Landy yet when all the parts are  together you get a pile of sh1t ......

[j j m 5,693]

very nice bud

[doyley 115]

That's brilliant mate 

[Gin 483]

That's quality work. Very nice. You could do just about every job with that one knife.

[Elchapo 1,055]

Griff what’s the final grit you use for grinding in the cutting edge/ bevel .. 

ive done these two and im wondering what grit I need to use on finished blade .

[GruffaloGriff 1,498]

On 06/01/2019 at 22:09, Elchapo said:

Griff what’s the final grit you use for grinding in the cutting edge/ bevel .. 

ive done these two and im wondering what grit I need to use on finished blade .

Nice looking blades Elchapo.

The big chopper was made as a user so not a lot of extra time spent on the finish. Think it was an 80g ceramic belt on the bevel with no additional hand finishing and sharpened with a 400g Trizact belt.

Most small blades i would finish grind with a 120g belt, sometimes a final blast with 240g. After that i work up through the grits by hand using wet & dry folded around a strip of wood and lubricated with wd40. Most of the work done with 240g but working up to 800g for a satin finish or 1200g if you want to polish it.