Zeke/PA
Member
When I was making knives on a semi-professional basis, I did ALL the rough grinding- hole drilling stuff PRIOR to PROFESSIONAL heat treating.
I used the "full tang" approach for my knives so ALL the holes for the slabs,the hilt and the "thong hole" were already there before heat treating.
With a home built belt grinder, hollow grinding, the "rough" grind/pre heat treat blade was about .030", at the edge which allowed me quite a bit for final finishing and polishing.
I used MOSTLY O-1 Oil hardening tool steel for my blades and quite frankly, an O-1 blade is ALL that ANYONE needs.
Wanna jump up a notch?
D-2 is an EXECPTIONAL knife steel which is SADLY overlooked
Don't know why ??
I used the "full tang" approach for my knives so ALL the holes for the slabs,the hilt and the "thong hole" were already there before heat treating.
With a home built belt grinder, hollow grinding, the "rough" grind/pre heat treat blade was about .030", at the edge which allowed me quite a bit for final finishing and polishing.
I used MOSTLY O-1 Oil hardening tool steel for my blades and quite frankly, an O-1 blade is ALL that ANYONE needs.
Wanna jump up a notch?
D-2 is an EXECPTIONAL knife steel which is SADLY overlooked
Don't know why ??