Thread: Knifemaking photo-essay (1)

1) Drilling 1/8" holes. When drilling small holes you can hold the blank by hand.

2) Drilling 8 mm holes to lighten the tang. Note the blank is clamped to the work table.

3) Surface grinding the blank. I use a belt sanding surface grinder with a 60 grit belt. The milky white cutting fluid is water containing 3% soluble oil.

4) Hollow grinding the blade bevels. The linisher has a 250 mm diameter contact wheel. I rough grind the bevels with a 60 grit belt, and then grind them with 180 grit. The bevels are ground by hand and mirror imaged by eye -- no jigs are used.