Thread: Knifemaking photo-essay (3) - Making the guard

1) Checking the fit of the guard. The fit is good if I can’t see any light at the joint between the face of the recess in the blank and the guard (indicated by the pink arrow).

2) Two views of the fit between the guard and the blank.

3) I like the appearance of an angled front guard face. I set the table of the disc sander to 15 degrees and grind a chamfer up to the slot, doing most of the job with an 80 grit disc. I do the last 10% of the grind with a 240 grit disc, as shown here.