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uniformly sharpening trade points
JustinNC:
Will also put a couple slits along the tang to help with hafting.
mullet:
I put all my points on my slow turning belt sander. It is slow so the blade doesn't get hot. I have a jig made using a Lansky clamp and shower curtain hook. I start out with a course belt then follow up with finer belts. then it goes to a paper wheel with Jewelers rouge.
Hillbilly:
when I make trade points, I rough the edge out on the belt sander or grinder, then sharpen with a file. I don't get down and measure the exact angles, I just want it to get sharp. I like that nasty file edge for a hunting point. It'll sure draw blood from me.
JustinNC:
I reckon them rocks ya'll sling aint perfectly straight razor edge sharp either, so why should these be.
Figgers, I was over thinking it. Got a hold of some of that banding steel that Jonathan C was talking about in another recent thread. A design like/close to the one he used and some wire wrapped around the tang on the shaft orta do the job! Should be a whole lot easier to work with than those circular saw blades.
nugget:
Justin have you tryed the metal that I brought you? I made a cuople out of some of it and they weighed around 150 grns.
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