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bowtarist:
Excellent! I make most of my knives from files. Good ideas here. One question? Why not do the majority of beveling with the belt sander or such, then file to finish? One more??.maybe I didn't read well enough, but what grit sanding belt you using? I use 120 mostly.

Again, Excellent!, dpgratz

Stringman:
Might just hafta get in on some of this fun! Looking good so far!

KHalverson:
bowtarist
the answer to the first question is there is no reason that you can't.
the reason I didn't was for control and sometimes it's hard for a newbie to get nice plunge lines and consisitant grinds the first few times out of the gate.
second question.  I like a 50 grit for rough grinding and a 120 for finish then hand sand to 400-600 grit
the reason I'm doing this build along the way that I am is to show that with some simple tools and techniques a good knife can be produced.
Kevin

bowtarist:
Thanks KH! Great build-along. I like how you annealed the handle.  I'm working on a dagger style with a single bevel on both sides right now. Ground a bit too much and got the center line off a bit, but it's coming out ok. Thanks again, dp

danny f:
great build along its something i have wanted to try for a while.

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