templehound Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Just two convex surfaces intersect in the center of the blade's edge, from heel to tip. No advanced details in the grind, neither ricasso nor shoulders like it is on edged tools since hundreds of years. Timeless and as plain as possible with 1.2442 blade, copper ferrule and yellow ironwood handle. Blade measures 90 mm and 215 mm overall length. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Your work is sparse and Minimalist, with clean, pure lines. Anything added would merely be embellishment. Always a pleasure to see you post something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Anyone can make the simple complicated. Genius is making the complicated simple. Once again, lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 The shading on the blade adds a lot to the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 That is a nice looking knife. That would be equally at home in ones kitchen or on ones belt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I like this a lot! Would make a great caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 It is a sweetly executed knife. very pleasing to the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuEulear Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Once again beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horse Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Love the simplicity and the lines. I am not a knife maker. I have neither the skills or the forge. But I was starting to get cranky since I had not seen a new knife from the knife makers for a few days. I have spent my entire career as a butcher and a chef and cannot get enough photos from the knife makers on this site. Keep em coming. This winter I hope to start my first real knife. A good chef knife will be my first attempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I always look forward to your posts and yet, each time, I find myself surprised by the art that goes into your knives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Thanks a lot for the fine comments, Gentlemen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Very beautiful knife, respect! Did you grind the bevels just on the slack belt? If so, how did you get the straight grind lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 12 hours ago, Joe Clit said: Very beautiful knife, respect! Did you grind the bevels just on the slack belt? If so, how did you get the straight grind lines? Thanks, Joe Clit! I ground the plunge lines as crisp as possible on the flat grinding platen to grit 150, then I ground diagonal(cater corned?)on the contakt wheel along the plunge line with grit 240. In this case it was easy because there was no ricasso or shoulders which to take care of. Slack belt grinding is the enemy of crips plunge lines, so i masked the plunge lines with paper tape(only paper , no plastic tapes) and went to the final convex shaping to sharper geometry on the slack belt. followed by hand sanding. Grinding nice plunge lines is always something that is strongly depending on skills, tools and machines.Every maker has different conditions on all those aspects, so it is very individual how to get the desired result....but I hope this gives some ideas and helps somehow. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcrow Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 "As plain as possible" indeed, and very beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templehound Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 On 9/12/2018 at 2:25 AM, Stormcrow said: "As plain as possible" indeed, and very beautiful. Thank You, James! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe C Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thanks for sharing your approach, I will try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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