Jaegers Forge and Foundry Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 My first fully assembled knife (I'm on a trip in Colorado so I don't have all my tools) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshj Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 That'll work! You just stepped off the top of the avalanche run, and you're stuck going downhill from there!!! Guarantee that wont be your last blade either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaegers Forge and Foundry Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 nope I'm already planning my next blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshj Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 ^ see? Well done for a first attempt. The more you do, the more you'll pick up and figure out what makes it easier and with better results. Take your time and dont get frustrated easily... In the army, one of my senior drill sergeant instructors told me something that I'll never forget. "Strive for perfection... but accept completion." His intent was that it'll never be perfect, but work for it, towards it as your goal. Accepting completion meant to be good with getting the job done correctly. He explained to us that in completing it- we made the goal. That by getting caught up in having to have it perfect- can cause you to never get it done at all. Remember that cleaver I posted? One step closer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaegers Forge and Foundry Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 wow how do you polish your knife to a mirror finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Bit by bit, and grit by grit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaegers Forge and Foundry Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshj Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 14 hours ago, JHCC said: Bit by bit, and grit by grit. ^ he's right you know! I used to do alot of body work on cars, so I like to use an air powered DA sander. I start out with 220 grit paper, then go to 320, 600, and finally 800 grit paper. Then I take it to a cloth buffing wheel on a 6" bench grinder with polishing rouge for final polish. Ran out of 600 and 800... so that one got hand polished with 1500 paper before the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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