How To Make A Knife Grinding Jig
In general you want to start from the edge with the steepest grinding angle and work your way towards the spine of the knife in subsequent steps.
How to make a knife grinding jig. The last few images are of a knife I recently made with this jig what Im calling a camp seax. And the blades end up devilishly sharp. Currently in the traditional shop craft community making spoons and knives seems to be all the rage.
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It is made from 2 14. This jig could also work for with a bench grinder with a hard wheel. Once you have the design and in particular the grind geometric cross section on paper - start to work your way down and draw straight lines how you want to get there with the grinding jig.
Hold the blade at a sharp angle and then slowly start to remove material. I then started sea. 38 - 16 x 2 SS Socket Cap Screw - 1pk.
Freehand grinding is a skill only learned by trial and error. Angle grinder or hack saw. I would like to know how you do a high flat grind on a large jig though.
Or knife making in general Ive seen a lot of guys using jigs like the pic I posted. Saw to cut Plexiglas. I at least want to try one out like that.