milkbaby
Well-Known Doofus
A friend has a standing request for a single bevel gyuto or kiritsuke from me. I'm going to try making a honesuki or deba for myself before attempting a gift for him. My question is how should it be done on the grinder?
I only do stock removal, so I'm guessing that I'd grind the distal taper into my profiled blank first, then grind a flat bevel from the hand side all the way to the other side so the edge is not centered but at the opposite hand blade face? Or do traditional single bevel j-knives not have distal taper?
Also, is there a disadvantage to grinding say 99/1 instead of doing the traditional uraoshi? If doing the ura, I'd try the top wheel on my Grizzly 1x30 or perhaps sandpaper on a shaped wood block, but to be honest, if 99/1-ish asymmetry gets a result close enough, that works for me...
I only do stock removal, so I'm guessing that I'd grind the distal taper into my profiled blank first, then grind a flat bevel from the hand side all the way to the other side so the edge is not centered but at the opposite hand blade face? Or do traditional single bevel j-knives not have distal taper?
Also, is there a disadvantage to grinding say 99/1 instead of doing the traditional uraoshi? If doing the ura, I'd try the top wheel on my Grizzly 1x30 or perhaps sandpaper on a shaped wood block, but to be honest, if 99/1-ish asymmetry gets a result close enough, that works for me...