An update with some thoughts on the grind of #077 after spending some time thinning:
Choil progress:
- I second guessed myself a lot on which parts of the knife needed the most attention. The right hand face of the knife has a lot more core steel exposed than the left, which has cladding running almost up to the edge in some areas, even still after a solid amount of time on the Debado 180. I have spent about 3 hours total on the 180 before breaking for the day.
- Looking at the latest choil shot, there seems to be more meat on the left (i.e. the right hand face of the knife) as you go up the bevel, but it has more core steel exposed than the other side.
- Is that part and parcel of wabi sabi hon warikomi forging, and I should focus on maintaining symmetry by referencing how the choil looks and pinching my fingers down the blade to feel the geometry, or should I be trying to chase even core steel exposure across both blade faces?
- The bevels were largely flat, but that might just be because this knife has been thinned before.
- There is a little bit of wonkiness going on up by the shinogi, with a slightly uneven grind around that area which I tried to correct and even out as I went without chasing it too much. Nothing major, and can be continually worked out with future maintenance thinning.
Current state of the bevels:
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