Design improvement, convexing and grinding

[Delbert Ealy]

The beginnings :viking:

The bar
cut out
finished profile

 

[SpikeC]

I recognize that bar!!

 

[tk59]

How about a ruler? :viking:

 

[Delbert Ealy]

Sorry, The full bar is 3 ft (just over a meter) The profiles are my usual 240+mm.
More pics later with a ruler :viking:

 

[Delbert Ealy]

My 240mm blank a carter 240, and a 210 wa-style for Mark Farley.

 

[Delbert Ealy]

As a result of the last picture it has been brought to my attention that my current design is a bit pregnant(6 months or so :biggrin: no offence to the ladies-you are all beautiful) and need to lose that belly. While pregnant ladies are attractive big bellied knives are less so. So overnight I put them on a fad diet(the sandpaper diet, good for other things too, check out the joke thread on burlsource forum for details) and here is the result.
My original design up front, the modified one in the middle and a carter in the back.
A couple of shots on the board as well,the old one and the new one.


Let me know what you think of the profile improvements. :viking:
Del

 

[Dave Martell]

Looks good from here.

 

[Pensacola Tiger]

Del,

I like the new profile a lot. Nice evolution of your design.

Rick

 

[Delbert Ealy]

Thanks Rick and Dave.
Del

 

[tk59]

Put me down for one of these, pending inspection of your passaround knife. If your grind is what you and everyone else says it is and O1 is any good as a kitchen knife steel, this is going to be a hands down winner.

 

[obtuse]

Looks good, just don't keep the tip too low.

 

[El Pescador]

Stick to what you got there. It's a winner.

 

[obtuse]

Idk if it's just perspective, but the tip looks really low in this picture http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1076&d=1310932099 . Looks good from the side though.

 

[Delbert Ealy]

Obtuse,
It does look low in that pic, but its mostly my crappy photography. I was holding the camera and the blank at the same time.
Del

 

[WildBoar]

Del, that new profile looks great!

 

[El Pescador]

Update pics? Odie is excited. Super excited!

 

[tk59]

Update pics?...

+1. I think it's been over a day!

 

[Delbert Ealy]

This rascal is getting big :viking:
4 knives ready for HT
In the oven

 

[El Pescador]

Looks good Del. Like the profile.

 

[El Pescador]

BTW, the pup looks hungry, watch your ankles!

 

[Delbert Ealy]

Distal tapering after heat treating
Time for lunch, more later :viking:

 

[El Pescador]

Lunch? You're on a roll!

 

[Delbert Ealy]

Might as well call me a sandwich then..............heeheehee

 

[WildBoar]

those are gonna be killer knives!

 

[tk59]

Very exciting, Del! I don't really understand the difference between the two knives in the first pic. One seems to have scratches running from handle to tip and the other from spine to heel? What's the deal with that?

 

[Delbert Ealy]

The first is the preliminary grind, to get most of the material off, and then I blend it by grinding lengthwise.
Del

 

[El Pescador]

What happened after lunch?

 

[Iceman91]

That distal taper looks fantastic.

 

[Burl Source]

Very exciting, Del! I don't really understand the difference between the two knives in the first pic. One seems to have scratches running from handle to tip and the other from spine to heel? What's the deal with that?

That creates an invisible cross hatched texture to keep things from sticking to the blade. Don't tell anyone, it is supposed to be a secret. (just teasing) :wink:

What happened after lunch?

He probably took a nap.

 

[Delbert Ealy]

That creates an invisible cross hatched texture to keep things from sticking to the blade. Don't tell anyone, it is supposed to be a secret. (just teasing) :wink:



He probably took a nap.

It was a siesta, justified with temps over 90f