Grinding bevels on a knife, Knife making, Easiest way to grind a knife bevel

Grinding bevels on a knife, Knife making, Easiest way to grind a knife bevel
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Today is the grinding the bevels on a blade, I use a 2x60" grinder and a bevel jig to achieve this, this is the Easiest way to grind a knife bevel, Knife making is easier with the correct Knife Making tools, a Bevel jig and Belt grinder make life much easier.
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The use of Power and electrical tools and devices can be dangerous, please seek professional training before undertaking to do so.
Any tools or techniques shown hers are purely as I do it and for illustration purposes only, they are not professional training and should not be considered so.

[@ReignForever]

I am a beginner. thank you for posting instructional videos and tips and tricks to help with the craft!! I am on knife #2. finally found a hobby where perfectionism and ocd tendencies are not a hindrance :D I can actually embrace that urge to improve on "already good" results and feel like its worth it and not just extra torture lol.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

lol I know the feeling but trust me you will still see you own mistakes long after others stop seeing them a few hundred knives under my belt but have still not made the one that I would call perfect yet, I keep trying though

[@RobertasArtisticAdventures]

That is a nice sharp bevel!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Doing it this way gets me those nice crisp lines

[@waywardson13]

And to think, I mastered the art of eyeballing shit for nothing.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Still a lot of eyeball used mate. Doing a full video on the jig grinding, but I freehand chefs knives all the time.

[@waywardson13]

@@DownunderFarmandForge ... And quite well, I would add !

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Cheers mate

[@ReignForever]

freehand grinding is still an absolutely invaluable skill. and do not think a jig takes all the skill out of it, you can still mess up a bevel. there are times when a jig wont work, and freehand is only option. having both skills at your disposal is imperative to make any necessary shape or design. For example, I do not think a jig would work for a karambit. freehand is the only option there 'afaik'

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

@@ReignForever as I mentioned in earlier comments, it is not the only way I do it, just a tool in the toolbox

[@user-rg9oq7kw3z]

Красота, даже металл не сжёг!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Спасибо. Уже термообработан, так что я не могу позволить ему сгореть

[@downunderfulla6001]

That’s going to be a wicked knife👌🍺🍺

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

This is one of the Bushcraft blades, was filming the Bevel grind and done and updated grinding video as well as this short

[@user-nz8sh5vj5u]

Well done.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you very much

[@mortywhippet9982]

Quality! 😁👌

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you kindly

[@MBHeritageFarms]

Do kool to watch

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Cheers Brother

[@mirsadmemic5863]

Wery safe and nice for rough grinding. Make faster. Good real video

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you very much

[@user-xi2bi2zh2n]

Good job man congratulations ❤

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Thank you

[@mulletdaddy102]

Link to buy?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Have a look on knifekits.com

[@crazydave1145]

👍

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

🫶

[@rg2blades429]

Is this a home made jigg or purchased online?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

It is a Nordic Edge jig, you can get them from knifemaker.com

[@autumn5592]

Damn, why so much force? You've got a layout contrast on the material, you don't need to gouge the material too.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

The steel is already hardened, it leaves a very faint line only. The contrast leaves a mark but won’t always stay on so the light scratch that is left means I always have a reference mark.

[@whyFLASHi]

What all tools are you using here? I want to get a setup like this. I was about to go buy a belt sander whats that first tool to scribe the angle

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

The centre scribe is one I bought a few years back at a knife show no particular brand. The grinder is an 84 Engineering grinder, mine is a 60 but honestly next time I would go the 84 Engineering 72”. File guides and bevel jig are Nordic edge products. Have a look at the long form videos I have on bevel grinding and I go into some more detail.

[@NanasMenagerie]

Do you also make folding pocket knives ?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Hey Sher, I am sticking to the fixed blade for now, folders need extra equipment that I don't want to buy in 240volt and then have to either remotor or find a work around for later. My first big $ when I can get it would be a water jet CNC for cut out but waiting to get it either in 110V or 220V. It would mean knives cut out much faster without the wear and tear that my bandsaw put on the body.

[@jonahshupert1329]

I want to know where you got the jig from. That thing is nice!!

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Creative man in Australia. It is available on knifekits.com

[@neruskiy]

Мой отец без маркера и гриндера на простом наждаке делает.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

друг, у твоего отца больше терпения, чем у меня

[@RyanBarnes]

Easiest way... Buy expensive grinder, manufacture, or buy jig, achieve easiest bevels.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Yup unfortunately easy takes money as simple as that. Cheap options, file by hand with or without a jig or freehand with an angle grinder, both are hard work and even harder to get a saleable quality knife.

[@RyanBarnes]

@@DownunderFarmandForge this is absolutely true. The hard part of all of the methods to make easy, is to make what we can, to earn enough to buy what makes things easier.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

I have seen all sorts of methods used do do it to get to the expensive grinder part, all comes down to how much free cash you can put in, how much sweat you are willing to put in or how dodgy a setup you are willing to use. My shoulder has been reconstructed 4 times so filing just isn't and option for me, freehanding an angle grinder I could probably manage but to sketchy for me, one wrong move and you ruin your work. Upside down belt sander in a vise, again a bit sketchy but possible, 1x30 beltgrinder is what a lot of people start with, multitool attachment to a benchgrinder is where I started, I then went on to a conversion for the multitool to a 2x48 that used to be available here in Australia, then finally on to the 2x60 Shopmaster from 84 Engineering. Even still I am looking to upgrade to a 2x72 when I move to the States. Just start where budget and ease of use meet for you and take it from there, learn the tools and the methods that work and honestly if the hobby is for you before drooping too much coin and see how it goes.

[@RyanBarnes]

@@DownunderFarmandForge thank you for saying all of this. It's encouraging.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Mate the journey of One Thousand miles starts with one step. I have made a few hundred knives at this point but did not start at the top of the range equipment and still not using my dream equipment. Work with what you have until you know what you want to do and how to do it with what you have, then take the next step when you can afford it and again learn the process. You improve as you go along, learn what equipment will help you to make the next step and move on each one step at a time. I still spend money on new equipment that I wasn't thinking about when I see something handy that will improve my process, and I am never shy about taking classes and being the student to someone who knows things I don't. The Paradox of KZbin is you have to be the expert on what you are showing people or you will get called out, heck sometime you do anyway, but you have to keep learning so you have something new to show or it gets stale.

[@yammakashi]

Where have you bought the jig?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Try knifekits.com they sell this one

[@user-gu6wg3kl3i]

How do you know what angle to set the jig on?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Practice and adjusting as I go, I never set and actual angle but some fine adjustment as I watch the bevel start to form. if you have a look at this video I go into some more detail than I can on a short kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoOyiWmqa6ZojMk

[@mirsadmemic5863]

Start with 15 degrees, when coolest to half of thickness of knife check and adjust if you need bigger or smoler angle. That is simple and best accurate way

[@trapezoidberg2659]

Hello... What is the name of the tool in which you caught the blade for a perfect grinding?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

That is a bevel jig along with a file guide, link to the jig in the video description

[@user-tq5gv7so3z]

спуск кривой и без выемки ямочки нет просто спилил метал и то криво

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

это плохо переводится извините.

[@soullessone_edc6226]

What grinding jig is that😮

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

It is from Nordic edge in Australia, they are available on knifekits.com

[@soullessone_edc6226]

@@DownunderFarmandForge awesome I appreciate the information definitely going to have to save up some cash to get me one of them that's one of the nicest jigs I've seen

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Happy to help, they are about the best jig I have found

[@teddymarzo5752]

Where can I buy it ?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Here is an Amazon link for the bevel jig, no file guides are currently on there, I have reached out to Bjorn about that. Nordic Edge grinding Jig amzn.to/3UEcooy

[@EDCBushcraft]

And here my friends you can see something, Bark River is not capable of

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Bark river make a great standardised knife, but gotta love being able to customise to suit what everyone wants in their knife.

[@user-np3us2ur6t]

Я не понял нас к чему готовят, на авито чуть ли ни каждое пятое объявление о продаже ножей а теперь каждый третий ролик как их изготовливать

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

если вы смотрите видео с ножами, вы видите видео с ножами, так работает KZbin

[@doyerknives9162]

another skill down the drain. if you do it for a living though, you'll get pretty damn tired of setting up every blade that way.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

I use jigs for straight bevels, especially when I have a small production run, complex grinds I do by hand. I do it as a hobby/business. If I was doing it full time I would look for more automation, water jet to cut blanks etc. not a lack of skill as I can certainly do it by hand but a quicker and easier way to do things.

[@doyerknives9162]

@@DownunderFarmandForge all the jigs I made ended up being used to establish a starting point so, I get it. Nice looking though.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

@@doyerknives9162 it is a great little jig there is a recent full video on using it, I have 3 of the file guides so can set these little straight grinds up 3 at a time, quick flip or swap and I can grind 3 blades a lot quicker and consistent than by hand, but go to a chefs knife and that is all free hand and blended on a slack belt.

[@user-jr6lc8bp3m]

А как его в воду опускать чтоб не сжечь?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Шлифовальный станок входит в ведро с ножом.

[@user-xd6fr7ln1j]

А никак.так ножи сводят...

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

​@@user-xd6fr7ln1j Держатель угла уходит в воду. Трудно сделать правильный перевод, извините. гид

[@NoMoneyHubby]

Is using a jig cheating?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

Lol who decides what is the correct way to grind a knife? I freehand and jig grind both, jig is quicker and cleaner for simple straight bevels, gives the client a truly matching grind on both sides of their knife. For something like a convex grind on a chefs knife I will freehand it every time.

[@maxtm3000]

is driving an automatic transmission car cheating ?

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

@@maxtm3000 great answer

[@ronenboyme7414]

Thats cheating

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

No just a method of work, I freehand grind more complex bevels and those are in other videos on the channel

[@ronenboyme7414]

@@DownunderFarmandForge im just joking, great work, wish I had your skills.

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

All good, I get a few people that really mean it posting, skills are just practice and time easy to do