How to Grind a Tanto Knife - Compound Grind

[@jeffreymiller9706]

You make it look so easy. Now i MUST try a tanto!!!!

[@omazingbob]

Thx my dude you helped me Finnish my first blade with a hollow grind and chisel

[@StarkKnives]

Awesome, glad to be able to help!

[@chicanopatriot4322]

Ty sir💪🏾

[@riaanleroux_za]

Thanks for sharing this, definitely want to give this a try!

[@StarkKnives]

No problem, good luck!

[@zman7633]

Great video on fundamentals. Love it. Keep posting! 👍🤠

[@StarkKnives]

Will do! Thanks a lot!

[@hammersmith3146]

Great video. I've been making knives on and off for a few years now in my free time. It's a lot of fun and a lot of work. The more you practice the better you get. You make some of the best knives I've seen! Keep up the good work.

[@StarkKnives]

I appreciate the kind words, glad you enjoyed the video! That’s definitely true, it’s taken me a long time to get to the point where I don’t feel like I’m going to screw up every grind I do. But I still get nervous sometimes haha!

[@ferreriinfo1111]

I have watched a ton of videos on knife making. Yours was Awesome!! Clear, Concise, and easy to follow. Thanks and looking forward to more of your video's

[@StarkKnives]

Glad to hear it! Thanks a lot for the kind words, we have more coming!

[@nathanasselin1103]

I watch every video too! Gonna set my notifications to notify me of new videos!

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks Nathan! That's great to hear. Your support is appreciated!

[@justwontdie4054]

Hey Brother I like your work and you deliverrd the information in a manner that this country boy could could follow made a handful of knives all by hand I need to get a grinder like that much faster you do pretty work and Inspire me to do first tanto Thanks

[@StarkKnives]

Appreciate the kind words! Good luck! :)

[@LastBastian]

Nice! As a hobbyist knife maker myself, it always boggles my mind how guys manage perfect grinds freehand. I can barely barely pull it off using a jig. 😖

[@StarkKnives]

Practice makes perfect haha! I messed up a few before feeling comfortable with doing it repeatedly.

[@keithhill8735]

Awesome video. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@StarkKnives]

Glad you enjoyed it! No problem. 😃

[@mikeh8728]

Thanks. I was tasked with making a tanto for someone for Christmas and you made the shape easy to understand and I think I followed pretty well. We shall see! Thank you!

[@StarkKnives]

Good luck! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@hedbergforgemetalworks7783]

Great video! This is how I’m grinding my tantos now and they turn out great! Thanks for sharing!

[@StarkKnives]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@ferguslundy2253]

Great video. Thanks mate

[@StarkKnives]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@ForceMultiplier]

Way cool video. Thanks for being an awesome teacher. Great skill set!

[@StarkKnives]

I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind words!

[@punpeter8177]

Really helpful tips 👌👌👌 thanks 🙏

[@StarkKnives]

Glad they help out! Thanks for watching!

[@cannibalcarl8512]

Gorgeous stuff

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks!

[@kennethrutledge9222]

Dude !!! Thanks for the tips !!! What a grind !!! That’s me !!!

[@StarkKnives]

Glad you enjoyed! Happy new year!

[@kennethrutledge9222]

@@StarkKnives I was gonna say that I finally,finally,finally got my 2x72 and I can’t wait to start grinding!!! I was able to get s12 in wheel and as soon as my piece of 1095 is finished annealing I’m gonna attempt to grind my first hollow grind !!! Thanks to your video I’ll be successful!! Thanks again

[@kennethrutledge9222]

@@StarkKnives happy new year to you !!!

[@bladestrong4613]

Once again beautiful work man. I watch every one of your videos

[@StarkKnives]

Blade Strong We appreciate it!

[@laurentnadalknives8170]

Absolutely gorgeous bis!

[@silverbackoutdooradventure2775]

Very Nice video Ironman!! from Silverback Blades👊🏻🍻

[@StarkKnives]

Haha thanks man!

[@JanScales]

great video i will def try this

[@StarkKnives]

Good luck! Thanks!

[@arleneandrade1025]

Knife 10.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kobkhunchaiyawong6362]

Nice knife.... and i like your shirt ..... "100% HUMAN"...

[@StarkKnives]

Haha thank you! :)

[@gordondeitz7838]

Your a skilled and talented young man. Good luck in all you do.

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks a lot!

[@martindesrocher4528]

nice knives kid, i really liked the handle on that first knife you showed . ( the one with wood on both ends and the black & white middle). i guess it must be some epoxy you blend in with the wood !? looks so good ! you've got a new subscriber ! nice work

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks! Yep, it is a wood and resin hybrid handle material. 👍🏼

[@jorgerussolini3822]

Well done

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks Jorge!

[@davexander4142]

I learned so much, thank you.

[@StarkKnives]

I’m happy to hear it! 👍🏼

[@mohdredzwanramli2110]

Thanks alot for your sharing sir...

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks for watching!

[@angelbenitez281]

Making my first knife right now I shaped it out and now I’m gonna grind out the blade

[@StarkKnives]

Nice! Good luck!

[@bb_forge]

Awesome!

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks!

[@lapatriot9268]

Holy crap thats a clean blank! What do you use to cut them out? Watching you grind is giving me the idea my belt grinder is way to fast. And only one speed unfortunately.

[@StarkKnives]

I get some of my blanks waterjet cut. That gives pretty clean blanks usually. Being able to slow the grinder down definitely helps a bit!

[@lapatriot9268]

@@StarkKnives Yes they are super clean! I am looking at the router speed control boxes. It says they dont work on soft start grinders. How do i know if its soft start? I got the palmgren 2x42.

[@StarkKnives]

I am not sure about that. I only know about the 2x72s and VFD control boxes for 3 phase motors.

[@lapatriot9268]

@@StarkKnives Gotcha, I havent leveled up to a real grinder yet.

[@Stonrdude]

Question, what do you do post heat treat? Do you go back over the bevels to get them as thin as you need?

[@StarkKnives]

Exactly! For the stainless steels, I often don’t even have to thin them out though. I just grind to finish thickness and then have them heat treated. The stainless doesn’t warp as easily.

[@paulfletcher113]

Great video...thank you! Can't wait to give a compound grind a try! What thickness of steel are you using please with an 8" contact wheel? Brilliant instructional video! 👍

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks! It was 5/32” steel I believe and an 8” wheel. 👍🏼

[@muchadesign]

Love you videos guys! This one is soooo helpful! Would love it if you guys did a video for beginners (like me) on "grinding basics".... I'm curious about details related to the belt grits and blade thickness pre and post heat treat. Also, would love to hear your thoughts on approaching grinding for those forging in some of the bevels. Keep up the great work!

[@StarkKnives]

Glad you liked the videos! Those are some good ideas for videos! I’ll have to keep them in mind for the future. 👍🏼

[@muchadesign]

@@StarkKnives Thank you so much! And seriously, helpful AND entertaining videos.

[@Tropikalk]

awesome!

[@StarkKnives]

Thanks!

[@doggonemess1]

Thanks for this video - I was wondering how to get that geometry.

[@StarkKnives]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@kennethrutledge9222]

I forgot to ask before, what was the grinding wheel running at when you were roughing and finishing The hollow grinds In RPM’S ThankYou or S F M

[@StarkKnives]

I’m not sure of the rpm, but I typically run my Brodbeck grinder at 70-80% of speed on the VFD when grinding.

[@taylor4386]

His shirt makes me question if he's half robot. 🤔🤔 only a robot would wear a shirt saying %100 human. Either way this video really helped me figure out how to compound grind tantos! Awesome tutorial.

[@StarkKnives]

Haha only robots can get such perfect grinds... 🤖😂 Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@taylor4386]

@@StarkKnives no center scribe line??? 🤔🤔🤨🤨 you are a robot! 🤣😂

[@StarkKnives]

Haha I’ve probably done a couple hundred at this point so I have it down pretty well. 😉

[@scottkitchen247]

Hi hope all is well. What angles are all three grinds at approximately please? Thanks in advance.

[@StarkKnives]

I’m not sure actually! I haven’t done any calculations and with the hollow it would be hard. I just go off of what works and feeling. :)

[@xaztekgodx]

Hi, nice video, I loved it, one question, what's the angle on the tip of it, is it like to be like straight to the how the belt runs? I guess I'll say 90 degrees to how the tip is to the belt, I can't really tell on the video, I already try making a few knives and I always mess up on that part, the tip of the knife.

[@StarkKnives]

I grind the tip at the angle that makes the front/tip edge be a horizontal line across the belt. So basically you’re holding it so that the vertical of the platen makes a 90 degree with the horizontal of the edge when you’re looking at it from behind. I hope that helps and makes sense. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@xaztekgodx]

@@StarkKnives Thank you so much that helps a lot, I been trying and I already wasted 2 knifes because of that, I was just grinding with no direction, I was just trying to make it work moving the knife all over the place :)

[@StarkKnives]

No problem, good luck!

[@Erik0240]

Is this after HT? Im guessing its really hard to finish this grind up if done prior to HT without messing up the beautiful grindlines...?

[@StarkKnives]

This was all before HT! You could do it after too, but I like it before so that I don’t hardly have to do any grinding after.

[@Erik0240]

@@StarkKnives oh really. Nice! Any good tips then for easy cleanup of gunk/miscolour from HT/tempering? Without messing up the grindlines. Appriciate your vids!

[@StarkKnives]

On stainless steels I just go over with my finishing belt or acid wash. On carbon steels I just do the same grit progression that I started out with before. It’s not really any different than before HT in my experience. 👍🏼

[@oscarheredia3230]

Is your grinder super quiet or did you exit tho noise out? When I'm grinding, there's sparks flying and it's loud! Maybe I should show the speed down...

[@StarkKnives]

I usually turn the volume of the grinding clips down a bit so they aren’t too loud for the viewer. I have sparks too. This is a stainless steel blade that wasn’t hardened yet, so there are always less sparks that way.

[@73FORGE]

👍🏼👊🏼

[@scottkitchen247]

What thickness is the blank your grinding on please?

[@StarkKnives]

5/32” :)

[@Journeyman1642]

What thickness is that flat stock your using??

[@StarkKnives]

It’s around 5/32”!

[@aircraftmech78]

How do you put your makers mark on?

[@StarkKnives]

An electro etching machine. I have a video on that too! How to Etch a Logo on a Knife | Knife Making Tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH2Yioiel9qVhpY

[@jr-lr5ld]

Awesome! What difference would a 6 inch contact wheel make?

[@StarkKnives]

It would probably make the grind a little deeper and shorter I would think since the radius is smaller. :)

[@jr-lr5ld]

@@StarkKnives Thanks for the reply! Just started getting into it, do you have a grinder recommedation for around 1.5k?

[@StarkKnives]

Probably a Brodbeck or north ridge, or pheer. No problem!

[@jr-lr5ld]

@@StarkKnives I appreciate it! What grinder do you use?

[@StarkKnives]

I have a Pheer but would probably go with the brodbeck next time to try it.

[@josh88113]

Is that a pheer grinder?

[@StarkKnives]

Yes it is!

[@RWAllen-oq9bj]

Do you make your own blanks?

[@StarkKnives]

Yes I do! Either cut them by hand, or get them water jet cut.

[@nikolajc7617]

Grind a tanto knife, duhh the shape dosnt make it a tanto knife.

[@LastBastian]

Of course it does. The shape dictates what style the knife is, and this is clearly and American *tanto* blade. ...duhh

[@nikolajc7617]

@@LastBastian Duhh no it doesnt, do some fucking research about what a tanto is pal.

[@cursocanivete]

Thanks helps a lot, when I do I will tag you on Instagram

[@StarkKnives]

Glad it helped!