How To Hollow Grind like a Pro!! 🔥😎🔥 Zac Buchanan Knives: knife making tutorial- how to grind

[@RedBeardOps]

Very solid tutorial sir!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks!

[@GlennInLaguna]

Good tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to show the grind at the different steps.

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Yeah, of course! Thanks for watching

[@user-qn9ob6cv5c]

Dude !! I really like the roughing out step, you have put in the process!! I’ll try that in my next fighting knife I make !! Thanks for the advice!! I love your knives man !!!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks, I appreciate you watching my videos

[@mgregoryknives]

Nicely done, bud. Freehanders unite! 😉

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks Matt! ✋UNITE 🤚

[@pm_cruciblenone4008]

Your channel is one of the most informative there is. No nonsense and direct to the point! Thank you for these vids! I hope this channel grows soon fast. 🤙🏼

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks for the kind words, I truly appreciate.

[@pearcherry9859]

The best instructional video on hollow grinding. Thank you for taking your time and teaching new generations of knife makers. God bless and many happy years of grinding to you sir!

[@mwvanwyk]

Thank you for the time and this video. It takes a lot of time to do and is appreciated.

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

My pleasure! Thanks for the comment

[@creedcastguides]

ill try this method next and then test my new jig.

[@jackowens7006]

I want to see more like these!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks, I’ll try to do more when I’ve got the time!

[@HouseBladeDesign]

Pretty much setting your plunge area on your first step...never thought of doing it like that,makes scence

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Exactly 👍

[@kennethrutledge9222]

Dude!! Thank You very much for being so patient with the tutorial!! I learned a lot about hollow grinding!! I really think it’s the best video out there!!! be blessed man

[@Jasoncohenour]

Clear and concise explanation of your methods. I will try it your way. Thanks !!

[@letmebefrank3260]

This video has given me some great ideas on how to improve the accuracy of my grinds. Thanks Zac!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Frank Rotella I’m happy I could help!

[@griffithshandmade-knives]

The technique is very solid and impressive. The way you grind protects against crossing over the centre line👍. With hollow grinding I noticed when I started a tendency to thin out the middle/ centre of the blades bevel. I was inadvertently applying too much pressure there, because I was too focused on screwing up the plunge and tip. Now I’m very conscious of even pressure as I go from one end to the other. I am definitely going to try some of your tricks. Thanks man👍 👊. Subscribed! Looking forward to more 🍻🍻

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks, I hope some of it helps! Good luck with your knives!

[@raymondoreilly7569]

Fantastic work, I learned a lot, just starting out on the hollow grind.

[@calebblack9174]

Thanks for taking the time to make this instructional video. Your explanations and demonstrations made a mystifying task understandable. I look forward to more videos about the intricacies of knifemaking!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

You’re very welcome, I’m glad it was helpful

[@martyalcorn8990]

ive watched hundreds of these, i still use a jig, this is the best yet, i may even lose my virgin and try a freehand grind tomorrow

[@rooseveltcampos9953]

Parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jimmynoname336]

Thank you Zach I am learning how to grind and these videos help tremendously!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

I happy that my videos can be of some use, good luck with your knifemaking

[@paulbury666]

Great video, fantastic tips, can't wait to give it a go. One question, how thick is the steel?

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

The knife in the video is 1/4” thick, which is what I use for large fighters. Smaller fighters like the New York special are made with 3/16” and all my hunters are in 5/32”. 😁👍

[@AVcustomknife]

Aerobatics!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thank you 🙏

[@davidpitt7219]

Thank you Zac for this video,hope you will do one on finish grinding as that is where I fail most of the time

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

David Pitt I’ll put that of my to-do list of videos. Thanks David

[@likeamike]

Awesome work Zac seriously!I would love to learn how to make the loveless knives. That's a whole art of knife making in itself.

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

They’re wonderful patterns!!

[@likeamike]

@@ZacBuchananKnives I've been making hollow handle knives for 10 years, but I just love your knives. I think you got your father beat. Haha.. it's close

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks! I appreciate that

[@Vedak2011]

Thanks for taking the time to share this Zac. I am looking to tackle more complicated grinds in the future as I get better, this is very informative.

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

The Mud of course, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Vedak2011]

@@ZacBuchananKnives What thickness do you typically grind the main edge to, prior to an actual cutting edge? I've been doing .025-.035. They look thin, but end up pretty beefy when I get the cutting edge in. Debating on going thinner. Scandi has been mostly what I like. Thanks!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

The Mud I like to take my edge down to around .020” before heat treat.

[@Vedak2011]

@@ZacBuchananKnives Thank you sir! And here I thought .025 was super thin. haha

[@dominickmaone]

Great video! Will try this technique on my next hollow grind.

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Dominick Maone thanks! I hope it works well for you! 😁👍

[@skyedangelo3237]

Every time he says grind line now I hear a "that I have scrined" in my head

[@skyedangelo3237]

Clears his throat... Not covid... 😂

[@nateand3]

So good man. So informative. Gotta be the best video I've seen on how to hollow grind. I really love that loveless style fighter. Do you have a video of you finishing one of those out?

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thank you. Yeah I believe it’s called “how to finish grind a blade.”

[@nateand3]

@@ZacBuchananKnives thanx man, I'll find it

[@davidbodine8350]

Nicely done!

[@HouseBladeDesign]

Should give 1 inch wide wheels..slot of control

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

👍

[@banjar27]

What respirator are you using? Seal good around your beard?

[@langora5804]

We miss the videos Zac! Happy new year

[@doctorflip8848]

Good vid, I have subSCRINED

[@J.TurnerHandmadeKnives]

Is it possible to learn how to do this by watching videos or do you need to learn from someone first hand? I do flat grinds and use jigs. I assume it just takes alot of practice but belts and steel are expensive and I feel like im wasting.Awesome skills by the way

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

It is very possible, and lots of people are self taught knife makers. I was fortunate enough to have a great teacher, which definitely cuts down on the learning curve. Good luck with your making!

[@msfdirect3183]

Zach, thank you for a great video. Like all pros, you make a tough job look easy. I recently started making knives and am bumbling my way along. I've gotten to the point where I'm trying to make a hollow grind. My tool is a Harbor Freight belt sander. I've not been particularly successful getting a hollow grind using the belt sander. At first I thought it was me. Now I'm thinking it might be the machine. I've priced grinders like the one you use in your video and they're pretty pricy. Any thoughts?

[@Patman2608]

What size wheel is that? You probably said it, I must have missed it.

[@Patman2608]

Never mind, I heard it.

[@neoluvr29]

Zac awesome video!! I was wondering how thick do you go one the edge before heat treat? I hear a lot of different theories out there. Again thanks so much for this vid!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

I take the edge down to roughly twenty thousandths. Thank you for watching

[@NuManXplore]

Awesome grinds! Definitely some techniques I’d like to try for my hollow grinds. How fast do you run the grinder for these grinds?

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

Thanks! I keep it at around 50% power

[@tuchtv7233]

Do you grind hard or soft? Never thought to start with hills. I predominantly flat grind tho

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

TuchTV I rough grind soft, clean up after HT. I don’t know of anyone else that does the check grinds like this, I came up with it a few years back to practice plunges, and I felt it was fast enough to make it part of my routine. Thanks for the comment Eric!

[@jimsheely4527]

What grit belt are you using?

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

I’m using a 50 grit

[@brianpierce5786]

Interesting technique, this is obviously a personal style that works really well for you. This technique would not result in good knifes for me, I have had those types of dips occur due to cheap belts breaking down or built up debris causing uneven grinds, and the result is usually gouges that take a lot of careful hand grinding to repair. Good video though!

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

This technique is best used for rough grinding, and as long as you take the time to blend everything together you really should have many issues when you move to the next belt. Thanks for the comment! 👍

[@cdias3272]

No sparks from grinding the knife ?

[@ZacBuchananKnives]

You’ll only get sparks from grinding on heat treated steel. I rough grind pre heat treat so I don’t need to worry about messing with my ht. Thanks for the question! 👍

[@klyyoung2728]

I wish you are close to me so I can pay you to help me with my knives.