Chris Griggs
08-08-2011, 11:27 PM
Hey folks,
I'd like to put a hollow grind in the blade on my LV skew rabbet, as it is currently the only blade holding me back from selling my MKII honing guide. Actually, I can hone it freehand fine without the hollow grind but I would like to put one in it to make things quicker. Also, if I mess up the geometry a bit from several honings I want to be able to correct it on my grinder. At this point the only thing keeping me from selling the MKII is my fear that I will mess up the geometry while grinding or freehanding and be unable to correct it without the guide.
Is there any reason I shouldn't attempt to put the skew blade on my grinder. I imagine if I messed up the geometry I could just mark a 30 degree line across the back and and grind to it in order to make the correction. Or is there something I'm missing? If I mess up the geometry will it be difficult to correct? People used skewed fillisters for centuries before the MKII guide was available, so I can't imagine it's that difficult to get the geometry correct??? Thoughts?
I'd like to put a hollow grind in the blade on my LV skew rabbet, as it is currently the only blade holding me back from selling my MKII honing guide. Actually, I can hone it freehand fine without the hollow grind but I would like to put one in it to make things quicker. Also, if I mess up the geometry a bit from several honings I want to be able to correct it on my grinder. At this point the only thing keeping me from selling the MKII is my fear that I will mess up the geometry while grinding or freehanding and be unable to correct it without the guide.
Is there any reason I shouldn't attempt to put the skew blade on my grinder. I imagine if I messed up the geometry I could just mark a 30 degree line across the back and and grind to it in order to make the correction. Or is there something I'm missing? If I mess up the geometry will it be difficult to correct? People used skewed fillisters for centuries before the MKII guide was available, so I can't imagine it's that difficult to get the geometry correct??? Thoughts?