First hollow ground blade on the new belt grinder I made. Feather damascus made by my talented friend @Sperber- Knives make sure to check his channel out: https://www.youtube.com/channe....l/UCYgFiVrouzX5OH68Z

Handle made of wengè, bulloak and buffalo horn provided by:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WholeEarthSupply

Pins are 2mm carbon fiber and fiberglass rods.
Homemade black and white felt liners made like in this video:
Homemade Liners: https://youtu.be/8tIaEAXYv-k
And here are some of the videos about the tools I used:
Hardening oven: https://youtu.be/5MNwqwmrWgQ
Tempering oven: https://youtu.be/uILynSeLuzU
My lovely drill press: https://youtu.be/BZmqVw7MJsg

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Index of operation and materials:
0:24 Quick etch in ferric chloride to see the pattern
0:40 Knife sketch used as stencil
0:54 Cut excess material with metal cutting bandsaw
1:08 Grind profile with 2x72 belt grinder
1:30 Inside radius refined with die grinder and stone grinding bit
1:50 Cente punch pin and weight reduction holes
2:00 Drill holels, 2mm for the pins
2:20 Blate tapered from ricasso to tip with 2x150 belt grinder
2:37 Notch filed in with round file
2:50 Hardening: heat to 795°c, hold for 8min and quench in 70°c oil
3:17 Tempering: heat to 200°c and hold for 2hrs (final hardness between 50 and 55 Rockwell)
3:30 Hollow grind bevels with 2x150 belt grinder contact wheel
4:00 Three 15min cycles in ferric chloride with light scrub in between
4:12 Istant coffee etch to darken more the high carbon steel
4:40 Handle stack glued with 5min epoxy
5:18 Black felt liner glued with 5min epoxy
5:52 Temporarly hold tang to scales with ca glue and masking tape
6:03 Drill pin holes in one scale
6:20 Match drill the other scale again with ca glue and masking tape trick
7:04 Finishing top of the handle as it can't be accessed later
7:30 Notch for loop ground with dremel
7:40 Final glueup with 90min epoxy
8:49 Handle squared up with flat platen
8:59 And sculpted with contact wheel
9:22 Hand sand up to 400grit
9:43 White mineral oil for finish
9:55 Short secondary bevel ground with MadEdge: https://www.madedge.net/
10:20 Strop on leather with fine polishing compound

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