Buenas tardes Devan.

La verdad nada que criticar por mi parte, todos partimos igual, me recordo el biselado que hacia a mis antiguos bowies, no soy un experto ni mucho menos, pero te digo que la practica hace al maestro.

Un abrazo desde Puerto Montt, Chile.

Miguel, Thank you for the reply your absolutely right it does favor a Bowie the more I look at it. I plan on attending one of the intro to bladesmithing classes next spring time, however right now its just seeing what all kind of knife shaped objects i can forge out lol. Nonetheless I appreciate your time and be safe!

It looks like you are getting a good start!

Nice start there Devan. What files do you have? Do you have a filing jig of any kind or do you just clamp the blade to a holder?

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It looks like you are getting a good start!

Thank you very much for the kind words! I apologize it took so long for the reply it has been a busy couple of months.

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Nice start there Devan. What files do you have? Do you have a filing jig of any kind or do you just clamp the blade to a holder?

Hey Joshua, for the moment I am using a piece of metal that I welded into a T joint. I will clamp that in my post vise jaws and then clamp the blade onto that with a C-Clamp. The files I have are an old Black Diamond and some Nicholsons that were my grandfathers. Thank you for your time and reply!

For my hand sanding I use a setup with a small bench vice bolted to the side of the bench. The bottom jaw is basically even with the top of the bench (with a soft jaw) so I can add a piece of 2"x3/8" flat bar. I have a piece of fairly stiff rubber to keep the blade from getting scratched. This would also work for filing the bevels. The bench vice in this position is also great for a variety of other uses when you need to hold an object horizontal.

That looks a lot more stable than the method I am doing. I am going to mount a vice to the side of my bench like this tomorrow and try that. Thank you for the suggestion!