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Old 07-26-2009, 06:42 PM
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A Bowie and probably need some help

I am just starting a large Bowie for a friend and have yet to mark the steel for grinding. It is 1/4 inch stock. I want to leave at least 25 thousands for safety in making it.

I have not hollow ground a large knife in some time and would just appreciate any tips anyone could offer,

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Old 01-06-2010, 02:15 AM
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Old 01-06-2010, 09:29 AM
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Dave,

Grinding a large blade takes a lot of time (work slow) and practice, just like anything else we do. What I want to suggest here is that maybe hollow grinding isn't your best choice for this knife.

A hollow grind is intended to make a very sharp thin edge. If you grind a 1/4" thick blade this way you'll find that it bites into whatever you're cutting very easily but it will have a hard time passing all the way through anything of any substance because of the thin edge which is maybe half the blade width being followed suddenly by a very much wider backside (full thickness) of the blade. In other words, it can get stuck in a piece of wood pretty easily.

Another consideration is that a large heavy knife is often used for large, high impact jobs like chopping and a thin edge is not well suited to that. Note that competition cutting knives are never, ever hollow ground.

Finally, look at the large bowies from other makers. Nearly all of them are flat ground. About the only time you see a large hollow ground blade is when you look at kit knife blades.

I realize that there is no absolute as to whether a large bowie has to bee flat ground or hollow ground, certainly a maker is free to make his knife any way that pleases him. And, of course, I don't know what other reasons you may have for choosing hollow ground or how you intend the knife to be used. I just wanted to give you some things to think about before you start removing metal .....


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