sword work on belt sander
Oct 24, 2017 22:55:01 GMT
Post by kswaywardson on Oct 24, 2017 22:55:01 GMT
Apologies if this question has been asked too much, but I was wondering what your suggestions on a few questions would be.
I recently watched Tom K's video tutorials on polishing/sharpening swords with a belt sander and was intrigued. I know many people employ the sander with great success and thought about giving it a go.
However, how much success do you have, if any, using the sander on differential hardened katana such as a Hanwei? Would you need to re-etch the blade with an acid to bring it forth again after using the sander? I don't yet have a DH katana but thought I may purchase one in the future.
Right now I do have a TH Dynasty Forge Musha shobu zukuri and a Ronin DP model 12 with bohi. I am less concerned about using the sander on the DF shobu as I know that it has significant niku or blade meat and the convex nature of the sander would probably be great. Yet I have read that perhaps the RDP katana do not necessarily have niku, but a high shinogi or blade ridge with a flat grind ha. Can any of you confirm this, and yet still use the belt sander with great success regardless?
I was wondering if it would be a good idea to protect the RDP's shinogi by putting tape over it or some other covering so I wouldn't accidentally round it off?
I have a cheapo 1045 TH blade I would try first to measure any degree of success, plus I have a stone I will use if I ever need to do work on the kissaki as Tom said in the vids that it wouldn't take much to completely jack up the tip
Also, I have found a few posts on the best way to prepare a belt sander (i.e. the 1"x30" Harbor Freight special) for sword work. Can any of you offer any suggestions for preparing a sander such as proper slack in the belt for proper sharpening or other issues? Thanks.
I recently watched Tom K's video tutorials on polishing/sharpening swords with a belt sander and was intrigued. I know many people employ the sander with great success and thought about giving it a go.
However, how much success do you have, if any, using the sander on differential hardened katana such as a Hanwei? Would you need to re-etch the blade with an acid to bring it forth again after using the sander? I don't yet have a DH katana but thought I may purchase one in the future.
Right now I do have a TH Dynasty Forge Musha shobu zukuri and a Ronin DP model 12 with bohi. I am less concerned about using the sander on the DF shobu as I know that it has significant niku or blade meat and the convex nature of the sander would probably be great. Yet I have read that perhaps the RDP katana do not necessarily have niku, but a high shinogi or blade ridge with a flat grind ha. Can any of you confirm this, and yet still use the belt sander with great success regardless?
I was wondering if it would be a good idea to protect the RDP's shinogi by putting tape over it or some other covering so I wouldn't accidentally round it off?
I have a cheapo 1045 TH blade I would try first to measure any degree of success, plus I have a stone I will use if I ever need to do work on the kissaki as Tom said in the vids that it wouldn't take much to completely jack up the tip
Also, I have found a few posts on the best way to prepare a belt sander (i.e. the 1"x30" Harbor Freight special) for sword work. Can any of you offer any suggestions for preparing a sander such as proper slack in the belt for proper sharpening or other issues? Thanks.