Plunge Lines and Bevels - The Easy Way

Thank you very helpfull

Hey Dude! for my folders I Ht then I grind, to try this method, would I do the plunges before hand, then HT, then grind? Just wondering if youve tried that, cause im not sure if it would be detrimental to have the plunges fully in before HT, if it could cause a stress fracture or a bend at the plunge

Nice tutorial!! Thank you for your time !!! I like the ch,sw file!! Good idea!!!

could you share the measurements please?

could you share the measurements please?

What type of file do you recommend?

Great video man, your narration is so much better than all the other diy videos. Amateur knife maker here, so I need all of the tips I can get and this video was very informative!

This was a very good and helpful video...thank you. I am new to knifemaking. I cannot afford on of those fancy 2x72 grinders so I have to use my 4x6 sander. I made a jig and started grinding a bevel. One weird thing, I was getting unwanted "scallops or grinding dents" in various places on the bevel and I don't know why. The blade is firmly clamped in the jig I made so its not moving. Perhaps it's just technique or maybe I'm pressing too hard or not evenly. They are very hard to get out and some I had to hand sand...which took forever. Any ideas how I can avoid these? I must be doing something wrong.

Great video as usual even if it's several years old..perhaps a new version could help new makers.. Myself I plan on practicing on cheap common mild steel flat bar to develop the different skills and techniques as well as shape, size.. different grinds, tip geometry, swedge, etc I'm sure a dozen or two of practice blades will save a ton vs actual blade steels although abrasives will probably be a similar cost..I have yet to see anyone suggest starting with cheap mild steel flat bar for practice..as I'm sure the 1st few dozen blades will be less then perfect at best anyways..

Could you attach the 5/32 chainsaw file to a guide rod and use your bevel filing jig?

Thanks again great help!

Friggin awesome bro! I will do this on my first blade.

How come you hand filed the last section of the bevel?

Ditto.......Sudo Nym.

hey i am an beginning knife maker from the netherlands. your videos are verry helpful. i have a question though. you were using a tool to mark your centerline of the knife. were do i buy such a tool.
thanks for the help so far.

Fantastic tips. Great video.

Thanks for the video. Sadly I'm still confused. I I'm just starting out and I have my knife already cut out and laid out and did a pretty good job on it but that's as far as I got. I think I'm going to have a hard time without having a mentor in person to show me.

What is that blue paint you use to make the bevels?

i have a 2x72 Grinder with the OBM Jig, do you heat treat before doing your bevels??

Thanks for making this video! I tried this in my shop yesterday and it made my plunge lines look much better. I need a a couple more practice runs… your method is priceless!

Do you have a link for the scribe you used to make the center line on the edge?

First time commenter. Huge fan. Between you and Dustin at art of craftsmanship my knife confidence has more than doubled! Question sir, I only have a 3/16 chainsaw file. Does that matter for plunge lines?

Good tips. One of the hardest things to do with a forged blade, you can understand the Sheffield adage "Forge thick, grind thin." better.

Really helpful -- this should work well with my file jig system to speed up/clean up the process.

I don't know how I missed this video, but this is exactly what I needed! Thanks heaps!

Very neat trick. Really valuable for beginner knife makers. That file jig is legit.

I like the file jig, problem with it is you can't find a file worth owning anymore. I destroyed a brand new file on un-heat treated metal after about 20 minutes of filing. Anyone know where you can buy REAL files? Thanks!

That's great info man!! Tks

can you explain what the point of a plunge line is? Thanks.

Just wanted to thank you for putting up this video. Ive had trouble in the past get plug lines in the way i would like to. And this method works perfectly for me. So thanks again.

Great video thanks for sharing

What is the height of the eye bolt when you start using the file

That would be awesome... If knife edge can be 1mm thick before sharpening. But unless it's chopper, it can't. So method is valid if you just want to make knife, but you can't sell knives with that kind of thickness behinde edge. If you file to less than 1mm, then it's gonna deform during quench.

Probably a dumb question but what did you colour the blade with to draw your lines?

Great tip. I just tried this method and ended the best plunge lines I have ever achieved . Thank you! Also, where do you get the layout fluid?

Great tip. I just tried this method and ended up with the best plunge lines I've ever achieved. Thank you!

Thank you. Been driving me nuts

Thank u I just started making knives and this helped

Excellent

Absolutely the best instructional video i have seen, and the tips and tricks are vital!!!!! Appreciate this so much, honestly just helped me tremendously lol. The hardest part by far for me to understand is the grinding lol.

An issue I’m having is I get decent plunge lines and bevel lines but when I sand down and heat treat the lines disappear.. what’s going on?

Awesome video full of useful info. Thanks a lot.

Learned a ton from this video - thank you very much for posting.

Awesome video. Love how you put all the tool in the description. One question - How did you get your centerline?

Thank you

Great video. Never too late to learn something. Thanks brother.

Nice rogue yoke rack 😉😁

Thank you!

This really helped thankyou