So the blanks are surface ground down to .160" thick.
They drill quite easy for fastener hole locations.
Shaping the profile seems to grind really easy.
I have not started on the bevel grinds yet.
I am doing 8 blades flat ground and my nephew is doing 2 blades hollow ground.
Bos H.T. is going to get me 62.5 Rc when I am done with the bevel grinding.
If I do more, I will try to buy from Alpha at a thickness close to what I want to end up using.
I will need to be able to talk with someone knowledgeable there which I could not do previously.
They have a lot of sizes and thicknesses, but told me they buy M4 from several mfrs. and did
not know what the process or how accurate the surface grinding was to make their flat stock or if
they could verify the Mfr of the specific bar.
I will only buy Crucible made M4 steel.
I the weather warms up above freezing I will start on the bevel grinding.
Sam. I have one blank that will be just the nuts for your "semi skinner". I am stretching one out longer for myself.
I have one set of greenish camel scales that are a near match (I believe) for the knives you have.
Tim
