I tried this once and will NEVER freehand grind again!

Just when you thought you've seen the best, Tobias comes back with another amazing and informative video on knife-grinding techniques, including freehand grinding, bevel jigs, and the universal jigs that him, Benjamin Kamon and Oliver Tobin helped develop! Check out this amazing knife making video to help both beginners or experienced knife makers make more knives in a consistent and quicker manner!

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[junaopako]

This video it's a true diamond in the sea of the knife sharpening videos.

[seth]

This is one of the most informative knife making video I've seen in a long time! What a nice video and motherload of small tips and tricks.

[mikejohnston]

I’ve been smithing for 5ish years and I’m still hitting grinding pitfalls. This video has shown me solutions to mistakes I didn’t even know I was making. Thank you for this

[rescd]

Absolutely one of the best videos. Great job. Once I slowed down to watch it, I realized how informative it became. I downloaded for future reference

[gjheleno]

This video just proves to me that Tobias is definitely my favorite bladesmith GURU

[ughmas]

Thanks again for another Tobias video, his expert knowledge and camera presence with clear explanations is invaluable! Keep em' coming!

[MrUndead]

I'm getting into forging and have watched hours of tutorials and this guy is the best one iv ever heard very clear and simple instructions

[melsibley]

I’m so pleased to find you again Tobias, the last time I seen your work was on British Blades, few years ago now .
I’ve met some of the uk knife makers and was really impressed by the way they did their grinds,
Grinding by hand was always seen as the holy grail of knife making . I watched stuart Mitchell of Sheffield grind a knife freehand on a stone turning away from him . I was in awe . Obviously stuart has a life time of experience in his fingers and the blood in his veins is from an history of family of knife makers .
I do miss the massive resource that British Blades had to offer, full of knowledge and a catalogue of knife making .
Good luck my friend I really enjoyed your video and precise description of your experience.

[Jeffrose_]

I am impressed by your experience and knowledge. I've learned more from this one video than I have learned in the past videos from other knife makers.

[reshad]

I received my jig yesterday and used it for the first time today and it’s absolutely a game changer. Bevel grinding has been the most time consuming step in the process for me and this jig just makes the process fly! The detailed instructions on how to set it up that I received via email are very detailed and comprehensive. There’s even a mathematical equation for determining the distance of the jig from the belt in order to achieve the desired outcome! If anyone is sitting on the fence on getting one of these, don’t! Highly recommended! Also fantastic customer service from the team at Tobin Machines.

[RedBeardOps]

This is next level.... I feel like I need to play around with one of these jigs!

[krissteel]

Lot of really innovative stuff in this one, I used to do freehand for a few years and I still will for really complex blades that basically, you can't do any other way. But its something I consider very 'danger zone' to do after a long day of grinding out knives, your muscle memory will hang around, but the concentration goes to hell and accidents happen.
Never used jigs though
I'm pretty much a block of teflon push-stick grinder as I like the control and amount of pressure I can apply in combination with belt speeds to make sure nothing overheats. The little 'step' insert on the rest though is a really top notch idea as anyone that's done the old 'it got dragged in between the platen and the work rest' trick can attest, its really not a good trick at all.
Very cool episode

[jameslmorehead]

One thing I would recommend with the arm of the grinding jig is to put a pressed on metal partial toroidal sleeve on the ball bearing. That way, you don't have the bearing applying a point load with a flat face following it. The flat face would be the natural place the material would want to run against the bearing. Having no flat face would give better control over the force vectors. This effect is very noticable when using the plywood block to press the blade into the belt when grinding the hollow grind. The blade rotates as the stroke is taken, pulling the cutting edge away from the guide and more closely matching the flat of the plywood.

[Grizz]

They also have the tilt table for grinding bevels. I have one, but haven’t used it yet because I’ve had success with the adjustable jig I bought.

[walterstewart]

Wonderful video!! Very clear explanations, I love the fact that he concentrates on the function of the knife!! Thank you!!!

[ChrisCraigie-oiun]

Outstanding presentation! Thank you for taking the time to show us.

[tombrown]

Loved this guys. Thanks for such a detailed informative demo.

[kokos]

Amazing video ! So informative . I have tried similar techniques but never got as good results with free grinding. That little shelve is brilliant.

[NjordArtisan]

Fantastic video, as always!
Now I gotta make that bearing push jig 😁

[andyc]

Do everything by hand and on a cheap bench grinder personally but then all my stuff is pretty much based on ancient blades and as much as possible is done with a hammer, having said that I could do with getting a belt grinder of some sort and there are some really good tips in the video, particularly like the universal jig, flexible with how it is used and keeping things in line is a brilliant option