Ziggy,
I have done several of the gut hooks now and they aren’t bad… but you need to follow the above and then make sure you have fresh grit. Of course, I use a cut off grinding wheel and I just strip off all the abrasive and it removes metal pretty quickly, so it may take you a bit longer w/ the gritted shaper wheel, but it still isn’t too bad.
Josh, have them and was gonna give it a whirl but didn’t have the time to shape, glue and set ….. friend called short notice, dropped off a box of 40 old beatup, killed, some ground to filet knives from full chef’s … unbelievable old mess. But its their old cabin stock for butchering and damn if that old carbon was not tough as diamonds, still have a few to finish off, just the final stages.
The only one with a gut hook was his skinner and he was taking a bunch of the beaters and his skinner hunting to Wyoming the next day!
So had to make due with what I had.
I’m gonna grab a cheapo/old one from somewhere and shape the wheel, will call when I do.
Dremel with a polishing thick disc with tormex abrasive did OK but way too long.
Good as a touchup method but not the initial grind. It will pull a burr once the angle and apex is set.
On that link, I saw this, holder, for the price, its actually really good at holding various stones, surprising.
Recommend if you ever need one.
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