How to NOT grind you'r knife

[MrAwsomeGuys]

you probably should have practiced on some cheap thing first

[nestornegron]

You should consider hammering the edge flat. Then, reprofile the top of the knife.

[MrWirelesscaller]

It's good to destroy one knife since it'll increase your appreciation for sharp knives and how it's done properly. I've ruined a few knives in the past using grinding wheels too, instead use a series of rough files (start with a "bastard" file to shape the blade) then go through to smoother files. You'll be able to put a good shape and edge on it, then to put a razor's edge wrap the smoothest file with newspaper since it's easier to hold a consistent angle to sharpen it.

[honestnestanderson]

did you cry after you did that?

[n9xrr]

Should still be good for hacking bodies to pieces!

[snickers763]

hes not stoned hes just from a different country 

[brokenherz]

i re profiled a 7y/o knife it and i screwd  a couple times too , dun worry it usually looks worst that it is

[bigwater36]

Use a stone dumbass

[ianrsigel]

I wanted to thank you for the video. Not for it's content as any bone-head should know better than to abuse a knife in that manner.  But I do appreciate all the comments the vid generated that had me laughing.

[channeladder]

Hey Ben, you were awesome in Fear and Loathing ... "You took too much, man. You took too much, too much." ... Keep up the good work bro.

[badjujuR6]

Did anyone else hear the banjo in the background?

[RYDERkN]

dont rape me bro

[vladutist]

next time try to not smoking or drinking when u sharp the knife....and maybe u realise a better sarpning.....

[CliffStamp]

Did you ever fix that, it really isn't as bad as you might think, a couple of minutes on a belt grinder or 15 minutes with some decent stones and that would be back in order. You just need a decent x-coarse stone to start out with is all.

[ron58r]

@CliffStamp i don't know what kind of stones you use but it would take to long to try and take that out with just stones,you would have to use a belt sander first then go to your stones to put the finished edge on it!

[CliffStamp]

@ron58r Normally I would start with a very low grit abrasive, 100 grit or similar, that will reset the edge easily in that time. If you wanted to repolish and then refinish the blade flats themselves then you would likely want power equipment as hand sanding would take quite some time.

[michaelshore1992]

sand it down

[demover7]

but will it ble-ohhh.. i see you've done it already..

[mryellow123]

Powertools make mistakes even more efficient. Stick with a file.

[swirlingabyss]

Your mustache is weak. My grandma has a more masculine mustache than you.

[aseglkj]

nice gaystache

[robbabcock1969]

What kind of grinder did you use? A belt grinder will make it pretty easy.

[oaney]

Just some constructive criticism: You dont sharpen with a grinder, you use a grinder for re-profiling. If you dont have some good experience under your belt you should use a jig to re-profile. If all you were trying to do is sharpen you should have just used some whetstones or something. Also, judging from the gouge marks on the second side of your blade, your 'sharpening-wheel" was WAY too small a diameter. If the knife used to cut good just sharpen. If you put nicks in there then reprofile. :D

[Digadogup]

its hard to find a knife sharpener inn norway XD, go next door to sweden maybe?

hope you don't take offence ;]

[ThePanTian]

can you show us with what kind of device you tried to sharpen it? That would be helpful! Never seen something like that.

[lyndon2472]

well the edge temper is gone so you can kiss goodbye to the handle also unles its removable ...join britishblades its a web site but i cant link to it ofc lol m8 lots off ppl all over the world to help with advice and tools (and lots of norwegians )

[milesfinch]

Also don't sharpen a knife when stoned and drunk!!

[H1tMaster]

@milesfinch Not stoned just drunk......

[schizm101]

@H1tMaster Dont sharpen when dumb either!

[pyrea17]

unless you're reprofiling, don't sharpen a knife with a grinder of any kind. stones or even sandpaper is the way to go.

[MrBushcraft100]

ahh just reprofile it it'll be good

[slomotrainwreck]

Sorry it didn't work out, live and learn I guess...

[kickingbird2012]

try a whetstone with some oil.

[lanetxgp1]

Live and Learn :)

[SmellyGymSock]

Keep the knife you see in this video, and use it for practise!

[JaKeth3snake]

Grinding a knife is very hard and is a great art mastered by few.

[CheatinChad]

Hand sharpening and honing is the best way to go.Took me several months to become proficient but I'm very glad I taught myself how to do it.

If you dont have a practiced hand powered equipment can damage very quickly.

That being said that jacked up knife is now a perfect practice piece. Mess with try to get a feel for working on it without fear of ruining something thats in great shape.

Interesting to see you drinking Budweiser in Norway.

[twigg777]

your knife can be fixed

[steintanz]

Ahhh, somthing's gone wrong here, eh ... did you drag that knife behind your car?! :o) Hope you managed to get it in better shape later on. - But to be honest I kind of like "how not to" videos.

All the best, Tim

[modernblacksmith]

kind of a mess...but it can easily be fixed (you'll loose that black coating however) but good to see that you can admit how you screwed up in order to teach others what not to do... for that I give you a thumbs up!

[H1tMaster]

@modernblacksmith Thank you so, so much... Moast ppl on youtube just say bad things to me...

[BARTUCQUAKE]

noob

[Gezab]

I use a grinder with a 1000 grit belt to sharpen mine. I never had this happen to me

[HPIracing111]

wow... dude just use a norton sharpening stone, it costs all of like $8

[themagnumsniper]

fuck power tools use a water stone

[phylor5333]

Use a belt sander to fix that 1 it will be better than new.

[mellowb1rd]

Power tools will destroy the temper of the steel. Don't use them. Just don't.

[juniorc1975]

Its fixable. Come to Texas and bring your knife. We'll fix it.

[c9ari]

buy a lansky system. You are perfect for it. Then stay away from the drink when you sharpen knives.

[teb0atoz]

I am not sure where to laugh or cry. I thought Norway, Sweden and FInland were some of the top knife making places in the world.

Well you need to be smarter then the method. Not sure where you got the idea to use a grinder but..... I would not ever try to do it again, or maybe you should as you learned a good lesson, I hope.

cheers

[MrTefached]

It's good to practice on cheap shitty knives first!

[zombieman12345678999]

bench grinders are the worst to use anyway, they "curve" or make the bevel concave wich will make it weaker. just use sandpaper or a wetstone.

[banditzz1011]

This made me laugh... sorry, I give you credit for showing it to us, but I just visualised you taking 1 more bud each time you went for it

[fatmanplaying]

Also not smoking the weed and drinking beer might help :)

Na just kidding m8. Don't give up once you learn you can charge

to sharpen other peoples blades. Don't throw that out once you learn you can fix it or just practice on that blade to make your skills.

[insanezy]

im no good with grinding machines so i use fine files and sand paper for my reprofiling

[bubbawilcox]

you can send it to John Fitzen in America for reprofiling (which I assume that what you were trying to do because you were using a grinder) i know it is expensive to ship to america and back but you only have to do it once for each knife. his phone number is (801) 918-3725. it will be 10 american dollars for a knife under 10" over 10" is 15" is 15 american dollars plus shipping. not sure what that is in your currency.

[H1tMaster]

@bubbawilcox $15 is cheep...

[kpride220]

it's still salvagable, just stay away from power tools

[kryptiea]

stone was way to corse

[JesusFuckingChrist84]

Bench grinders are terrible for that, yes. I'd go with a belt sander like I usually use, this is the kind of thing that makes you really discouraged, but I've ruined a couple knives in the pursuit of achieving the best edge. A belt sander will not eat up the edge like that, and tons of videos are on youtube that'll help you get the technique down, which is how I learned. I can get hair-shaving convex edges now and it didn't take me that long to learn. Sorry about your knife, mate. <.<

[Ekalb2000]

That will buff right out...

[davidgould2006]

It's ugly, but I can fix it.

[davidgould2006]

How not to pay attention on grammer school?

Don't drink and sharpen and make youtube vids, lol!

[YouToobWatcher3]

@davidgould2006 How not to spell "grammer".

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

This is why you don't sharpen knives with a bench grinder...

[H1tMaster]

@ROFLpwnedvideos Yes I know that now...

[davidgould2006]

@ROFLpwnedvideos Or When you're drunk!

[deckflip]

jesus, what'd you sharpen that with? A chainsaw?

[H1tMaster]

@deckflip hehe...

[Oozy9Millimeetah]

hahah!!! im sorry but im laughing at this in tears. I sharpen my knives whit some basic sharpening stone and then i hone it whit really fine sharpening rod, and its hair shaving sharp. but im looking into japanese water stones, those things are amazing. BTW if you use knives a lot u must learn to sharpen them, theres no other option, better luck next time.

[MrIronman1979]

YUP. At least you can admit it. YOU FUCKED UP!!!!!

1st....NEVER use a bench or angle grinder.

2nd...let the professionals do it. Send it to me....you pay the shipping here and back

myself or another knifemaker will be happy to do your sharpening for a small and modest fee.

OR...buy a good LANSKY sharpener and READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.

Hahaha

Great vid BTW

[alby676]

watch Ray Mears do it, and learn mate! lol

[bolospost]

Go to a flee market or whatever and buy yourself a bunch of old cheap kitchen knifes and work up your skills, thats how i learned.

Burt Reynolds fan are ya?

[doomcrewsatan666]

Så du er fra Norge du altså.. ^^ Kult da, men uheldig det med kniven din da! Uff, hvor kjøpte du denne kniven?

[H1tMaster]

@doomcrewsatan666 kjøpte den på nett...

[MrZotZot]

Dang man that's harsh man...

What machine did you use?

Harbor Freight has slack belt sanders you can get for around 60 dollars online.

Get one then watch CUTLERYLOVER on youtube for the techniques,

Good luck

[timtimtim8]

Hey, if you have no experience with machine sharpening, try sharpening with a stone or some other system, like the Spyderco Triangle sharpener. Thinks like that work really good and jou can't ruin your knife like that.

Cheers!

[dsmegst]

I think the best thing to do is to practice on some cheap blades. I used some old hacksaw blades to practice my sharpening on the grinder. After 20 or 30 times, I was good enough to try it out on a cheap knife. After that, things improved with more practice. Now, I sharpen my friends' knives too.

[uzemakistyle]

patience mate and dont give up!!!

[Benny1581]

Granted free hand sharpening is not easy, but, it really isnt THAT hard. Being sober helps....

Grab yourself some sort of sharpening system. Something like a Spyderco Sharp-maker is great, its idiot proof, which seems to be a good selling feature.

[uzemakistyle]

@Benny1581 haha, nice comment

[dsgsu]

Lay off that skunk and you might be able to do it in a straight line!

[SlappieBob]

You'r means you are. So your video is called: How to NOT grind you are knife...

[pballa95]

both of you ar wrong it is you're if you want to spell you are. he ment to spell your

[H1tMaster]

well yes but patience is not for me... but i am doing it on my sp10 (stones) and it works very good

[vectraB97]

I dont think you used a knife grinder.. they so slow that this damage would never hapen... and they use water under the wheel... and knife grind wheel are to large to grind like that... look like you used a hi rpm smal wheel grinder.. that is what most people use to fine tune big bolts, tubes, stuff like that.. sp5 are super easy to sharpen.. I always use hand tools on it..

[2x4tube]

hmm just had another look...  its not a cold steel!

[2x4tube]

mate, its not all bad! strip the coating of it, practice re grinding and sharpening with that knife. you can get it back to sharp with a little practice and you will prob use it a whole lot more as you can tune it yourself.

just keep it oiled or recoat it as i think cold steel knives are 1095 which holds a wicked edge but can rust without care.

My first go was much like that too.... that was about 15yrs ago.

[cubixthe]

It's not really that hard, You just have to have a steady hand. From what I see You tried to do it on a stone wheel ? That's not the best idea... Belt grinder is the way to go !

[H1tMaster]

Yes I did it with a stone wheel... I use a Lansky "tool box" now and it works very well

[cubixthe]

That's what I thought , stone has no "give" and it's nearly impossible to do it right without some sort of guide or fixture. I could try and help You fix it if You didn't overheat it but I live in Poland :(

[H1tMaster]

well thanks, but I use it as it is... im in the army now so i got some time to sharpen it...

[orcaluv]

ah I'm sure there's some dude in Norway at least that can fix that blade. Not like those guys would really advertise you just got to find them. But that does pretty much suck. good knife worth fixing for sure. at the very least, you learn something. i kinda jacked up a sp10 doing the same thing but it was learning. I still got it and it's been a great blade for 10 years!

[H1tMaster]

Well maby there is.. i have only found 2 people who do it, and 1 sux (he is like 80 something) and the other one just retired. but i still use it and it's a good blade still. It's only the looks of the knife that is jacked up. I juse got a SP10 and it is a good knife but I have not used it very much. But.... I think the sp5 is a better knife then the sp10. No doubt the sp10 looks cooler but I persolaly like the sp5 better.. Thanks for your comment..

[Pman4321]

buy yourself a belt sander.

[H1tMaster]

yes =)

[damarei]

Sweet baby jesus! Did you tape that knife to your ass and sit on a grinder?

Wow, that is going to take some serious work to fix.

Buy a belt sander, man. Much more forgiving than grinders. Also, I'll buy that knife from you if you were planning on throwing it away.

[H1tMaster]

HEHE.. well it was my first time and i did after a 6-pack

[damarei]

LOL, well, stuff happens, I guess. I was serious about buyin' it off ya. :D

Seriously though, man, buy yourself a belt sander. Angle grinders are absolutely never a good idea to put an edge on ANYTHING.

they spin wayyyy too fast and are too unstable.

[SHolmes777]

Don't beat yourself up. We've all done it before. However, you can salvage that knife if you grind it at a 22 degree angle and then use a whet stone to put the edge back on it.

[H1tMaster]

well yes but i have never done it beafore so i just need to look for an expert....

[damarei]

I bet he blasted that heat treat to hell and back.

Gonna take some serious and careful work to find any good steel.