Grinding a Sword Blade How To?

[brennivs - tony drake]

The belt sander grit I used was 80, so I will use 120 on the flap wheel to start with. First just let the weight of the drill and go over the surface, keep the drill moving at all times. Note since I am using a leaf profile it is good to wear a concave profile into the flap wheel and just use it for this purpose. Where as the apex profile, you need to keep the flap wheel as flat as possible.
What you may find is you still have the odd grind mark in so you can consentrate on that area but keep the wheel moving and dont just do that spot as you will put a dish in the blade.
   
This is what I started with.
   
This is after a 120 has been over it I know the pic does not show to well but you might see that the metal has a more even surface to it. The point is the tricky thing you need the wheel turning with the point not against it. If you go over the point  the wheel will bite into it and can grind it off a bit , not to worry though you can just file the point back in, but better not to dp it in the first place :wink:  
Once you have removed any marks just go over the whole blade with the weight of the drill. What you are trying to achieve is ti make the scratches as fine as you can, I will post a pic to show the difference.
Regards Brennivs