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Make sure to use a good respirator, carbon fiber is very bad stuff to breath. The fibers form tiny hook shapes which lodge in your lungs and are very hard for your body to reject. Use a good mask, try to work the material when it is wet to avoid airborn dust, clean your work areas after every time you grind it. Google "breathing carbon fiber" and you will see a bunch of reports on the subject.
Heres what Alpha Knife Supply has to say
"The disadvantages are tooling wear and health concerns. Carbon fiber dust is VERY VERY BAD FOR YOU. Always wear a respirator when working with carbon fiber. Keep the respirator on when cleaning your work area. Do everything possible to avoid breathing the dust. The dust will make your skin itch. Every time we work with carbon fiber we spend the next few weeks digging little black splinters from our hands. I keep saying that when our current inventory is gone we will not sell it again. I truly hate working with this material. If you have a choice, use another material."
I agree with them...this is the knife material I try to avoid the most.
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