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nice first knives, and yeah 1 inch belt sanders are not so great.
Someone out there makes a 2 inch wide that looks a lot like what you showed.
Since you have a forge, you might try heating up to forging temp then reducing
the bevels with a hammer. After that there will be less to grind, and your blade will be forged.
Then if you follow up with proper heat treatment. after your done grinding, heat to proper temp....you can tell temp via color if you don't have a temp gauge, then ,quench in water for w-2 steel....(read up on this first)
I think most files are w-1 or W-2....then temper. So more work, but less initial cash outlay etc.
Remember people have been making blades for thousands of years, and for a long time blades ruled the world as modern military weaponry. So sometimes it is good to learn the old ways first.
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