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Old 02-11-2021, 09:39 AM
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Greetings everyone,
I just realised that my flat and knife combo is actually a combo of 2 different graver geometric shapes and that the metal pin can be replaced to obtain different graver points.
I have only seen the flat shape one, so I was wondering, is there anyone with a link to a knife point sharpening thread, or can someone show me what a knife point should look like?
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Daniel
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Old 02-11-2021, 01:41 PM
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Hi Daniel, Grind the sides more until you get a knife edge and then place a tiny heel on it.

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Old 02-17-2021, 10:00 AM
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Hi Daniel, Grind the sides more until you get a knife edge and then place a tiny heel on it.

Hey Steve, thank you for the image!
So should I do the general shape of the graver also with the pin switched to the knife template?
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Old 02-17-2021, 10:13 AM
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No, not needed. I grind them and this pic has the pin in where we place it when shipped.
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Old 02-18-2021, 07:13 AM
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I’m confused then. Is a knife graver just a tiny flat graver?
Why the different pin placement then?
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Old 02-18-2021, 03:11 PM
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Hi Daniel, Just if you want to rotate the blank 45 degrees how it is held in the handpiece. It grinds the point 45 degrees rotated on the shank if someone preferred it that way. I prefer them ground with where the pin is when we ship them.
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Old 02-18-2021, 08:19 PM
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I’m confused then. Is a knife graver just a tiny flat graver?
Sharpen to knife edge and then put the tiny flat on it. So yes, it is tiny flat then.
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Old 02-20-2021, 11:01 AM
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Hey Steve,
Got it
Thank you for your time, have a nice weekend !

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