How do you wear down the bolster on a full-bolster knife? After

OP if you sharpened that much shit off your knife its time for a new one.

If you take a sander to that bolster it will get then entire knife hot enough to ruin the heat treatment

>>9401445
>whetstone
Will ruin your whetstone, or at least wear it down a lot.

>sandpaper
Will take a shitload of time.

Better off letting it be grinded down by professionals.

>>9401445
Wow, those are some wanky descriptions.

>Carefully ground and polished to eliminate sharp edges that could cause injuries

is one pretentious way of saying "blunt". Also:

>Business end of the knife

Seriously?

>>9401445
>if I can just do it at home with whetstones or sandpapers.
Sure you can. But start with a very coarse sandpaper or stone otherwise it will take a very long time.

I only own one full-bolster knife. I take the bolster down using an extra-coarse DMT diamond plate that I have for flattening my stones. then proceed with sharpening as normal.

>>9401445
There has been some bad advice so far. You really have three options:
1. Let a pro do it
2. Get a $40 Harbor Freight belt sander and do it yourself
3. Use manual tools. Start with a file (preferably a coarse bastard file then a fine mill file but one mill file is OK) and follow up with with sand paper working up to 1000 grit or more.

Using a belt sander will not screw up the heat treatment. Just dip the knife in some water every 15 seconds or so. Keep the temp to where you can touch it w/o burning yourself.

t. amateur knife maker.

>>9401445
My wustof classic did the same thing after the first time I ran it on a stone. I think it's a design flaw. I had a professional grind it down, and it hasn't happened since, i probably sharpened it on the stone 25 times since then

>>9402017
You can even see it on the picture in the OP. That bolster sticks out way too far, unless your expected to sharpen the tip only. I imagine a blade that went through so many sharpening cycles, it's a bolster with a two inch triangle blade

>>9401459
>it will get then entire knife hot enough to ruin the heat treatment
What utter bullshit. Have you ever worked with a belt sander in your life? I have ground down many bolsters and reprofiled and thinned lots of knives on my belt sander, and only an utter retard would manage to overheat the blade so much that he temper is affected.

>>9402028
????? No, the knife in OP's picture is brand new and the bolster is perfectly fine. It would take dozens of complete rebevelings to make the bolster stick out noticeably.

>>9401445
that´s why as a profesionnal chef i don´t buy knifes with Bolster/finger guard anymore ...

even "profesionel" sharpeners forget to grind the Bolder off if you don´t ask for...

>>9401445
In absence of a belt grinder, a rotary tool can probably do it (they are too cheap not to have one).

Wear your safety glasses.