Reddit reviews Nicholson Mill Hand File, American Pattern, Single Cut, Rectangular
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Rectangular shape for sharpening mill or circular saws, draw filing, and finishing metals, with tapered width to ease access into groovesAmerican pattern file for non-precision material removalSingle-cut teeth on sides and edges for finishing, sharpening, and deburringSquare edges for filing sharp cornersTang for use with an optional handle (sold separately)
More or less, the bevel is the angled part of the edge, seen here. Search "beveling jig" for some tips on how to build a jig to get really clean bevels.
Do you have files? It's pretty much impossible to get a really good looking knife without a nice big flat bastard file, like this. That one is double-cut, which means that it will hog off a lot of metal very quickly. You can also buy a single cut file, like this one. I CANNOT stress enough how useful hand files are in shaping a knife. Once you have the knife to the desired shape using the file, then you should start at about 150 grit, to 240 grit, 320, then 400 and 600. A good set of sandpaper is here. You can certainly go higher and even polish it, but I like to leave it at 600 or 800. Sanding does take a while, but should not take 40 hours as someone else in this thread suggested.
Of course, if you have a belt sander, do most of your shaping there using 40 or 80 grit belts on that. Still, I like to refine the shape with a file before moving up in grits. Let me know if you have any questions.