Well I finished stripping and gringing my CS Norse flat. I really did luck out on a nice one considering how poor the CS quality control can be. It did take a lot of grinding and several belts to get it all nice and sanded flat.
Now I need to hand finish it to blend all the different edges and blue the steel.
I used a belt grinder like Horn Dogs but a bit bigger to do most of the grunt work
all the while being careful not to let it spoil the temper.

I even got a really nice handle with great figure for hickory and exactly the kind of straight vertical grain you want for strength.
The right kind of Hickory is as much stronger than the next strongest wood(maple)
as S7 is to the next strongest steel. I am sure everyone remembers the bar graph.