Falstaff, are you making a blade from a file?
Knife buildoff challenge discussion
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Don't know what I'm doing, gonna do it anyway.
You can do it in the oven.
375 to 400 degrees for an hour, remove and let cool. Then another hour in the oven should work fine.
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Fv2
Don't know what I'm doing, gonna do it anyway.
Yea, just tired of working on my camper build. So I dug out an old file. I've never made a file knife, or made a knife with an angle grinder. So it's a learning process.
For the build off thing, I'll forge something. But won't start until my camper is done. Hopefully mid February.
Same here. Most everything tempers well at 400 for an hour and air cool. Sometimes needs two temper cycles
A little toaster oven works great and is cheap if you're like me and the wife looks at you sideways for using the house oven
The motor is a spare I had laying around. It's probably nearly as old as the rest, but it works fine. I went with an electric motor just because it was quick and easy, no gearing required.
With a knife cut out of a file or sheet metal, is there a need to do a heat and quench to harden, or is tempering enough?
She might still look at me sideways, but probably wouldn't care as long as it didn't ruin the oven, release poisonous fumes, or stink up the place. Does it do any of those things?
Fv2
Don't know what I'm doing, gonna do it anyway.
A knife made from a file won't require hardening as long as you don't over heat the metal while shaping the knife. But tempering it will prevent it from being brittle. Remember a file can sometimes break if it's dropped.
If you're using something like a lawnmower blade you'll want to heat and quench, and maybe temper.
As long as what you put in the oven is clean and free of debris, it shouldn't make any smoke or fumes.
Nailed it ^^^^
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You kids and your ovens... My wife has a kiln that I'm not allowed to put stuff in! Ooh la la!
My mom has a ceramic knife that I bought her for Christmas in the late '80s. She's now in her late 80's, and still the sharpest knife in the block. The knife's pretty sharp too.
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It’s small, about 2 inches. I’m thinking it will be a knife. I’ve never napped stone before so it will have minimal finishing from it’s natural stat as it is in my posted picture. I’m going to go into the woods to collect deer dung, spruce sap and pulverize some charcoal to try and mix up some glue. I plan to wrap it in raw hide lacing made from a pet treat.
Awesome
I would have to settle for, "best tape handle..."
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This was posted in another thread. Feels appropriate here
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