Can you make a knife out of a file?

[mountain lion]

Hey gang, I'm wanting a little knife to put in an armguard and was wandering if you could make a little knife out of a file? And how would I go about it? Thanks

[David Yukon]

You can indeed. But not any files, old USA made file are supposed to be best. You will need to draw the temper to be able to shape it... But I will let the pros take it back from here, I'm not familiar enough with the right terms, and I don't want to BS you or anybody   for that matter!!
cheers

[Thadbow]

This is the buildalong that got me rolling on my first knife and I still think it is one of the best tutorials on Tradgang!!
Thanks again James!

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=110;t=000665

[mountain lion]

Thanks thadbow, that was really helpful!

[tippit]

Cool if you leave some file ines in the knife when forging one out...especially if you flare the file lines...tippit

 

[Stonedog]

Absolutely!

Look up Green Pete on youTube....it's how I got started!