Question for you knife makers

[fish theotherone]

this is a very intresting thread,i like the idea of the circular saw blade for a knife,do they need heat treating? excuse the ignorance but whats special about a file for a blad? i ask as i have a huge file in the shed itd 2 inches accross and 16 inches long!
could one of you guys post a link to the original thread?

[geno]

by skins I meant handle material. Do you cut your antler and bone with a ban saw ? I dont have one but I am going to an auction this am and hopefully
find one..What is ca glue? superglue?

[sticshooter]

Geno I use a tabletop bandsaw. Ca glue is crazy glue. The stuff I use I get off of E**Y. It's a little pricey but worth it. Just makesure it's the THICK stuff. Some people heat treat the circular saw blades and some don't. If ya don't over heat the steel while cutting the shape it should be fine.<><.

[jdupre]

Nice knives, sticshooter. That chunk of wood they're sitting on looks like a good source for some handle material.

[sticshooter]

LOL ya like that? That is just a awesome osage stump that I use for pics. Someone sent it to me awhile back and at the moment the name escapes me.<><

[Emmons]

Good information so far.  Take the file to non-magnetic and cool slowly, form your blade and heat to non-magnetic again and quench in oil.


Here is a hiiden tang knife I just finished, it was made from a file.



James

[sticshooter]

Now thats a great looking knife.<><

[Craig/FL]

Bowhunterinchile that is a great looking knife!

I just cut one out of a circular saw blade, it seems kinda flimsy but looks good and It'll be good practice if nothing else. The handle came out kinda of short, hope I can extend the wood abit. 3" blade and the handles about 3 1/4".
The metal cut easy with my dremal, how much more difficult is a sawmill blade to cut. My tools are limited to a dremel, brench grinder, files and sandpaper for the metal work, is there any other necessities that I may need. Thanks, Craig

[Emmons]

Craig,

The sawmill blades will be a bit thicker.  But you should not have any problems with the tools you have.  I am limited to files, a dremal, and sandpaper.  No bench grinder yet!!!  The above knife blade is about 5/32" thick, whick I believe is more then most sawmill blades.  Sticshooter will know better on the sawmill blade.  I am still trying to locate some to try.  But I really like the O1 steel and I just found a source to buy it in bar form.

James

[sticshooter]

Craig A dremel will cut it but it's gonna take awhile. I use a air grinder with a cutoff wheel. Beltsander would make it easier also.<><

[Craig/FL]

Never thought of useing a belt sander, I happen to have one to.
I have the circular saw blade about done, I beveled the edges but after I sanded the blade there not as pronounced looking as ya'lls. I'll pick up some scrap wood for the handle at work tommarow.
Think I'll try heating that file again today and see if I cant get that thing non magnitized, aint gonna give up on that quite yet. Thanks for everyones help, looks my project might turn into a new hobby, just what I need LOL....Craig

[fish theotherone]

nice knife bowhunterinchile! one day i hope to make my gurt file into a nice blade!

[geno]

What do you guys use for putting on the blade bevel? Do you use some kind of jig or just get better by eye as time goes by? Thanks
G

[Emmons]

Geno,

I build a file jig, simular to this one.
http://www.stoneandsteel.net/equip_antirock.html

James

[geno]

thanks bow hunter
G

[uhdet]

Another good source is flat prybars for pulling nails. They are 1/8" to 1/4" thick. They are ususally 5160 or 1080 carbon steel. They make a really tough blade. I get all my 1095 from Admiral Steel. It is already annealed and all I have to do is heat treat then temper.

[Jeremy]

I grind my bevels freehand.  I started out doing it freehand with a file, then went to a 6" disk sander, now a 1x30" belt sander.  The final blade finish is still hundrubbed.

[Jeremy]

Oh, forgot to say I'm still using a blade made from a file.  That was 14 years ago or so.

uhdet, are you sure the prybars are 5160 or 1080?  I would have thought they were cheaper steel than that.  May have to play around with one...

[uhdet]

That is what a hardware importer told me. They harden and temper as good as my knives made from 1095. I have only used them a couple times but worked well when nothing else could be found. Unless you want to use car leaf springs.

[sticshooter]

I love this stuff!<><