Knife making

[Sparky415]

I am sure somewhere on this site I have read about a guy that makes
 knives from old files, Anyone else seen it please? 

I'm playing in the garage again

Next question, anyone know where I can get my finished blade
tempered/hardened?

Thanks

[ryan1835]

sounds a bit unlikely to me :S

[AHB]

Link from Google-fu on 'knives from old files': http://www.ehow.com/how_5514109_make-knives-old-files.html 

[Sparky415]

sounds a bit unlikely to me :S

I hope so, Or I've wasted a couple of afternoons 

[Sparky415]

Link from Google-fu on 'knives from old files': http://www.ehow.com/how_5514109_make-knives-old-files.html 

Thanks AHB 

[Sparky415]

Place your old file in your oven at 550 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour



I wonder if my oven will do that? 

[Neil]

Place your old file in your oven at 550 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour



I wonder if my oven will do that? 

Mine won't, it only works in Celsius

[Sean]

Here is one fella I happened upon outside of this site that I've found some'
pretty nice stuff he makes, you might already be aware of him.

[Sparky415]

Thanks for that Sean,

Its times like this that I wish my computer had sound 

[Sean]

you might have already seen his site?  You are welcome. 

http://www.anzaknives.com/

[Sparky415]

Boom Boom Neil 

Thanks Guys,

so far so good

[Sparky415]

 

[J-sews]

Looking good so far!


By the way, Hoyt Buck started the Buck Knife Company by making knives out of old file blades:
http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=why.history

[Sparky415]

Thanks for that! 

I'm just having a play to see what happens   

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Nice work that mate

Look's like a traditional japanese tanto

[Neil]

Looking good

What are you using for doing the removal, belt grinder?

[Sparky415]

Mike,
Does the Tanto have a squared off end? 

Neil,
No I killed my belt sander a few weeks ago because of this
site (new one coming) 
I accidentally brought a grinder with a water wheel

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Mike,
Does the Tanto have a squared off end? 

Neil,
No I killed my belt sander a few weeks ago because of this
site (new one coming) 
I accidentally brought a grinder with a water wheel

Traditional Japanese tanto's no

It's only when it got Americanised that they gave it such a sharp up sweep

[Neil]

Mike,
Does the Tanto have a squared off end? 

Neil,
No I killed my belt sander a few weeks ago because of this
site (new one coming) 
I accidentally brought a grinder with a water wheel

Don't you hate it when that happens

Mine cost a whopping £19 so it'll be interesting to see how long it lasts

[Sparky415]

I was a bit miffed as my sander was 80ish quid  
but I did have it strapped down with a jig holding some metal in place on the belt  
I then left it going  ....things were going fine    

so to cheer myself up I got a nice wetstone grinder  


Hey! 19 quid??? 

[Neil]

Mine's a Netto special   Thinking about it it was probably £16

[Sparky415]

Standing by 

[Gareth]

Standing by  

 

Looking good Sparky.

A touch of trivia; in the film of "Gangs of New York" Daniel Day-Lewis's character Bill 'the Butcher' was clearly using forged file knives, you could still see the cross-hatching on the flats of the blades.

[Benner]

Great work. 

[AHB]

Go Sparky... 

Looks great.. 

[Sparky415]

Plasters standing by?
Nurse at the ready? 


Have I cut myself yet you ask?

No not yet but its coming 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Well be needing gore pic's

Oh and any fit nurses in casualty too

[Sparky415]

 

So far so good
(that's just paint in the bottom pic)

[Sparky415]

Go Sparky... 

Looks great.. 

AHB
Mate, I'm not being rude but in the past when I've thought to myself 'I could
do with a couple of cheerleaders',
I was thinking more along the lines of Pamela Anderson 

Thanks AHB

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

It look's as though you've got the grind lines the same on both sides too