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Main Boards => Hunting Knives and Crafters => Topic started by: John C Keith on February 03, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
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I have an old mill bastard file that is dull. I've used it for a few years and recently replaced it. I about threw it away and then thought maybe it could be made into a knife. . . (the fever of this forum is taking over the world :D )
Are older files (not sure how old it is) good for blades? And if so would someone be willing to help me? I don't have the time, money nor need for a new hobby.
Heck if the price is wrong, I would be happy to mail to someone who could use it, instead of trashing it...
What say you?
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John, here's a pic of a knife I made from a file for my nephew down in Fla., I cut it out with a dremel tool and shaped it with my 4x24 sander turned upside down, if you do a slow enough cut without getting the edges blue you won't have to anneal it. (http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/Screamin_Eagle/knife1.jpg) Good luck, BTW I like your quote, more people should follow it.
Gene
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Also, there is a great tutorial on youtube, part one of four is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysKd1cswlo
Good stuff.
Mike
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Try this one. Kind of a step by step. http:\\\\imageevent.com/paleoaleo/forgingaknifeblade
Larry
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Remember Terry's Rules:
NO sales commerce of any kind.
John you can ask for help but not help in purchasing or having a knife made for you. That is permissible in the knife classifieds though...tippit
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tippit:
Not sure you got my PM back, but I took it out. Thanks for the heads up.
John