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Offline mountain lion

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Can you make a knife out of a file?
« on: January 11, 2013, 10:03:00 PM »
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
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Offline David Yukon

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Re: Can you make a knife out of a file?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2013, 02:22:00 AM »
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!!
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Offline Thadbow

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Re: Can you make a knife out of a file?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2013, 06:26:00 AM »
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
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Offline mountain lion

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Re: Can you make a knife out of a file?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2013, 10:41:00 AM »
Thanks thadbow, that was really helpful!
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Re: Can you make a knife out of a file?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2013, 07:54:00 AM »
Cool if you leave some file ines in the knife when forging one out...especially if you flare the file lines...tippit

 
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Offline Stonedog

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Re: Can you make a knife out of a file?
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2013, 08:29:00 AM »
Absolutely!

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