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knightd:
Ok A few of you guys asked if I would Do a  Build-A-Long on how I make knives out of edger blades.. I am by NO!! stretch of the imagination a knife maker so bare with me on this. So here it goes.. I got my edger blade at the local hardware it cost 3 bucks.. The first thing you want to do is lay out a basic profile of the shape blade you want to have.. keep in mind you will get 2 blades out of each edger blade and you might as well cut both of them out at while you are at it..here is the basic way I lay them out..


Then I use a dremel with one of the fiber cutting disk to cut out the blanks.



At this point I use a belt and disk sander to finish shaping out the blank.. I keep my old belts just for sanding and grinding on metal..I don't have a bench grinder so I am using my belt sander to put some what of a hollow grind on the blade I like to keep a cup of water close by to dip the blank in to keep it cool while grinding on it..The edger blades are tempered well enough to hold a good edge when you get them and if you are carefull when you are working on them not to get them to hot. Then you wont have to retemper the blade. 

Jesse:
Great idea Im gonna have o try one now.

DanaM:
What kind of edger are these again? How thick are they? Which one is mine ;) ;D

knightd:
They are edger blades that go on like a side walk edger. They are 1/8" thick.. If you go to a lawn care center or such you can get heavy duty ones that are around 3/16" thick..
Dana see the third one down in the pic?? It is yours!! :P ;D ;D

DanaM:
I got ya now, but whats a lawn ??? Is that the green crap that grows for about a week in August ::) :P >:(

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