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Ifrit617:
Hey everybody,

Has anyone here ever made knives out of welders steel? Does it hold a good edge or is it not suitable for making any serious working tools? What other easiely available things have you made knives from? ( other than stone) 

sailordad:
dont know what welders steel is
but leaf springs from trucks work
also skill saw blades

bryan irwin:
old files edger blades old cross cut saws makes a good knife.

GregB:
I've been making mine from saw mill blades a good friend has been supplying me.

Josh:
^^aint nothin wrong with Greg's knives, either... I got to handle a few last year at the Tenn. Classic and they were very professionally made and were very sharp.  I have used skil saw and lawn edger blades to make them before too and they turned out very functional.  As long as you are careful not to get the metal too hot when you cut out your blade blank, you don't even have to anneal them and re temper the metal to keep an edge, either.  :)

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