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Forging a drawknife?
Thesquirrelslinger:
OK, so I am too cheap to buy a decent drawknife. Knowing me, a normal drawknife would be broken in days the way I work. So I intend to forge a heavy duty drawknife. I have some medium-high carbon steel in the the form of RR spikes, and some mild steel in the form of bar stock. I will pretty much be just ripping bark off with this thing, and maybe some osage if I get some.
What I am thinking is pretty simple- just take a bar of steel, draw it out to lengthen, then forge a decent edge, then grind a proper edge onto it. Forge small "tangs" on each side, attach wooden handles, done.
Sound good?
Thanks for advice!
KHalverson:
forge that sucker from the mild steel ya have and quench in super quench
itll get to maybe 40 rc
Kevin
Thesquirrelslinger:
--- Quote from: KHalverson on July 02, 2013, 06:30:03 pm ---forge that sucker from the mild steel ya have and quench in super quench
itll get to maybe 40 rc
Kevin
--- End quote ---
So it will be good enough?
I can't get super quench... brine seems almost as good based on the websites I am reading. I am thinking cold brine.
KHalverson:
1 # salt per gallon of warm water
I bottle dawn dish soap I get mine at dollar general
I bottle jet dry
home brew super quench
it works great.
just don't use on high carbon .05 or higher
Thesquirrelslinger:
--- Quote from: KHalverson on July 02, 2013, 08:17:02 pm ---1 # salt per gallon of warm water
I bottle dawn dish soap I get mine at dollar general
I bottle jet dry
home brew super quench
it works great.
just don't use on high carbon .05 or higher
--- End quote ---
Is super-quench that much better than brine? Thanks for the recipe!
( don't think this can be used on RR spikes...)
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