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bubby:
Yes you most certainly can

Hawkdancer:
I'll throw in a question - don't  most of the Nicholson files make good forging material?  Of course, I guess it depends on what you want to forge (f)!
Hawkdancer

bubby:
Well it depends on what you want to build, if say you are building a knife snap test it. Strikers need to be hard too. Lots of newer files are just case hardened so I test them all

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on July 02, 2018, 11:48:33 pm ---I'll throw in a question - don't  most of the Nicholson files make good forging material?  Of course, I guess it depends on what you want to forge (f)!
Hawkdancer

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Old Nicholson USA files are great for making knives.  Keep an eye out for garage sales and scrap yards. The outta country ones you see on most store shelves are hit or miss.  There's alot of imports that are crappy steel that is just case hardened and won't make a knife.

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