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Bandsaw blade steel
osage outlaw:
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--- Quote from: osage outlaw on August 09, 2018, 08:52:47 pm ---I have made a bunch of scrapers out of bandsaw blades. I didn't mess with the hardness. I ground them to shape and used a file and burnishing rod. I kept them from getting too hot while grinding. They hold an edge for a long time. I'll go a year or two before having to redo the burr. I've made a couple of knives the same way. I just keep dipping it in water to keep the temperature from messing up the hardness.
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I am going to send you a box of scrapers to sharpen for me. I usually have to resharpen a couple of times on each bow.
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The quality of the steel makes the difference. I think I have an extra scraper. I can send it to you.
Stalkingfox:
I wonder if you could make a curve knife from one, say for Kupska cups??
jim l.:
Bandsaw blade steel is pretty awsome stuff. It does need annealing but will usually accept a differential heat treat quite well (hamon included).
Be careful with the heat treat, though. It's easy to forget that there isn't a lot of steel there and you can temper the hardness right out.
They make for excellent fleshing and fillet knives.
Stoner:
Oh my, I had a saw mill down the road from me in MI. They would throw the old blades out on trash day. One day I picked one up and took an angle grinder to score and break into strips. Gave boat loads away to people for trade points. Still only have a couple pieces left. I will hoard/covet them now. It never occurred to me about scrapers and fillet knives. I feel like the old commercial "wow I could have had a V8" John
burchett.donald:
Run your drill bit slow and use turpentine for cutting fluid...It really works...Trick from the 1940's
Don
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