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High-Desert:
Are you sayin my I should slowly grind the 30 degree bevel on the file in its hardened state? Or anneal the file, grind, then harden and temper?

Hawkdancer:
Neat, I think!?  Got a piece of spring steel (5160?) at least 40, 50 years old ready to be a froe, just need to straighten it a bit.  Got not real forge or anvil - do have a piece of railroad tie, and an old grill
To fire up charcoal.  Heat it and beat it sort of straight and then bevel about 30 degree?  I don't know jack about forge work!
Hawkdancer

Handforged:

--- Quote from: High-Desert on March 29, 2020, 12:07:07 am ---Are you sayin my I should slowly grind the 30 degree bevel on the file in its hardened state? Or anneal the file, grind, then harden and temper?

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you can grind the teeth off of the file, and grind in the cutting edge without removing the heat treat if you go slow and cool it down with water as you go.  It will make it harder to grind but if you take it slow you'll be fine.

Handforged:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on March 29, 2020, 01:03:33 am ---Neat, I think!?  Got a piece of spring steel (5160?) at least 40, 50 years old ready to be a froe, just need to straighten it a bit.  Got not real forge or anvil - do have a piece of railroad tie, and an old grill
To fire up charcoal.  Heat it and beat it sort of straight and then bevel about 30 degree?  I don't know jack about forge work!
Hawkdancer

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If you get it beyond orange color to a slight yellow when heating you can straighten it with a vise.  Problem is you'll need to get it above that temperature (color) to harden it again.

Bryce:
Yep spring steels your best bet 1065 or 5160. Either one won’t do ya wrong. If you can get ahold of a leaf spring they’re pretty much ready to go. The mounting hole can be where your handle slides in. Just needs to get in the forge for some straightening and hammering out the bevels.
If you want you could cut the bolt hole off and just Fold it and forge weld it, and keep the back end open slightly and then drift it to the right size.

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