If you have an old chainsaw blade that can no longer be used on your chain saw you can drill out all the rivets and have three pieces left. throw the center piece away and fashion the outside sections into knives. I just finished making a machete out of most of one side and a skinning knife out of 4 inches of the tip of the other side. the metal is 1/16 thick and pretty hard. a file will have a hard time to sharpen it I used a 4 inch grinder to cut it out and also to ruff grind it and used a water wheel to finish them then used aluminum rivits for the handle. I have part of one blade left and may try a fillet knife. Something to pass a winter afternoon.
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I've seen it done out of the bar. It is high carbon steel that takes and holds an edge well and only needs limited amounts of heat annealing. I google searched knife making tutorial and found a ton of them. I haven't yet done one, but I have a bar off my old stihl that I plan on making one with.If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
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Yes it is the bar I am talking about It does have to be a laminated bar. Drill out the rivets and seperate the bar into three pieces dont use the center piece as its just a filler. also I think it is just the outside of the bar that is heat treated so use the outside of the bar for the cutting edge.
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I just tried out the machete and was not greatly impressed the metal is too thin to have the weight for a machete. I did cut a 2 to 3" birch tree but it took many wacks. I could cut a 1" aspen with 1 wack . The good news is that after half an hour of playing with it it was still sharp with no nicks so it should make good cutting tools like skinning knives. As a young man 40 years ago I worked in a factory back in NH I made a skinning knife out of a throw away tungston carbide hack saw blade from that factory. the blade was about 24" long 1.5" tall and 3/32 thick. the knife had a 4" blade with a rounded point. It worked great skinning beaver. I could get through 3or4 beaver without resharpening it by comparison a buck knife would be hard pressed to skin one beaver without sharpening. good luck with your projects
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Originally posted by RastaHunter View Postfor just making knives, try one of the rigid 10" saws-all blades. You find plenty around the jobsite. And the thinner ones that flex would make a good fillet knife, although I have not tried those yet.BHA Member
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If you really want to re-cycle, I've seen pictures of damascus blades that Wayne Goddard has forge welded from old chains.Those that are successful in Alaska are those who are flexible, and allow the reality of life in Alaska to shape their dreams, vs. trying to force their dreams on the reality of Alaska.
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Paul and delta
I'll have to try that if I'm ever able to get back into smithing.BHA Member
Bowyer to the forces of light in the land of the midnight sun.
The 3 fold way: Every step we take as we walk through life effects, our family, our comunity and ourselves. One should walk thoughtfuly.
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