im confused. is the file added or did you make the knife out of a file?
im confused. is the file added or did you make the knife out of a file?
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Very nice knife, great work crash. smitty, Crash made that knife out of a file, insted of a blank piece of steel.
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I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
As WG said, it's made out of a file. It started out as one of these.Originally Posted by smittysurvival
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Really nice job Crash!
I'm jealous , I never find old files anyplace around here , and you got a whole pile of em.
I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
Yard sales and flea markets have become my friends.
so nice man.
how do you get it so shiny?
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Start with a 50 grit belt and progress through 120, 220, 330, 400, 600, 800, 6000, and then a lot of buffing.
mm hmm. again validating my need for a belt sander.
ive seen some cheap models at home depo. are those worth a damn for kinfe projects? will they shape a blade?
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When I was at harbor freight a few weeks ago they have a neat combo sander has belt sander, disc sander and a 1 inch drum sander all in one unit, I think it was like 69 bucks
I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
Be careful of the Harbor Freight Grinders and sanders.
The motors suck, either not much HP, will stop when grinding, or takes forever to get wound up and stop.
They are OK for light duty, but like I say, watch it, as they give you a spare set of brushes, so what does that tell ya.
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Im thinking it would be good for finish sanding and buffing maybe.
I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
That's the sander I started with. As Hunter said, the motor isn't very strong, but it works OK. With what I've learned since I bought my bigger grinder, that $30 grinder is fine.
I just saw this, heck of a nice job crash!
-Frank
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Man Crash ,Been Looking at all the Knives you have Made and Now I'm Wanting to Put New Handles On a Few I Have But Really Liking the File Blade Need to Hit up the FleaMarket in town to Pick up Some Extra Files and Saw Blades to Get Me Started.
Now a Few Questions
1.) Are you tempering all your Blades Or Just the File ones you make .
2.) Are you useing a Forge or Open Fire and Tempering in hot Coles.
3.)And On Cooling do you use water or Oil for Cooling.
The quenching medium called for depends mostly on the particular steel used. Such files are made from steels best suited to oil hardening.
In setting up a knife build, you are not limited to using the techniques and materials Crash uses. You will find that while some proccesses require quite strict adherence to certain conditions, the options are very broad.
tempering requires very precise control of heat for reliable results, and I would strongly recommend an oven.
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1. Yes, I heat treat my blades.
2. I have been using a temporary gas forge set-up I made, but have picked up a heat treat oven to harden, and Mrs Crash's oven - now the heat treat oven to temper.
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3. For steels requiring a liquid quench I have been using motor oil, bt will probably switch to olive oil. For steels requiring an air quench I place the blade between two large pieces of aluminum angle (in a vice).
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A nice interpretation of the PSK (personal survival knife)
I had a compass, but without a map, it's just a cool toy to show you where oceans and ice are.
I like that crash! Nice job there amigo!
-Frank
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I think I'm gonna have to give one like that a shot once I get good at this. The file detail left on the blade is awesome, though I don't think I'll sharpen the spine to allow more of the file to be visible.
Thats one very nice blade.
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