One Done and W'sIP

12" Circular saw blade, no idea what the wood on the scales is. One of our carpenters brought it back from a job, but none of them knows what it is! Homeowner said it was brazilian cherry but were thinking he was trying to scam the ins. company.

Anwyays I didn't heat treat or even attemt to keep it cool while,cutting with a angle grinder.shaping with a angle grinder ,finish shaping with the bench grinder,beveling the edge with a bench grinder ,then finishing with a belt sander. Holds an edge just fine!!! Got it shavin' sharp, whittled on a pine dowel rod probly 10 strokes stuck the tip in it about 1/4" and tried to bend the tip, it didn't, and would still shave!

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Cool. Is that the center hole of the sawblade?

Nice. Good looking wood too!

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Cool. Is that the center hole of the sawblade?

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Yes thats the arbor hole. I did whaller it out another 1/4" or so.

I should mention I used a brand new B/D Bullet driil bit to drill the pin holes. It only did 2 of then and crapped out on the third hole! Had to put in another new one to finish it.

Update .... I did put the edge on the cicular saw knife with a electic knife sharpener. Then took a Smiths Tri-hone to it. It was shaving sharp. Well I decided to paper polish the bevel and edge, and lost the shaving sharpness in the procces. So back to the Tri-hone.... wouldn't do it. Had to use the electric! Long story short this thing is hard!!!!

I make quite a few blades out of circular saw-blades. The springiness makes for great camp kitchen and food prep knives. A sawzall blade makes an excellent fillet knife blade. I have had only one out of maybe 20 that I overheated enough to ruin it.

I think I'd guess hardness at 54-55 rc. The various steels they use and the HT process is designed for impact resistance because a shattered blade is like a grenade going off.

Still have to put the cutting edge on it. Another 3/16" thick mower blade with the walnut flooring. 6 1/2" blade, 12' overall.

After heat treating it I check it with a file and it bit the spine but skated on the belly which was still thick as a dime. Figured i just go with it.

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Another great looking piece.

I posted on the blades forum about making a knife that was sharp enough to past the bladesmith test, I think me probly pulled it off!!!

This is the knife I forged out of the tiller blade. I read a dealy about a guy who always quenches 10xx and W-s in water without a problem. The secret is not to over heat it. I watched it very closely in the forge and when i thought it was at critical I check....magnet stuck. Put it back in for maybe one minute and checked again... it didn't stick. So back in for maybe 30 seconds and quenched in the plain water.

I started temper at 375, two ,1 hour tempers. couldn't get it sharp, edge was chipping with a elecric sharpener. So tempered again at 400 for one hour and and took a course stone to it, still too hard. The course stone would not remove the chipping. So another temper at 425. This time the the course stone did remove the chipping.

It still took at least 30 minutes to get all the chips out, and 1 hr on a medium stone before it would shave! Then I took my fine stone to it for 15 minutes.

Heres the result. Thats a 1 1/4 inch pine dowel rod. I whittled the taper on the end and then chopped on it in different areas of the edge and then chopped it in two, well it broke when it got to be about 1/2" think. It would still shave!

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Sharp is good.

Yes Crash, sharp is good...but really, that thing holds a edge better than any knife I've ever owned.

Ok where was I,,,oh yeah, made a few file knives. First 2 are profiled, 3rd one is forged with a full tang. Still have to heat treat the 3rd one.

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Well done Ted.

Good stuff. That antler one looks comfy.

Very close to the one in post #87 ,same mower blade, but this has oak scales and antler gaurd. Oh yeah, still a foot long but blade a little longer and handle a little shorter.

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Nice one Ted.

Hope everyones been well and made it through winter!

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I made this for Toby for his birthday. He came up with the designed himself after looking through my books of scetches and he designed and made the stand himself. That divet you see is from the up sweep in the mower blade . It was a very stange blade ,1/4 in thick but only about 10in long....very deep divet!!!!

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This ones bed rail , it was a completly diff design with a full tang for the handle but it warped in water quench just behind the blade at it's narrowest point. So I cut it off at the warped, shotened the blade to make a hidded tang. Handles hickory.


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File knife

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This is my EDC, 7in overall. Blades a file , walnut handle. I'm a painter and have to cut alot of plastic and open alot of chalk tubes....

Hummmm.... Did I mention I hate the new Photobucket!!!!!

You all take care!!!!

Good to hear from ya, and see your work.....Nice.
I'm not a fan of PB lately my self......

TED!!!!! Good to see you back. Nice work on the knives.

Nice work Ted,

I still can't figure out the new photobucket.

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Nice work Ted,

I still can't figure out the new photobucket.

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I have the new Photobucket figured out, and one of the things I got figured is that it is going to cost more for me. I store a lot of pictures, so it is only fair I suppose.......doesn't mean I have to like it.