[TheForge] 1045 uses

Thu Feb 20 19:52:00 2003

Most guys start out using recycled material for there projects. Just like
you for making knives. And then they find that this guy wants a knife and
that guy wants a knife and then pretty soon they have no more leaf springs
or files or whatever. So they go down and buy some new 1080 in the correct
dimensions. Then they find out how much faster they can make the knife since
the stock is sized correctly for the intended knife. And they find how much
easier it is to heat treat since they can predict what its going to do and
not guess. Then they start thinking to themselves, to heck with using coil
springs or scrounged stuff for knives, it's just so much easier and more
efficient to buy material. I'm not trying to say that threes anything wrong
with reusing material, just pointing out that depending on a persons
situation it might not be the best thing to do...
T. Clark

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Sent: February 20, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 1045 uses

> I am a bladesmith and I use those pieces of scrap steel some would scoff
at
> and my blades come out very good I want to tell you.Yes I have had some
that
> I have gotten to that almost finished stage and found the hairline cracks
of
> stress in them and when I do it gets tossed and goes no further.I for one
> really like the fact that my blades are from recycled materials.In this
day
> and age of waste I find many of the folks buying my knives like that fact
> that it used to be a coil spring from a car or truck or was cut from an
old
> saw mill blade and I have remade it into a working tool.
> I have also made power hammer tools from old spring stock and have had no
> problems with it.The key is how it is heat treated and this is what makes
all
> the
>  difference.
>
> Bob
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