[TheForge] 1045 uses

Thu Feb 20 22:30:01 2003

Bob,
Speaking of recycled steel, I made off with the piece of band saw
blade that you forgot at Ralph Sproul's shop in December.

Rick Korinek
Emerald City Forge
Framingham, MA
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> 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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