[TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel

[Jerry Smith]

Aubrey,

I use a lot of those around the shop as well as plain
carbon steel ones. They all welded for me. Burn the
paint off then hammer with flux after heating.

Jerry

--- "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
wrote:

> Jerry,
> 
> I have a bunch of old hack saw blades, but I think
> most are bimetal.  Do you think bimetal blades will
> work?
> 
> Aubrey
> 
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> Jerry Smith [jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com]
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> Subject: [TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel
> 
> The reason I asked about the banding steel, is that
> a
> few years ago I made a rough twist Damascus out of
> hacksaw blades. It made a pretty knife that I saw it
> was what you could get out of Medieval Times.
> 
> I made the billet, then took two pieces of 1/4"
> steel
> rod, twisted them into a caduceus like pattern. Then
> I
> flattened them out and forged them on to the knife
> blade. This was more for show than using, but it
> made
> a pretty pattern.
> 
> Jerry
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