[TheForge] Re: Steel question OT

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Andrew Vida wrote:
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> Mike wrote:
>>> L6 was traditionally used in large saw blades, where contacting a
>>> knot and being shocked was likely.  Very tough stuff, a bit red-hard
>>> under the hammer.  Makes a good blade in bowies, camp knives etc.
>>
>> The old guy I got my Jardine 25# from made butcher knives -- very
>> wide, hefty ones used for real butchering -- from band saw blades,
>> several inches wide, that he got from a contact at a big
>> industrial-scale sawmill.  He didn't forge them, just cut them out,
>> sharpened and polished them and put slab grips on.  Claimed they were
>> best quality knives.  He'd been making knives for butchers and
>> fishermen for decades so he should have known.
>>
>> I have a blank he cut out.  One of these times I'll finish it to his
>> shape and see what I have.
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>     I would imagine that this method should make an excellent blade.  
> The HT is already there and probably perfect for a "kitchen" knife.  I 
> think it would be a waste of time and other resources to forge them.
> 
>     OT: I never thought I would experience anything more emotionally 
> draining than a Jewish wedding.  Today I discovered the Jewish funeral. 
>  Right now I'm thinking they should have covered me up as well.

That's nothing..you ought to see a Jewish divorce!...On second 
thought....pete f
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