Homemade skiving knife.

[PastorBob]

57 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's the problem with unknown steels. it depends on what type of steel you have so its hit and miss if you get a good temper. Most can be though with some experimentation on some scraps. you have to re-harden the blade, then temper it. you can get by with map gas on small blades if you can keep the steel at temp throughout the whole length of the cutting edge.

P.S. I made this at home, does it count lol. and my putty knife skiver was the inspiration.

 

Beautiful!  

[MarshalWill]

3 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's the problem with unknown steels. it depends on what type of steel you have so its hit and miss if you get a good temper. Most can be though with some experimentation on some scraps. you have to re-harden the blade, then temper it. you can get by with map gas on small blades if you can keep the steel at temp throughout the whole length of the cutting edge.

P.S. I made this at home, does it count lol. and my putty knife skiver was the inspiration.

Good inspiration. LOL, all putty knives should look so good.

Good suggestion to experiment with pieces for heat treating. I've found that in a lot of cases old saw blades are made of better steel than new ones.

3 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's the problem with unknown steels. it depends on what type of steel you have so its hit and miss if you get a good temper. Most can be though with some experimentation on some scraps. you have to re-harden the blade, then temper it. you can get by with map gas on small blades if you can keep the steel at temp throughout the whole length of the cutting edge.

P.S. I made this at home, does it count lol. and my putty knife skiver was the inspiration.

Good inspiration. LOL, all putty knives should look so good.

Good suggestion to experiment with pieces for heat treating. I've found that in a lot of cases old saw blades are made of better steel than new ones.

3 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's the problem with unknown steels. it depends on what type of steel you have so its hit and miss if you get a good temper. Most can be though with some experimentation on some scraps. you have to re-harden the blade, then temper it. you can get by with map gas on small blades if you can keep the steel at temp throughout the whole length of the cutting edge.

P.S. I made this at home, does it count lol. and my putty knife skiver was the inspiration.

Good inspiration. LOL, all putty knives should look so good.

Good suggestion to experiment with pieces for heat treating. I've found that in a lot of cases old saw blades are made of better steel than new ones.

3 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

That's the problem with unknown steels. it depends on what type of steel you have so its hit and miss if you get a good temper. Most can be though with some experimentation on some scraps. you have to re-harden the blade, then temper it. you can get by with map gas on small blades if you can keep the steel at temp throughout the whole length of the cutting edge.

P.S. I made this at home, does it count lol. and my putty knife skiver was the inspiration.

Good inspiration. LOL, all putty knives should look so good.

Good suggestion to experiment with pieces for heat treating. I've found that in a lot of cases old saw blades are made of better steel than new ones.

Oops. Sorry about the multiple taps. But then, it does hammer the message home.