another sawblade job

[Grizz]

Thanks to the encouragement from Ji I got a sawblade to carve up.

All metalwork except the hole drilling was with hand tools.

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The east and north version have firewood grip panels, douglas fir and hard maple.

The other two grips are something a little exotic and imported but I don't know what wood it is.

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The southern version has a unique and non traditional grip, but it is very comfortable and handy. I look forward to having some salmon to experiment on.

I did not heat treat, the saw steel is fairly soft but takes a sharp edge and should be adequate for butchering fish. Don't know how they would fare splitting moose hide. I may try a differential hardening on one of the blades, but I think it's air hardening steel and it might not take kindly to an oil quench. Any info on that?

I got some 1084 spring steel and the makings of a gas forge. Plans are to make some tools that I want and use the opportunity to learn more about working steel.

Winter time projects though, have lots of outdoor stuff to do while the puffy blue clouds are flying by.

Keep your powder dry and all the rest of the drill...

[3leggedturtle]

Nice work. Where did you get the brass rivets?

[Blaine]

Nice Job, Sir.....

[Pitchy]

Say now i like those, great job pard.

[zzr7ky]

Bravo! May the Reds be with you. Some Salmon in the smokehouse would be an ideal way to celebrate!

[Sigmar]

nice job ! i have some old worn out forrest blades laying around, may give this a try

[Grizz]

Nice work. Where did you get the brass rivets?

they're 1/8" brass pins filed flush and anchored by JB. brass stock from local hardware.

except one of them has nails for the pins, so they can rust and look authentic. LOL

[Grizz]

thanks for the comments guys. hoping someone else will catch the wave, like Sigmar

nice job ! i have some old worn out forrest blades laying around, may give this a try

thanks. it's not too hard. if you use a cutoff wheel on an angle grinder it will go pretty fast. I drilled close spaced holes and used a hack saw on a couple and a cold chisel on a couple. not recommended, but I wanted to get something out of my system and there's no wood splitting going on these days.

you can make decent knives the same way, and the older blades and big band saw blades from sawmills temper very well.

[Chuck 100 yd]

NICE !

[Udy]

thanks for the comments guys. hoping someone else will catch the wave, like Sigmar

nice job ! i have some old worn out forrest blades laying around, may give this a try

thanks. it's not too hard. if you use a cutoff wheel on an angle grinder it will go pretty fast. I drilled close spaced holes and used a hack saw on a couple and a cold chisel on a couple. not recommended, but I wanted to get something out of my system and there's no wood splitting going on these days.

you can make decent knives the same way, and the older blades and big band saw blades from sawmills temper very well.

You mean like this one. Maybe I should hack a hunk off it. Hauled it home for a artsy thing, thought I would nail it to the shed.
Oh and those look nice Grizz.

[Grizz]

Thanks Udy,

Yeah, those saw blades make good knives. Some folks make crooked knives out of them because they aren't too too thick.

Ya have yourself some raw material there...

...Grizz

[JReed]

Way cool between you and Pitchy I am getting a serious itchy to work some steel.