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Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2528705" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>One of my hobbies is making knives . I was told that I needed to make at least a 5 gallon bucket of them to figure out what I needed to know about grinding , heat treating them and all the other things that go into doing it . I think that my bucket is about a third full at this time . I enjoy making fixed blade knives with wooden scales but making folding knives is more fun to me . I buy lower priced knives from kershaw and take them apart make a blade from 52-100 bearing steel , 440C or AEB-L stainless steel . As I am still learning I give them to some of the ranchers around here to test them for me . Some of the 52-100 blades were too hard and brittle but I asked and studied on it till I now can heat treat it to make it tough and hold an edge but not be brittle . Some of the stainless steel blades were too soft and wouldn't hold an edge and some of them were so hard they couldn't sharpen them . I studied and asked others now I know to heat treat and then cryo treat them then draw them back at the right temperature and for the length of time to make them hard but not brittle and consistent . As with coyote control it's in the little details that makes the difference in the end results . I'm still working on getting the grind correct for the job the blade is intended to be used for . Hard abusive work knives a thicker blade and grind , kitchen knives that cut fine for meat and vegetables a thinner longer tapper to glide through the cut . Cutting the strings on hay bails takes a hard blade because the material is abrasive so I have found the 52-100 bearing steel ground between a thick and a fine longer tapered blade with a fine stone edge put on it works well .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2528705, member: 91783"] One of my hobbies is making knives . I was told that I needed to make at least a 5 gallon bucket of them to figure out what I needed to know about grinding , heat treating them and all the other things that go into doing it . I think that my bucket is about a third full at this time . I enjoy making fixed blade knives with wooden scales but making folding knives is more fun to me . I buy lower priced knives from kershaw and take them apart make a blade from 52-100 bearing steel , 440C or AEB-L stainless steel . As I am still learning I give them to some of the ranchers around here to test them for me . Some of the 52-100 blades were too hard and brittle but I asked and studied on it till I now can heat treat it to make it tough and hold an edge but not be brittle . Some of the stainless steel blades were too soft and wouldn't hold an edge and some of them were so hard they couldn't sharpen them . I studied and asked others now I know to heat treat and then cryo treat them then draw them back at the right temperature and for the length of time to make them hard but not brittle and consistent . As with coyote control it's in the little details that makes the difference in the end results . I'm still working on getting the grind correct for the job the blade is intended to be used for . Hard abusive work knives a thicker blade and grind , kitchen knives that cut fine for meat and vegetables a thinner longer tapper to glide through the cut . Cutting the strings on hay bails takes a hard blade because the material is abrasive so I have found the 52-100 bearing steel ground between a thick and a fine longer tapered blade with a fine stone edge put on it works well . [/QUOTE]
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