What do you do with an old, worn out mower blade ?

[ironglow]

 
  Being an artist/blacksmith, I was faced with this question recently..so pictured is my answer: a bush/survival knife..

  It also gives me an opportunity to show off my Marlin 336C....LOL

   Until about 2 years ago, the most of the counties in NY state were "shotgun only"..and being a confirmed "rifle man"..I had virtually given up on big game hunting.
 
  Then the law change came, allowing rifle in many hitherto shotgun only counties and now I use  my Marlin 336C.. 30/30 !
 
  I just can't figure a better deer rifle for my particular hunting conditions..woods, hills, rarely shooting past 100 yards..

                                                                                                            ....Ironglow

[Chuck White]

That's quite a knife you've got there ironglow!

It put some used iron back into circulation as well as gave you something to do!

Good luck hunting with the ole thutty-thutty.
It'll be quite a change from shotgun hunting!
 

[Aardvark]

 Put a couple of them together at right angles and make a ceiling fan.

[ironglow]

  Aardvark;

  I could make a ceiling fan that way..but I'm afraid my youngest grandson would get scalped when he stops by for a visit !...LOL

[Aardvark]

 Wow! He must be very tall!

[ironglow]

Aardvark;
             Well, we do have a lower than usual fan..but my 19 yr old grandson is 6' 5"  or maybe 6' 6"   and still growing..

[Aardvark]

 In that case bend them into hoops and hang nets from them and mount them ten feet off the ground...

[salvo]

Nice blade ironglow, did you have to temper it or any thing? I would like to try something like that.

[S.S.]

Now that is the proper way to recycle steel !
I have 2 knives made from power hacksaw blades
and one spear point also...
Kinda' fun making your own stuff like that...
Saw a Crossbow made from an old leaf spring from a truck once !
That was a powerful monster to say the least ! Fella said he made
it during the Korean war to accurately throw Grenades across a river..
he said the name of the river, but I can't remember it.
I would loved to have seen it used for that just once..
He had it made so that the spoon didn't fly off until it was fired..

[Keith L]

"Nice Marlin along with that knife" he said putting this thread as close to on topic as he could

[ironglow]

  Thanks Guys..
 
   Yes Salvo, I did normalize it, do what grinding and drilling was necessary, then harden and draw a temper. You can get info about that process over in the knives forum..
   
  Now, for that "thuty-thuty"..what a joy to use a rifle for deer hunting..I got my buck this past season at about 40 yards. A broadside hit in the chest with a 170gr Winchester  power point and that buck did a complete back flip...ending up in the same direction he had been facing.
  An interesting sidelight..when the "shotgun only season" was dropped in our county a couple years ago, I actually bought a Remington  model 7600, all-weather  pump rifle in .308 for a deer rifle and the grandson mentioned above bought the Marlin.
  We go to my woods together to sight them in..That Rem was a bit awkward for this seven decades old blacksmith to hold..and that slide was a bit too far away for my comfort..while the Marlin was just about right.
 
     My long, tall grandson on the other hand found the Rem to fit nicely...we swapped on the spot and I have been very happy ever since..even though my grandson got a couple hunderd $$ better deal on me !  ...But that's what grandpas are for..right ?

[Keith L]

I had a 760 in .270 years ago, and now am much happier with the 30AW I have.  Maybe if I hunted where 300 yard shots were the norm I would want something different, but 40-70 yard shots are the norm where I hunt, and the 30-30 is perfect imo.