Author Topic: knife making question (Read 610 times)

rickyp · « **on:** June 17, 2004, 02:42:47 AM »

Would an old lawn mower blade be a good blank to make a knife?

Joel · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2004, 05:23:06 AM »

Don't see why not. I've read of knifemakers using them. Not sure what sort of steel mower blades are; assuming one of the 10xx series or maybe W1/W2. Any of those make a good knife.

e3ck · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2004, 06:27:01 PM »

Take a piece of it your not going to use, quench it in oil and run the ole file test on it :wink:

TimWieneke · « **Reply #3 on:** July 20, 2004, 05:37:40 AM »

Wayne Goddard made his first knife out of a lawnmower blade. Just as a reference for guys using scrounged materials for knife blades - here's a handy list of tools and their typical steel types that may come in handy. It's not always accurate, but it's a very good list.

http://home.flash.net/~dwwilson/ntba/archive/junksteel.html

Tim