.07 Bar stock

[colu41]

Is there any other particular uses for this size steel other than filets and kitchen blades? I have a good 3 feet of .07 Aeb-L that Id like to put to use. I'm just not a big kitchen knife guy, and my first fillet didn't turn out so well because of the short grind.
Any suggestions would be great

 

[Ken H>]

Make the wife a matched set of steak knives, and a couple of paring knives. She'll LOVE them..... gets you good points {g}

Ken H>

 

[Matt Rochester]

I use .070' for bird and trout knives.

 

[S.Alexander]

Slip joints?

 

[colu41]

I was thinking a couple steak knives for the house as I literally just snapped one in our set this week. Lol. Slip joint sounds like an interesting project too. I'll have to research a little more on those.

 

[timos-]

you could try making a couple kiridashi

 

[colu41]

you could try making a couple kiridashi

Another idea I had, but wouldn't that be too thin of stock for uses of kiridashis?

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Another idea I had, but wouldn't that be too thin of stock for uses of kiridashis?

Nope. The thinner the better.

 

[Busto]

I use thin AEB-L for slip joints they get nasty sharp!

 

[colu41]

I've never actually finished the first folder I started. Had troubles with the hardware. I may look into a slip joint. But in the mean time I might bust out a few kiridashis =D

 

[MAndriacco1]

I make a little neck knife (2" blade, epoxy-soaked paracord-wrapped handle) that's 1/8" at the thickest on the spine, because that's the thickness I start with. Some people have said that the spine is a little too thick for them. A similar pattern might work for your stock and would probably come out just about right. 4.5-5" oal. Not sure if I embedded the photo right, but if you copy and paste the link, it'll take you to a pic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeandriacco/22036487568/in/dateposted-public