7" chef knife

anvilring

anvilring

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I think this is 15N20... it's from a 10" + wide, 60 ft. long bandsaw blade I have from the old Conroe Mill that closed in 1961 or 62. I've worked the stuff enough to make good knives from it and have a good 30ft. of it left to use. The "slit" style hafting is simple maple stained with PP. Its the old Julia Child style French knife: straight spine, slight curvature of the cutting edge. It cuts'n slices like the devil. I plan to sell these for $40.00 and shipping.... when I have'm to sell.


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All the bandsaw blades I've gotten have a set, ever so slightly bent to
one side, from being wrapped around a large band wheel. If you've had
this problem, how did you get the darn thing straight?

Bill
 
Very cool. I really like that blade shape. I may have to try something similar.
 
Looking good Mitch! I could see using that one all summer long from the kitchen to the BBQ and back again. Nice work.
 
That really does look great, Mitch. What thickness is the steel? 1/16" I'm interested for when you have these for sale, wouldn't mind a PM/email when you do! ;)
 
Bill; I heat these fully, then forge out the edge only (hence the slight curvature of the cutting edge) and then selectively harden the edge. As for warpage, that fire takes out all the fight built into steel over time. The minute it comes out of the oil, I straighten if needed; usually its not neccessary.

amcardon: will do and yes, it actually starts off a hair more than 1/16 but I grind somewhat of a distal taper into these not to mention that much of the old blade is rusty.

jon; you should see the bbq slicer I'm making!! :) Its outta a 1942 military jeep spring. Very cool steel. S'got "histury"!

johnathan; here are some pix of old Sabatier knives (the two bottom ones of course)... a proven design by a country that cooks.

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Thanks for responding so quickly. I thought you were doing stock removal.
Forging and then straightening make perfect sense. I've been doing knives
for years, but I'm still a serious beginner.

Bill
 
anvilring said:
you should see the bbq slicer I'm making!! :) Its outta a 1942 military jeep spring. Very cool steel. S'got "histury"!
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Are you making More than one? I learned to drive stick shift in a '42 Willy's. My grandfather owns one.

I would be very interested in buying one.
 
Carl_First_Timer said:
Are you making More than one? I learned to drive stick shift in a '42 Willy's. My grandfather owns one.

I would be very interested in buying one.
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Hey Carl... I have a few of the springs left to make some more knives from. They are/have a characteristic "bevel" to them along their edges just on one side. I preserve some of the bevel on my finished knife so's to show folks from wince it came. I'll post a pic on this thread for you if you like. I've yet to decide on a handle material.



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I have come back to look at this knife several times. It is pure utilitarian goodness, I like it.

Charlie
 
anvilring said:
Hey Carl... I have a few of the springs left to make some more knives from. They are/have a characteristic "bevel" to them along their edges just on one side. I preserve some of the bevel on my finished knife so's to show folks from wince it came. I'll post a pic on this thread for you if you like. I've yet to decide on a handle material.



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I'd like that.
 
For Carl... my Willys 42 jeep spring carver...

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Please let me know if you make another. I would love one. I know my grandpa would get a kick out of it as well.

Quick story: When I was 12 my grandfather and I had a camping trip planned. It was a 5 hour drive away by highway(we took some side roads so he could show me how people got places before the highway system). He wanted to wait for the next day to leave so we would have plenty of daylight. Me being a 12 year old begged to go, so we went. We take off in my Grandpa's Plymouth Fury (Image below not actual car, though same paint colors) with Jeep in tow.

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We come to the last fork in the road before the lake, and my grandfather's memory betrays him. We go right instead of left, and end up on a narrow, steeply graded logging road. Knowing that backing up would be almost impossible we continue down the road hoping for a turnaround. Instead we come to a logging bump in the road (about a 3 foot "speed bump") with a very very small turnaround. My grandpa does his best to get us out of there but gets slightly jack knifed and spinning his tires in the soft dirt of the steep hill unable to overcome the slope with the jeep attached.

So at 1 o'clock in the morning he lights a cigarette, pulls out his pad of paper and a pencil, and starts diagramming, and explaining how a stick shift car works ( The United Airlines mechanic Instructor for 40 years in him coming out). After quite an explanation and some practice of the motions I'm in the Jeep, still in tow to the Plymouth, with it in first with my foot on the clutch. My instructions were to stomp the gas and lift the clutch once his brake lights went out. Then once we were going to stomp the clutch let off the gas put it in second and stomp back on the gas and lift off the clutch. We made it out on the first try. I got to drive everywhere for the rest of the weekend. :cool: Fond memories to say the least.

This is a link to an article of the area we were in to give you an idea of the road conditions. The one we were on was not so bad as most of those.

http://www.fourwheeler.com/eventcov...ra_nevada_mountains_sierra_trek/photo_01.html

Not sure where the quick part went. :o
 
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