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bandsaw blade material ...for knives?

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marc4fishing

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At work the other night noticed a couple of 12' lengths of lenox rx+ bandsaws. Well long story short I know have a knapsack full of 12-15 inch pieces. Has anyone ever used this stuff and what is it made of...
 
An old shoe maker once told me that they used to make work knives out of band saw blades.
"It 'd take hours to get a bevel but once you've done it they'd stay sharp realy long"
No personal experience tho
 
marc4fishing said:
At work the other night noticed a couple of 12' lengths of lenox rx+ bandsaws. Well long story short I know have a knapsack full of 12-15 inch pieces. Has anyone ever used this stuff and what is it made of...
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I think what you have is a bi-metal blade. Probably not that useful. The uddenholm monosteel blades are 15n20. Great bladesteel.
 
If you don't mind grinding a bit, try a sheepsfoot. Probably not good for forging a bevel and heat treat.
 
Thoes are bimetal blades which means only the teath are hardened. The blade body is a med carbon steel that is chosen to be tough and flexible. It can be heat treated to be harder but generally not considered a knife grade steel. I have tossed lots of thoes bandsaw blades in the trash without a hesitation and I love reusing steel. I do have a really long roll of bimetal blade that I do use for knives. It's around .065 thick and 2" wide. I remove the teath and use the body for Damascus by mixing it with 15n20. Works really well and when pared up with the 15n20 it's really tough.
 
JTknives said:
Thoes are bimetal blades which means only the teath are hardened. The blade body is a med carbon steel that is chosen to be tough and flexible. It can be heat treated to be harder but generally not considered a knife grade steel. I have tossed lots of thoes bandsaw blades in the trash without a hesitation and I love reusing steel. I do have a really long roll of bimetal blade that I do use for knives. It's around .065 thick and 2" wide. I remove the teath and use the body for Damascus by mixing it with 15n20. Works really well and when pared up with the 15n20 it's really tough.
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I have a stack of similar blades I intended to use the same way. Actually, I plan to make a layered billet and then use that to make a 3 layer billet with a 15N20 core. So damascus exterior, mono 15N20 edge.
 
Willie71 said:
I think what you have is a bi-metal blade. Probably not that useful. The uddenholm monosteel blades are 15n20. Great bladesteel.
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This is steel from bi-metal Bahco SANDFLEX I HT today .Hard like glass :)

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