Can I do anything with this

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I am not a Knife maker, but found this thing and am going to try my best to make it into something useful. I know its no where neer the standard you guys put into your knives but here are some pics. maybe some suggestions. It will be my definite first





 
Looks like an oaster knife, for parting the shells. Should be a spring temper, maybe a little harder. May be able to regrind it into a usefull cutting blade.

A better option would be to try a few kit knives out, got most of the grunt work done already.

Good luck.
 
Should I take this thing right onto the bench grinder. I tried to use the sharpmaker but its just too much steel to take off. I was thinking, just to shape it to the blade shape i want.
 
I'd make it into a nice bread knife. Make it real sharp, but rounded enough to spread butter, and you got yourself a nice breakfast tool.

Sand down the handle until it looks good, add some semi-dark stain to liven it up, then seal it. As for the part where the tang meets the wood, either grind it until it looks good, or maybe add a little bondo in the cracks before finish.

Belt grind away man, 220 grit leaves it looking pretty nice, and good enough for most utilitarian uses, then hand-sanding will take out any bigger grooves if you want.

Unless you eat a lot of oysters, that is.
My other suggestion would be to make a nice steak knife, like the shape you're looking at. But it'll need some TLC in the way of grinding either way.

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I was going to put your knife in my paint program and show you what I would do, But I don't know how to post pictures can anyone help with that?
 
Registered member's photos have to be hosted off site.
Go to www.tinypic.com (it's a free photo hosting site) and upload your photos there. They will even supply the correct vB code; just copy the stuff that is surrounded by tags and paste it into your post here or copy the url and use the image button (the yellow one that looks like a postcard) here.

Here is a [URL=http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219367]tutorial[/URL] that Dan Koster wrote up to help people post pictures.

Regards,
Greg
 
Harley it looks very nice, but what would I take off. Would it be up to the 1st red line(outermost)?
 
OK Guys I am done with my knife, I thought Id show some pics.

Me with a day at the Bench grinder and sand paper.






 
The knife resembles the P.O.S. that Vinny is. :D
 
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