Filing the spine off

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This may be a noob, repeated question. I am thinking of filing a portion (a few cm) of the spine off my Esee Laser Strike to create a 90 degree angle for striking fire. Please advise me if this would anyway affect the HT of the blade steel.
 
Using a file should not heat up the blade much at all, if any. If the blade does not get over-heated, the hardness should not change at all.
 
Yeah, no problem. You'll probably dull your file a bit. You'd need to generate heat in excess of 450F or so to threaten the heat-treat on that 1095, and on the spine it hardly matters.
I'd suggest not filing the part right near the handles - squared spines can give nasty cuts or be very uncomfortable under pressure.
 
daizee said:
Yeah, no problem. You'll probably dull your file a bit. You'd need to generate heat in excess of 450F or so to threaten the heat-treat on that 1095, and on the spine it hardly matters.
I'd suggest not filing the part right near the handles - squared spines can give nasty cuts or be very uncomfortable under pressure.
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Thank you, due to the location of jimping, I am planning to have the squared portion in the middle of the spine.


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