Help on identifying a blade I found at an antique store?

WingedHussarius · Sep 30, 2019

https://imgur.com/PqN3T3l
https://imgur.com/b5SGWpA

I'm new to the forums; hopefully this is the right place to post this. I picked up this blade at an antique store recently. It's paper-cutting sharp and quite large. Does anyone know exactly what it might be? I'm guessing it's a haycutting blade off of some farm implement, but I'd like to know for sure.

I was hoping to mount it on a long handle and use it as a bush axe, but I'd like to know if I should try and re-temper it first. Thanks.

Arathol · Sep 30, 2019

Looks like a knife from a wood chipper

TheEdge01 · Sep 30, 2019

^^^^^^^This^^^^^^^

Tjstampa · Sep 30, 2019

It looks like the chipper blade that is missing from my chipper.

Korean Hog · Sep 30, 2019

If I was going to re-purpose this I'd use it more for something like:

or:

Korean Hog · Sep 30, 2019

Korean Hog said:
If I was going to re-purpose this I'd use it more for something like:

or:

My point being that from the looks of your pictures this might work well attached to some kind of lever to save you cutting effort if you have any applications where you have a lot to cut and need precise repeatable cuts.

WingedHussarius · Oct 3, 2019

Korean Hog said:
My point being that from the looks of your pictures this might work well attached to some kind of lever to save you cutting effort if you have any applications where you have a lot to cut and need precise repeatable cuts.

I know what you mean, but I'm not sure what else I should make with it. Maybe mount it on a jig for cutting sheets of leather or Kydex? I actually have two blades (they're mirror images of each other), so I'll have to experiment.

WingedHussarius · Oct 3, 2019

Arathol said:
Looks like a knife from a wood chipper

Thanks, it looks like that's what it is. Do you know what a good way to reuse it would be? With likely a very high hardness, I'm not sure how it will fare if I try to chop down trees with it.

Arathol · Oct 3, 2019

I don't think its real hard, if it was it would shatter in use. As for cutting wood, that is exactly what it was made to do isn't it? Don't know how effective it will be if used as you intend, as its designed to shear using an opposing anvil rather than chop like an ax.