Idea, Is This Possible?

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I would like to use the blade from my Gerber EZ Out (the earlier ones, not the skeletonized ones) to make a ring. I don't know much about the metal, but the blade is stamped "GERBER 450". I assume the best way would be to melt it down and just make a mold of a ring, but I have no idea how to do this. I'll leave it to the pros. I'm not looking for a complicated ring; just a flat band with no designs, in my size (11.5).
Why a Gerber EZ Out blade? It has sentimental value to me and my wife-to-be. Is this possible? How much would it cost?

EDIT: I'd like a ring to be about 8.5mm wide. Kind of important to know the measurements first LOL.
 
You cannot melt/cast stainless steel without proper equipment, forget it. The stuff would cost you 20x what a SS ring would. You could easily buy a gold or titanium ring for less.
 
gkruty said:
I would love to hear the whole story behind this knife!
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On our first official date, we got locked out of the apartment. She asked for a knife, and I had no idea why. I just gave her my beater (Gerber EZ Out). I bend over to tie my shoe, and as soon as I looked up, she was using my knife to try to pry the window open. Sooner than I could tell her no, the tip of the blade snapped. She apologized profusely, knowing that I get really mad when people use knives as prybars or screwdrivers. She even offered to buy me a new one.
Instead of just throwing the knife away, I took it home and clamped the blade in a vice, then snapped the handle off. I dulled the blade with a Dremel to the point where it was not pointy and couldn't cut anything. I then used the oval hole in the blade to attach keys. So, my fiancee has a 3.5" kubotan attached to her keys now. She gave me the idea of using it as a base for our wedding rings, since it was our first real "date".

I wish I had a better story LOL, maybe something involving an overly-elaborate plot that ends in me killing 12 tigers with an EZ Out, but I don't. I'm not that lucky.
 
If you found a woman to spend the rest of your life with you are much luckier than any dumb SOB fighting any number of tigers with an EZ out.
 
forget melting, but what about forging and welding? how thick is the spine of the blade?
 
I've seen rings made of antique silverware where the handle was bent around to form the ring. It should be possible to have the blade annealed, cut it to width and wrap the strips to make a ring. If you want to get "fancy" have it welded up or even keep it so the logo is on top!

Not a smith or a jeweler.

J-
 
anneal it, cut it into strips, have an inscription put on them, bend to size and then TIG weld to close....yes? no?...maybe?
 
GibsonFan said:
Could you have the part with the logo on it, cut out, and set in a ring?
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Probably your best bet man. This is exactly what I was thinking. Cut out the stamped ricasso with the gerber ez out logo and set it into a proper ring like a stone would be set or somethin.
 
I am aware that the prosses for molding molten steel requires a graphite mold and borax flux but The stainless steel that the blade is made from(probably) makes me cringe at the thought of smelting it down with out proper equipment and specs on the steel as stainless and other alloys are a b$#ch to melt without burning up.
 
Longer answer - I am a jeweler, a smith, and a metal worker. There is no way to melt a small piece of stainless steel and cast it into a ring . I doubt the probability of annealing it and forging a ring (it sounds a lot easier in type).The option of cutting out a piece(s) and mounting it in a signet style ring made in gold ,silver, platinum would be feasible and the best idea. The pieces could be engraved with initials or dates. Give me a email if you need more info.
Stacy
 
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