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Some of you may remember the mini PSK I made with a jute pouch. Well a buddy and I got to thinking about how you could incorporate a blade. So I went to Home Depot and bought this saw blade:
I then used a Dremel tool and cut it down to this and sharpened the back and end (almost a Tanto shape). You have all heard of knives with a saw back, well this is a saw with a knife back.
Please excuse the grubby appearance, but I was going for performance not esthetics.
I did a rough job on a grinder and finished it up with my Lansky as I was in a hurry to see how it would work. The blade is hafted like a arrow point, in a split stick. The knife edge cuts beautifully. Want to see the pictures of my arm hair?
Also the saw works pretty well. You won't build a log cabin with it, but it will cut trap notches, etc. (The wood in the picture is Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) - a fairly hard wood).
This picture was taken before I had put the knife edge on.
The only problem I had left is it wouldn't fit in my PSK - just a bit too long, (actually the blade is longer than a Mikro Canadian) so I found a bit larger can and am in the process of making a jute bag for it.
Lest you think I have forsaken my original can, fear not, because I had another idea.
This is a reworked (courtesy of Dremel) utility knife blade. I guess it's unnecessary to describe how sharp they are. Once again, hafted like an arrow head. I thought the edge on the left side could be used as a scraper, for things like arrow shafts, and the edge on the right would be your knife blade. This also could be sharpened on the end, like a Tanto blade.
Now, of course, I still don't have a saw, so I thought I'd try this: (a standard sabre saw blade)
and it worked perfect. Once again, not the best saw in the world, but it do work.
So that's my current experiment and the results determined that any mini PSK I make from this point on, will have these included. Hope you enjoyed it.
Oh, before I forget, my buddy Phil also had some ideas:
On the top is a mini buck saw made with a hack saw blade, which is sharpened on the back to use as a scraper, and on the bottom, another way to mount a utility knife blade.
Doc
I then used a Dremel tool and cut it down to this and sharpened the back and end (almost a Tanto shape). You have all heard of knives with a saw back, well this is a saw with a knife back.
Please excuse the grubby appearance, but I was going for performance not esthetics.
I did a rough job on a grinder and finished it up with my Lansky as I was in a hurry to see how it would work. The blade is hafted like a arrow point, in a split stick. The knife edge cuts beautifully. Want to see the pictures of my arm hair?
Also the saw works pretty well. You won't build a log cabin with it, but it will cut trap notches, etc. (The wood in the picture is Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) - a fairly hard wood).
This picture was taken before I had put the knife edge on.
The only problem I had left is it wouldn't fit in my PSK - just a bit too long, (actually the blade is longer than a Mikro Canadian) so I found a bit larger can and am in the process of making a jute bag for it.
Lest you think I have forsaken my original can, fear not, because I had another idea.
This is a reworked (courtesy of Dremel) utility knife blade. I guess it's unnecessary to describe how sharp they are. Once again, hafted like an arrow head. I thought the edge on the left side could be used as a scraper, for things like arrow shafts, and the edge on the right would be your knife blade. This also could be sharpened on the end, like a Tanto blade.
Now, of course, I still don't have a saw, so I thought I'd try this: (a standard sabre saw blade)
and it worked perfect. Once again, not the best saw in the world, but it do work.
So that's my current experiment and the results determined that any mini PSK I make from this point on, will have these included. Hope you enjoyed it.
Oh, before I forget, my buddy Phil also had some ideas:
On the top is a mini buck saw made with a hack saw blade, which is sharpened on the back to use as a scraper, and on the bottom, another way to mount a utility knife blade.
Doc
