Old Spring Steel for Stock Removal

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bwitty

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Can old leaf spring steel be used to straight stock removal knives without the use of a forge? I looked around the forums, but could not find a definitive answer. I probably missed it somewhere, but figured I'd ask the experts anyway and see what I got!


Thanks in advance,
 
LOL.....yes, but.....


I started out a year ago with a spring and a dream of a knife made fast and easy...

But what happens is that one thing leads to another....as you seek to make things better and easyer, you add more and more tools to your shop....next thing I knew I had a forge burning and my arms were sore from hitting 1 and 1/2 inch steel shafts into knives...

"I should get a power hammer"

and so my tool collection goes on?

so, my answer is yes, you can use steel right off the car to make a blade out of, however it would be easyer to work if you heated the steel and annealed it so it was softer ....and thats how it all starts....LOL
 
Thanks for the input!

This is mainly just for me to get an idea of how to go about profiling a knife etc... :D
 
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