planer blades

GTH11

GTH11

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Hi all just posted a comment about how giving this craft is, and it reminded me of yesterdays experience i had....... I've been meeting alot more of my neighbors since i started making knives back in nov. and tues morning an older gentlemen (92) decided to swing in see what the heck i was up too, well he was all smiles when he saw i was knifemaking, well are conversation lasted and he said that he had given up makin knives, but had some "blade steel" that he was never able to work due to it " just bein to plain hard" i figured he was given some planer blades or such. Well he left and said he would be by again some time, well the next day i pull in from work and theres a 1/2 rach of antlers and some planer blades....Now i was smilin ear to ear, needless to say im gonna work old boy up a knife however my question is are these blades D-2? there is an I K S with number 38 on them? Gimme your thoughts.
 

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Could be many things .Thick ones have been M-2 as I remember.Chinese made could be anything.There are even bimetal ones. 38 could be 38cm length ?

http://www.interknife.com/en/holz-furnierindustrie.php
Here's IKS - if you look through the website you'll see they do make bimetal knives and plain ones also . If it's for veneer it might even be D-2 for corrosion resistance . Polish and etch the cross-section to find if it's bimetal .
 
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GTH, I just tried to PM you your box is full. Anyhow I see you live in Oregon. Just wondering where bouts? I live in Salem and am always looking for other makers. I would love to get a small hammer inn going sometime.

Take Care
 
A C Richards said:
GTH, I just tried to PM you your box is full. Anyhow I see you live in Oregon. Just wondering where bouts? I live in Salem and am always looking for other makers. I would love to get a small hammer inn going sometime.

Take Care
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Don't want to hijack, but want to say a hammer in sounds great. I'm actually going down to Chuck's Saturday..
 
Chances are they are either D2, or M2, maybe T1, but unlikely. Whatever the case they make awesome knives, I just ordered over 8 ft of the stuff in both D2, and T1. I suggest working it hard though its tough, cut them up by using a cutoff wheel half way, then breaking it. carbide bits are a must for drilling holes. its really not that much harder than annealed stock
 
Hammer in sounds like fun ive been chompin at the bit,to take a hammer to steel. lets stay in touch. Well i know these planers arent bi-metal, ill haet treat as though they are D-2.
 
Most often they are a type of D2. This is to say they are not near the quality of the D2 sold by reputable people for knife making. Good grinding belts bit them very well. I worked a big bunch at one time when I was making hunters. In the testing I did with them in the shop and in the field they turned out to have less edge holding than ATS-34 and much more difficult to sharpen. Frank
 
Thanks Frank, i have some ATS-34 so ill be able to compare them as well. I know for sure ill make at least 1 for my neighbor in return for the gift.
 
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