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Hello, I have just started dabbling in the art of knife making and I have a whole bunch of random tools like files vices and a belt sander but I have been having trouble shaping the steel with just a hacksaw and I was wondering how y'all' shape your knives like is there a special saw I could buy but the only problem is I'm only thirteen and on a budget I have less than $70 to spend so there a challenged for y'all thank you for you time -Calvin
 
Best advice I can give you is to not cut too much off at a time. you can only get the hack saw blade to follow a curve so far. Cut a little then cut from the outside to your curve cut to take a chnunk off. The staight cuts you can do all right but those curves will flex the blade too much.
 
Use a high tension frame. I use a fine blade, 32 TPI or 36 TPI if I can find one. Make small cuts from the edge to your blade shape. Take your time and have patience.

OT
 
In most magazines there is a 20% discount at harbor freight. The portable bandsaw I think is $80, with 20% off is 74. See if you can find it on sale or hit up black friday if there is one nearby. Most members here rave about them.
 
quint said:
In most magazines there is a 20% discount at harbor freight. The portable bandsaw I think is $80, with 20% off is 74. See if you can find it on sale or hit up black friday if there is one nearby. Most members here rave about them.
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Let us hope the kid can grind better than you can do mathematics Quint! lol

Chris
 
Lol he probably can, hey I was tired. So yeah $64 falls within his budget.

I would recommend this over a angle grinder ecspecially for someone learning.
 
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