sawbacks?

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I'm new to knifemaking and pretty unsure about everything but major question is how to mill a saw on the top of a blade like the Beck WSK's
 
I would cut the teeth and set them with pliers and a blow torch (a la pulp fiction...)

I guess it would be best to normalize after that before the heat treat.
 
I would cut the teeth and set them with pliers and a blow torch
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I would think that would be pretty hard with something the thickness of a Beck WSK. They run at least 3/16, and more like 1/4" I think. Get enough heat into the tooth in order to move that thickness of metal I would expect a high risk of deforming the main blade. Just getting the set on the teeth would be better done using some kind of supporting tooling and maybe a punch and hammer.

If I were serious about working out how to put saw teeth on a knife (which I ain't 'cause I think it a daft idea) I would start by just working on some simple carbon steel bar stock of the right thickness. There have been a bunch of different tooth patterns that folk have used with varying degrees of success.

Bear in mind how the end user is going to be able to sharpen the teeth. That issue about set, or having the teeth cut a kerf that is wider than the blade stock is important if you don't want it to jam up. Most real saws are ground rather than milled which lends them to sharpening with the right stone or file.

Why do I think it a daft idea? Well, none of the attempts that I have had the chance to handle has been as useful as the saw on a Swiss Army Knife, much less something like a folding pruning saw, and having teeth on the spine has cut down on the other ways that the knife could be held and used for cutting.

ATB
Chris
 
Drill holes close to the spine and and file at an angle untill the hole is an U-shaped opening on the spine.
 
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