Sharpened prybar

[princerobin]

Howdy folks,

Was cruising the tool isle at the Canadian Tire store and noticed that they had flatbars on sale for $5, so I snagged a couple and here is the result....

It's about 9.25" long with a 4.5" blade, canvas micarta handles. Its got a flat grind with a convex edge, stainless tube rivets. The stock is just over 3/16ths thickness...

I wasn't sure what steel they're made out of so I treated it as 5160.
Austenized at 1525 f and quenched in warm oil. Came out at what I guess is rockwell 56-57, my good axe file will just bite it. Just tempered it at 250 to stress relieve it.

My initial impressions are good, really like the convex edge (my first). Hacked through a 2x4 and some hard maple with little trouble and the blade still shaves..

Thanks for looking

 

[Robert Mayo]

I shop C.T.quite a bit and spend a lot of time in the tool section around the steel rack, i get pin material from the same rack. I have never seen any tool or high carbon steel in C.T..All the steel in those racks are mild steel.

 

[princerobin]

Ooops, I guess I wasn't too clear,

By flatbar I didn't mean the flat stock of mild steel, I mean the pry bars used to pull nails and molding in renovations specifically these;

I really wonder what steel they're made of. I use one at work (renovations) and they are really tough, I hammer on them and pry with them for hours on end, I've only broken one in the last few years....

 

[Robert Mayo]

Lmao sorry Robin my mistake. As to the steel make up in those bars it could be any type of spring steel. Nice design do you do any forging or just stock removal.
Bob

 

[Jeff Clark]

I bet it would make a pretty good throwing knife.

Thanks, somebody needed to make a literal sharpened prybar.