So... what the heck is this??? I found 5 of'em

looks to me like a cutting edge for a snow plow of some type.
 
I agree, looks like a snow plow or road grader blade. I used some years ago and was told by another maker it was 1095. I made damascus out of it and it worked and etched like 1095. I now only use steel that I know, makes life alot easier :) no bad suprises :confused:

Don Hanson
 
It is definately the cutting edge of of some piece of machinery. I sell heavy equipment, and I had my service manager find out what kind of steel our cutting edges were made of. It was something I had never heard of before, when I asked around it the consensus was they were no good for knives.
I'll see if I can find out exactly what types of steel they were, on monday.
Kyle FUglesten
 
I found a couple of those in the scrap heap at our local transfer station. I grabbed one thinking I could use it for something in the future. Nothing is cooler than a big huge piece of steel.
 
That is the blade off of a front-end loader

We use them at work. The holes are where the bolts go. This is placed onto the lower end of the loader's large blade to protect the rest of the blade from the road. They are made to get beat up and scratched.

They are not made to break, so I just dont know what thpe of knife that would make because they are a steel that is not made to break so they must be a strong yet soft steel.

In the book KNIFE TALK there is a photo of a something made from this type of steel.

I have been looking at the left over loader blades for years and questioning if they would make a good blade or not. They are so big that it would be a lot of work , to only learn they will not work out...

I will be paying attention to what you learn here...
 
They could be 1084, or 1095, or 1070, or s-7, or, or, or?

They only way to realy know is to send a piece off for testing, I've never done it but Crucible offers the service on there steel for around 10$, maybe they would check a piece?

I know of one knifemaker that sent a piece of grader blade off and it checked out as 1084, but he has a press and could make short work of thick metal. Of course each blade would have to be tested as one might be one thing and anouther anouther. Similar to the way some springs are 1095, some 1084 and some 5160.

I perfer to buy known steel, but am not above scraping, and if it's getting hard to get 1084 and that's your steel of choice, it might be worth it to you to have it tested to find out.

Good luck
 
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