steel question

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hirokatsu

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Hi im just curious but I would like to know how much steel does it take to forge a knife like for instance if you were going to make a small knife like lets say 8 inches overall length out of a high carbon steel like l6 or w1 what size of a bar of steel would you need to use.
 
There's more than that involved.
  • Is it full tang?
  • Is it hidden tang?
  • Is it through tang?
  • Will you be forging in a distal taper?
  • Will you be tapering a full tang?
  • How wide is the blade from edge to spine?
  • etc.

I can make an 8" hidden tang fillet knife (3-1/2" cutting edge) from a 5/8" ball bearing.

To make an 8" full tang hunting knife with about 1-1/2" width from cutting edge to spine, with no tapering of the blade or tang, I'd need about a 1-1/4" ball bearing. However, if I make that hunting knife longer and put a clip into it, such as a bowie style with a hidden tang, my 8" knife is now about a 14" knife out of the same 1-1/4" ball bearing.

There are a lot of variables that come into play.

Ickie
 
thanks scott the reason that I asked is because I have an old bar of w2 that I have no use for so I will get a knife made from it the bar is 1 inch wide and 10 inches long I just wanted to know about what size knife I could get out of it thanks.
 
Thickness of you bar stock as wella s length and width are all in consideration when forging, but you can make a hell of a knife out of 1 X 10 if the thickness is acceptable.
 
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