What kind of steel?

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Not for sure if this is in the wrong place or not, if it is I apologize now. What kind of steel did schrade use in their Uncle Henry folders? I have an old 3 blade folder that's handle has since seen to much handle abuse. Is what I would like to do is weld a ful tang on it and make a fixed blade. I know that it sounds kind of dumb but I think that it would be kinda fun to try
 
Welcome to Shop Talk.

Which folder? They made a lot of types.
Many are stainless, others are carbon steel.

Welding on a tang and making a fixed blade knife isn't likely to work well at all. There are problems with steel match, weld type, re-heat treatment, and blade thickness....plus you will still have to shape the new tang (without ruining the blade) and handle it.

It would be smarter to use the existing blade as a pattern, and take a piece of 1084 or CPM154 and make a new fixed blade with the exact shape blade. You will have to do the same amount of work either way, but welding on a tang is almost surely doomed to failure.


For those who may think of chiming in with, "No problem, if you heli-arc it with 10Xab97 rod and re-temper at 423.9° it can be done." consider that if he had that ability and equipment, he wouldn't have asked the question.
 
bladsmth said:
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For those who may think of chiming in with, "No problem, if you heli-arc it with 10Xab97 rod and re-temper at 423.9° it can be done." consider that if he had that ability and equipment, he wouldn't have asked the question.
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Stacy
That is beautiful!

Thank you for the pre-emptive strike. I have done pretty much that weld on customer's fencing sword blade tangs (I have certain customers who buy really expensive blades, put them in cheap structurally compromised hilts and wonder why their tangs break) and I have also fixed a stainless knife that snapped at the tang junction for someone who was absolutely attached to their knife. You are absolutely correct that it takes more experience than the average bear and some pretty good welding equipment and techniques to pull it off, and you will never have as good a joint as you really want (and no I will not weld a tang onto a stranger's blade for them, too much liability if it fails and they somehow get hurt)

-Page

P.S. Stacy was absolutely correct that if you like the blade shape use it as a pattern to make a new one

welcome to Shop Talk
 
Thank you for that smale strike on the head bringing me back to reality that sounds a lot moresimple. I have read on here that Aldo has some really good stuff could I get his website? Thank you
 
Aldo Bruno said:
The older knives were 1095. They used to temper them in lead down to about 55 RC.
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No wonder they don't hold an edge any longer than they do. I've owned a number of them over the years.

But IIRC the "Uncle Henry" line is stainless, the Schrade "Old Timer" line must be the 1095 you're referring to.
 
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