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nitche

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So I ordered some 25100 at .250 thickness by accident. I need like half that for my fillet and cutlery knives I am making. Any suggestions for this should i just sand it down (So much waste). What would you do in this situation. Looking at suggestions.
 
Put a swedge/false edge on the spines of your knives and then lower the cross section a bit (if you want). With that technique you could make stronger tips. by not grinding the spine near the tip.
 
nitche said:
So I ordered some 25100 at .250 thickness by accident. I need like half that for my fillet and cutlery knives I am making. Any suggestions for this should i just sand it down (So much waste).
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Perhaps you mean 52100?

In any case, forging it down to size would be no big deal for a smith. If you don't forge, grinding off .125"+ of steel just to get started is just plain crazy. 52100 is quite inexpensive as knife steel goes. It would be cheaper, probably faster, and definitely smarter to just set that aside for other projects and simply order the right size stock.
 
I would just mill it down but I'm guessing thats not an option for you... do you have a local machine shop that would cut it down for you?

As James said, Sanding that down would be a LOT of extra work especially if you don't have a good grinder set-up. Just put it aside and get another piece or try a different project.
 
I have a grizzly 2x72. I going to run up to the depot and try get a bandsaw blade and cut it in half with that. That would be awesome if it does work. its 48" long so will cut it down to each knife length. Should be interesting.
 
Simple. Make an overbuilt, extreme, "professional grade," tactico-survival fillet knife for "operators only."

Put it on the exchange here. I'm saying at about $725. It will sell so fast it will make your head spin. :thumbup:
 
marcinek said:
Simple. Make an overbuilt, extreme, "professional grade," tactico-survival fillet knife for "operators only."

Put it on the exchange here. I'm saying at about $725. It will sell so fast it will make your head spin. :thumbup:
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Must provide proof = tactical picture with beard. lol:thumbup:
 
marcinek said:
Simple. Make an overbuilt, extreme, "professional grade,"tactico-survival fillet knife for "operators only."

Put it on the exchange here. I'm saying at about $725. It will sell so fast it will make your head spin. :thumbup:
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LOL! awesome.
 
nitche said:
I have a grizzly 2x72. I going to run up to the depot and try get a bandsaw blade and cut it in half with that. That would be awesome if it does work. its 48" long so will cut it down to each knife length. Should be interesting.
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Wait a second..you are going to try and cut it down the center to make 2 pieces at 1/8 thick x whatever width?

that's begging for a trip to the ER in my opinion. There is going to be so much wrong with it, you will end up throwing both pieces in the trash IF you make it through.

Save yourself the time, money and frustration and buy what you need. Chalk it up to a learning experience.
 
nitche said:
I have a grizzly 2x72. I going to run up to the depot and try get a bandsaw blade and cut it in half with that. That would be awesome if it does work. its 48" long so will cut it down to each knife length. Should be interesting.
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It's not April 1st... Is it???

Even if a shop had a Roll-In saw, an appropriate blade, and proper set-up... this would be a complete wasted effort. You'd end up with two bars that would both need surfacing on on the cut side, and would yield somewhere around 0.085 thick stock when all said and done. Not to mention a few hundred bucks worth of shop time.

Home Depot has nothing that would help in this situation. :)
 
nitche said:
So I ordered some 25100 at .250 thickness by accident. I need like half that for my fillet and cutlery knives I am making. Any suggestions for this should i just sand it down (So much waste). What would you do in this situation. Looking at suggestions.
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When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When your supplier hands you quarter-inch thick 52100, make choppers. :D
 
LOL, I am just going to make some insane machete type knife... I'll have to figure out what its called should be pretty awesome.
 
I'm sure you could return it to your supplier if you explain your error. Where did you buy it from?
 
NickWheeler said:
It's not April 1st... Is it???

Even if a shop had a Roll-In saw, an appropriate blade, and proper set-up... this would be a complete wasted effort. You'd end up with two bars that would both need surfacing on on the cut side, and would yield somewhere around 0.085 thick stock when all said and done. Not to mention a few hundred bucks worth of shop time.

Home Depot has nothing that would help in this situation. :)
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I would love to see the reaction from the shop folks when this was asked for though!
 
you could trade it for some stock that is the right thickness or just buy new stock and keep the old stuff, I have never heard of someone saying they have too much steel.
 
zhyla said:
There are some kitchen knives where 1/4" spines are called for. Yanagiba and deba knives are some examples.
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Sorry 1/4 is not nearly thick enough for a proper deba and it is still too thick for a yanagiba but not a whole lot.

best bet is to do as planned and make choppers out of this and order some 1/8th for your kitchen knives.
 
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