Silverado6x6 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I'm new here, I'm in Alaska and thinking about some hobby knife making, where I work as a fabricator and mechanic I have access to some really tough steels that we use inside like concrete batch plant mixing machines, also is mold boxes used to make concrete block, and what we call "breakup" guns, large air tool chisels that have these really tough bits, I have reground the tips quite often for my workers and can say they give off some nice snowflake sparks, they do however don't like side pressure on them and so I have a bucket of these broken shoulder bits, they are usually at leat 10" long and I think 3/4" round, some are bigger yet. I was wondering what specifically to look for in a good steel, off hand I am willing to experiment wrapping chainsaw chain around these and hammer welding it into a billet for knives. Either that or stick weld 8018 rod, I do have lots of hardfacing rod. I have also some incredibly tough near impossible to bend truck tire mounting tools, I think this steel could make a good strong spine for a knife as well if not a sword. Also I have a good collection of brass bushings and lots of large roller bearings. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short swing Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Im sure most of it is good steel. Your bearings are super High carbon. worth a knife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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