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I hesitate to post this in knife-making, as I know it's only a KSO. But it was fun to make a knife out of a 3/4 ball bearing. No heat treat and still have to put a sharp edge on it. The handle is an outback timber known as conkerberry. It might pass as a letter opener.

 

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21 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

Good knife material; with a good heat treat it would be a knife.  Make a dozen and use them as steak knives.

Yes, I understood it to be good material. I have read a lot about heat treating, but it remains an area of the art in which I have little confidence. There are so many differing opinions and variables to consider. It would be nice to have the opportunity to watch first hand how the experts do it.

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3 minutes ago, Steve Sells said:

if you dont try it you will never get it

Or as we say in my line of work, "Not asking is the same as a No."

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Heat treat varies---sometimes a *LOT* from alloy to alloy so you would be hunting for someone using the same alloy as you are---or just follow the rules for that alloy *exactly* and bake your cake/////I mean heat treat your knife.

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