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Seth
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posted 07-25-2005 08:30 PM
   
I want to take down a knife for the blade then mount that in a ballock handle, if that makes sense..
 Would the blade here do?
It is carbon steel and the whole weapon is 15 inch. Thankyou. -------------------- Yeah, I got nothing for this..
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Seth
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posted 07-25-2005 09:08 PM
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If you don't have a forge you could grind down an old chisel or rasp and re-temper.
Heh, as i said in a previous postm im REALLY new to this, besides i live in a 3rd floor flat. People would get uppity about loud banging. I have neither forge, not chisel, nor and tools beyond basic DIY. is why i was looking into an existing blade to bastardise. -------------------- Yeah, I got nothing for this..
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Seth
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posted 07-25-2005 10:11 PM
Ye gods, sounds liek fun , however you would have to show me
'this is the metal, watch out, metal hot, hot = burny, this is hammer, hammer make hot metal into dagger, this is fire, fire= burny, but make metal hot for hammer'
Well maybe not that bad, but id have literally no idea where to start.
at all.-------------------- Yeah, I got nothing for this..
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Woodcrafter
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posted 07-26-2005 06:13 PM
That is a nice bayonet. The blade is quite different from a medieval double edged knife. It would take alot of work to make it what you want. Same goes for an old file. It is hell getting the teeth marks out of the file, though I have seen it done. I would suggest talking to the local steel manufacturer or car spring manufacturer and ordering 5 dollars worth of high carbon steel from them already 'annealed'. Annealed will allow you to easily file it to shape as well as cut it with a hand saw with a metal cutting blade. Once it shaped as you want, then find a local blacksmith association and drop in to use their forge and ask them how best to temper it. Depending on the metal is what colour heat to bring it too. The spring or metal company that sells it to you, should also provide a temperature that it should be tempered at. The blacksmiths should have a handy chart of 'colours' to temperature. Good luck.[ 07-26-2005: Message edited by: Woodcrafter ] -------------------- Woodcrafter
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