SpudFiles

hey everyone

just thought i would show you what i have done so far on my knife that iv started making out of a file

not going to go into much detail just yet, if you have any questions/tips i would love to hear them, anyways here are some pictures of it so far

Edit: or going by the order of the photos, this is how i made a file out of a knife -_-

looks bloody great man, what did you use to use to grind the blade?

the file pattern make it look like carbon fibre.

edit: lol kinda contradictory of your sig.

ilovefire wrote:just thought i would show you what i have done so far on my knife that iv started making out of a file

That looks *really* good!

I hope you leave the original file markings, it's a brilliant effect!

or going by the order of the photos, this is how i made a file out of a knife -_-

lolol

always upload in order that you want them to appear.

Crna Legija wrote:looks bloody great man, what did you use to use to grind the blade?

cheers, so far iv just been using an angle grinder, but theres still a lot to go and am thinking i might try a belt sander to get it nice and even

Crna Legija wrote:edit: lol kinda contradictory of your sig.

ha ha funny you picked that up because i was thinking the exact same thing just before i posted this

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:That looks *really* good!

I hope you leave the original file markings, it's a brilliant effect!

thanks, and yes, i will be leaving the markings, and have even got some of them on the back of the blade

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:always upload in order that you want them to appear.

ill keep that in mind for next time

Looking good so far Hoidling did it take to do that much?

Survival knife by accident.

Wonderful!

Haha!!

You could still launch it you know....

Gun Freak wrote: how long did it take to do that much?

not exactly sure how long that took must have taken a couple hours or so, then add a few more to that to get it to where it is now

Brian the brain wrote:You could still launch it you know....

good idea ........... wait!, no, terrible idea



i have pretty much got it ready for heat treating now, just have to drill some holes inn the handle for the rivets that will hold the grips on.

dosent really look much different but i still got a couple more photos for you's

that look awesome really top notch work.

drilling holes in its gonna be hard if it still hardened have you Annealing it yet?

Crna Legija wrote:that look awesome really top notch work.

drilling holes in its gonna be hard if it still hardened have you Annealing it yet?

thanks, yea i did that before i started the knife otherwise i would have given up a long time ago.

nice!

yes, files have very high carbon content (around 1.5% ) so withouth annealing it would be pain to work with.

i hope you are planning to do differential heat treatment

jakethebeast wrote:i hope you are planning to do differential heat treatment

yea of cause...... just ah, what is differential heat treatment?

Basically manipulating the quenching/tempering process so that various parts of the blade have different hardness.
If your cutting edge is hard the back portion can be considerably softer so the blade is a bit more resilient overall.
The simplest way for a one step process is to heat the blade red hot and then quench the beveled edge and tip and then take it out of the water and allow the residual heat in the upper portion to draw the temper of the cutting edge so that it isn't glass hard.
It's as much art as science. If you don't overheat the blade you can get a couple of tries without burning the carbon out of the steel.
When you think you have it right you can test the edges with a file and hone and see just where you ended up
Lots of info online about the process but a basic approach can give you a very adequate blade..

ilovefire wrote:

jakethebeast wrote:i hope you are planning to do differential heat treatment

yea of cause...... just ah, what is differential heat treatment?

Think katana...

Shame you're going to add a handle, I really like the "file" look. Guess that makes me a fileophile

Better than a honeophobe.