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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2899315" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I made several Blades for a friend that was buying his blades and then making knifes.</p><p>I used Leaf springs from my 1969 camaro (I built a 4 link for it) I cut them out and then hammered them flat.</p><p></p><p>Then shaped them with a soft pad on a grinder..Then heated to cherry red and quenched in transmission fluid.</p><p>A file would not bite into the steel blade edge...Then clean and polish a bit and into the oven to temper it to a light straw color.. around 60C on hardness.</p><p></p><p>My buddy wanted some Tanto's I made some.. his first finished was the sharpest blade I ever felt.</p><p></p><p>He could not duplicate it!!!</p><p></p><p>How sharp ?? He said do not touch the blade..of course I did.. but took his work as gospel.</p><p>I gently placed my finger onto the blade and watched it go into my skin..I did not feel it!!!</p><p></p><p>So I touched it in another spot.. same deal would cut into the skin just by placing your finger onto it..Never felt anything that sharp.</p><p></p><p>It was done during polishing.. made for a very dangerous knife..Thing was he was not trying to sharpen it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2899315, member: 15054"] I made several Blades for a friend that was buying his blades and then making knifes. I used Leaf springs from my 1969 camaro (I built a 4 link for it) I cut them out and then hammered them flat. Then shaped them with a soft pad on a grinder..Then heated to cherry red and quenched in transmission fluid. A file would not bite into the steel blade edge...Then clean and polish a bit and into the oven to temper it to a light straw color.. around 60C on hardness. My buddy wanted some Tanto's I made some.. his first finished was the sharpest blade I ever felt. He could not duplicate it!!! How sharp ?? He said do not touch the blade..of course I did.. but took his work as gospel. I gently placed my finger onto the blade and watched it go into my skin..I did not feel it!!! So I touched it in another spot.. same deal would cut into the skin just by placing your finger onto it..Never felt anything that sharp. It was done during polishing.. made for a very dangerous knife..Thing was he was not trying to sharpen it. [/QUOTE]
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