This video is interesting from a smithing perspective, but also very informative as it pertains to the various types of steel used to make knives.
It should make selecting your next knife simple and easy – depending on what properties you want your knife to possess.
In a survival situation, a dependable knife is imperative. Without one, your job of surviving is made incredibly harder.
Understanding the type of steel used in making a knife, however, is equally critical – like all tools, different knives perform different tasks and matching the type of steel to the task will make your job much easier.
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Craig Fox
Jeffrey Cain
Good watch
Ore about how it is heat treated and tempered, they all start dead soft.
Well done…Informative and honest… “Face it your first knife is gonna suck, no matter what you do”… You just suck… Wasn’t expecting that…Hahaha
Ann Mason
Stuart Mason….interesting
I use the big concrete saw blades that they throw away when the diamonds are gone for cutting concrete blocks, you can get 3 good blades perfect for skinning knives the steel is quite hard.
I toss mine in slabs and pour over them or just toss them in the dumpster. I never thought of using them again. Although when the diamonds wear off I’m pissed at that point cause I have to chase down another blade lol.
True, I go around and ask em to save them for me a few make it into the roll off so I dumpster dive too
Kahl Ravensfeather
Old files/rasps and saw blades work well. Chevy and Nissan leaf springs I know for sure are 5160 carbon steel and make a gorgeous blade or ax.
Dalton Reed
Wesley Rogers
All about the old$#%&!@*files.