Thread: Boker made from a file.

he replied back, embarassed, said he just didn't know. it happens. lots of things out there I know nothing about.

Red

Originally Posted by Big Red

he replied back, embarassed, said he just didn't know. it happens. lots of things out there I know nothing about.

Red

The humorist Will Rogers once said,"We are all of us ignorant, just on different subjects".

Thats all you need is an old file.Man!,Im getting out both my files and starting production on my own line of razors right now! Move aside Lynn,here I come.

That's all Spazola needs!

I knew a guy who claimed that he made knives from files. He told me that he annealed them by covering them with lime and then ground and heat treated them. Randydance has made a couple of razors from files recently as well as from tool steel. Here is a post and the first pic shows one made from a file.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I knew a guy who claimed that he made knives from files.

Forging knife blades from files is quite common. Decent steel for knifemaking.

Gareth

I in the childhood did knifes from files too.=)

Originally Posted by manah

I in the childhood did knifes from files too.=)

I did the same thing, it was absolutey crude and somewhat laughable, but it worked, until my dumbass cousin got it stuck into a stump and broke it trying to get it out.

Originally Posted by manah

I in the childhood did knifes from files too.=)

Same here. We also made some crooked knives for carving wood.

I just purchased a pair of old razors from ebay, a Wade and Butcher and a Grand 20. Anyway, the seller refered to the barbers notch as 'a little chip on the front of the blade edge'
At least I hope thats what he was refering to.