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    Member diana2's Avatar
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    Thank you all for good advise!
    I will try spot temper and then HSS drill first then Cobalt, see how that goes.
    Yes I used a grinder, so it is probably buggered..
    Try to get 1075 or 1084 steel and do heat treatment.
    Or maybe use a chisel to cut out template and keep the temps down?
    Picture added of first knife made from old saw blade, not sharpened yet.

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    Where do you fellow knife makers source your 1075, 1080 steel?
    Cheers
    Last edited by diana2; 25-08-2019 at 01:46 PM.
    veitnamcam, viper and rewa like this.
    Or you can stay within 300 yards and keep life a lot simpler.

 

 

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