Edger blade Knife Build-A-long

[Talin342]

How well does the blade hold and edge?  In your opinon is the blade mild steel or something more along the lines of 1080?

[knightd]

Nugget I don't got you one of these but I got you a little something.. 

Thanks Hillbilly.. Give them a try I think you will be surprised at how easy it is to get a good knife out of them..

Talin342 .  I ain't much on the # of different steel.. But I can say that it holds an edge fairly well.. I have skinned a few hogs and deer with them and they held up well. when you cut through them with the dremal there will be a paper thin piece or to still attached and you can just bend it at that thickness then after you bend it it will snap off instead of just bending back and forth..

[Badbill]

The feel of it is more like tool steel than the softer stainless steel. Its not impossible to file, but its hard steel. I'd say it has a rockwell of about 55 to 60.

[taoist]

Great knife & great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Tao

[rover brewer]

very nice work, you can also stop by a lawn mower repair place and ask if they have some old blades I did and the guy gave me all I wanted.

[stickbender]

     Nice!  But I hate to see handle the unwrapped blade, on the sander   It could grab a hold of it, and slice and dice, and even throw it at you......   Nice build along thanks.  I have a edger blade that I found in the road, that I picked up just for that purpose, and almost the same design, just never got around to making it. 

                                                                                  Wayne

[Stoker]

bump for Adam

[Adam]

Thanks! Great information!

[Trapper Rob]

Nice knife now I'm going to the hardware store.
Rob

[Tortoise]

That's really neat! I wanna  make one now. Was the steel pre-heat treated?