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Offline bubby

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Forged wrench knife
« on: June 17, 2018, 11:24:50 pm »
I beat this out and finished it today, it's an old broken wrench that I made practicing on my forge. I clayed it and heat treated/tempered and then I did a wire wheel finish on the whole thing. I'm going to give it to my Dad, man has spent half his life with a wrench in his hand and he needs a new blade to cut the bale twine when he's feeding, 83 years old and still working 😉
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Offline Pappy

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 07:57:55 am »
Got love that, I have also, may try and make me one of those. Love it. Pappy
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 07:58:57 am »
Nice theme knife.. He'll love it
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2018, 10:01:28 am »
Very cool
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2018, 10:52:28 am »
Anybody seen my 15/16ths open end wrench lying around?

Nice work Bub.

Offline KHalverson

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2018, 05:54:08 pm »
very nice.

ive been gonna try that but haven't found the right wrench yet.
looks like it got good and hard.

Offline bubby

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2018, 06:12:00 pm »
It did Kevin, it was a old forged made in USA wrench I got for a buck I did a 2 sec warm water quench then put it in oil, but you use superquench right. I know your stuff gets hard
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Offline bubby

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2018, 06:12:23 pm »
Thanks everyone
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Offline KHalverson

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2018, 06:33:57 pm »
It did Kevin, it was a old forged made in USA wrench I got for a buck I did a 2 sec warm water quench then put it in oil, but you use superquench right. I know your stuff gets hard

mostly goop from the $50 knife shop
that's what I use to get my hamons.
I warm it till it liquifes.
but I do use superquench on lower carbon content steels like mower blades and rail road spikes.

Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2018, 12:39:00 am »
That is cool!  Dad will like it, I'm sure!
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Offline trail walker

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2018, 06:03:49 pm »
That's an awesome knife! And I hope I am still feeding cows at 85!

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2018, 07:08:33 pm »
First off, it doesn't surprise me the ol' boy is still working. Secondly, that's a cool knife and perfect for cutting strings.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #12 on: June 19, 2018, 10:48:25 pm »
First off, it doesn't surprise me the ol' boy is still working. Secondly, that's a cool knife and perfect for cutting strings.
Thanks Chris, hardest working man I've ever known
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2018, 06:51:59 am »
Knife is cool and yet another example of Mr Bubs turning trash into treasure.
What's MUCH cooler is the love/respect it represents.
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

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Re: Forged wrench knife
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2018, 12:57:43 pm »
Cool knife Paul.