And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I have two Anzas and they are tits. Nice thick blades and stay sharp a while. I have used them for skinning and capeing whitetail as well as cutting carpet. Due to the high carbon, they do not stay nice and shiny, but they are tools.
I make knives from files. I dont ever leave the rasps on, I forge them out. Old files are made of really good steel, great for knife making. New files are cheap chinese rubbish, they are made of nasty cheap alloys, and then given a superficial surface hardening, they wear out fast and are best thrown away. Old sheffield steel files are my preference. I am sure that the old US made files will also be made of good steel.
File steel is awesome. I had a neighbor who used to pull large bearing races at junkyards. He would cut it and then straighten it out on the anvil. After he was done with it, he had a very nice knife.
Very interesting treatment of the blades.
ReplyDeleteANZA knives, in California of all places!, produce this style of knives, haven't bought one yet, but they seem to be excellent.
ReplyDeleteI have two Anzas and they are tits. Nice thick blades and stay sharp a while. I have used them for skinning and capeing whitetail as well as cutting carpet. Due to the high carbon, they do not stay nice and shiny, but they are tools.
DeleteFarriers wear out horseshoe rasps by the dozen. The steel is strong, hard, and susceptible to tempering.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that last knife, where you can tell it was a rasp/file. Not my thing.
ReplyDeleteI make knives from files. I dont ever leave the rasps on, I forge them out. Old files are made of really good steel, great for knife making. New files are cheap chinese rubbish, they are made of nasty cheap alloys, and then given a superficial surface hardening, they wear out fast and are best thrown away. Old sheffield steel files are my preference. I am sure that the old US made files will also be made of good steel.
ReplyDeleteFile steel is awesome. I had a neighbor who used to pull large bearing races at junkyards. He would cut it and then straighten it out on the anvil. After he was done with it, he had a very nice knife.
Deletea pretty lady in a forge.
ReplyDeleteCheese graters!
ReplyDeleteI made an 20" blade Arkansas toothpick out of an old file years ago. I could not get the blade to shine so I ended up doing a gun blue on it.
ReplyDeleteI get using file steel for blades.
ReplyDeleteBut not working out the rasp ridges afterwards is retarded. Or lazy.