Knife from old files
About to try my first knife from old files. Videos I've seen, some heat treat file till it's not magnetic then shape it. Others show that they just start shaping a knife without the heat. I realize heat treating 1st should make shaping the steel easier. How many of you don't heat 1st and just start shaping a knife? I've been hitting yard sales and collecting a lot of files and a couple of hedge clippers to work with so I have a lot of material to play with for very little money. I know I'll be wasting a lot of steel in my learning process.
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