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Originally Posted by Ray Rogers
You're obviously new to this so for that reason as much as anything else I would say .250 thickness in your blade stock is far too much. Very few knives are made that thick and for good reason - they don't cut well. And there is no need for steel that thick to make the blade 'stronger' if that's what you're thinking, a proper heat treatment will do that. Get .125 or .187 stock depending on the knife you want to make.
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Is this still true since i forge my blanks and have to grind out hammer marks. Some of the material is drawn into the blade and some is ground away. I lose a fair amount to the forge and the file???