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Old 02-10-2019, 06:59 PM
jimmontg jimmontg is offline
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I'm interested, was it a steel cutting saw blade?

High speed or slow speed? Reason I ask is most steel cutting saw blades tend to be S5 or S7 steel and are workable without special tooling like carbide drill bits. But if it was a slow speed cold saw it may not anneal easily because those blades are made of the M2 style steels. Was the saw blade a blued color and almost black? If it was you may have some super hard steel that's not easy to work. I'm just interested to know, professional curiosity. Also like if it was a wood cutting blade you're lucky it's hard enough to make a knife with as there is no telling what it's made from then. Saw blades, especially circular ones are mystery steel and can run from cheap 1045 type steel to the "S" series steels and the "M" types. Oh and the ones with carbide teeth soldered on my be low carbon steel and not suitable for a knife at all.
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