will an old nichelson rasp work. i bought it at lowes a long time ago for bow making. it didn;t stay sharp long, so i was wondering. its half round on one side and less coarse flat on the other side. might be lots of shaping and grinding. I am looking to make a simple 3-5 knife as a starter in knives.
Sulpher,
Are you going to forge the blade? If so, I think you can use the file. If not, the grinding to shape will probably lose all of the teeth on one side. So, it really depends. If I was going to try to "stock remove", I would start with a flat file/rasp, because I would try to use the file teeth as part of the look. Lin
nah, was not considering anything that fancy yet. just flatening both side after annealing.