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Title: steel
Post by: Ricky Wallace on May 15, 2011, 09:18:00 PM

I picked up a piece of flat steel at Lowes,ground it out to suit my purpose but it seems pretty soft,,if I heat it in a fire and dump it in water quickly,will that harden it up? Its just a knife to have in the boat,nothing fancy.  Thanks

Title: Re: steel
Post by: DANA HOLMAN on May 15, 2011, 09:23:00 PM

Ricky
The steel you get from lowes or homedepot, is all mild steel, it will not get hard, you can buy some knife steel fairly cheep most under 10.00
dana

Title: Re: steel
Post by: Ricky Wallace on May 15, 2011, 09:58:00 PM

I didnt know that,,,now I do!  Thanks I made a couple of file knives a while back,Maybe ill stick with those for now.