Making a knife from a 10 inch table saw blade

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Here is how I make a knife from a table saw blade.

I went through my stash of saw blades. I don’t have a shortage of them. I use the ones without carbide teeth so I know the whole blade is made of good steel.



This is going to be a drop point skinner blade out of a .08 think 10 inch circular saw blade. A file told me it was good and hard





I used the Dremmel tool to cut the knife out of the saw blade.


With a little grinding and polishing, it cleans up well.



To add a little bit of style to the knife, I used a round chainsaw file on the backbone of the blade. I didn’t go very deep.



I then used gun bluing on the file work and then polished away everything but what was in the grooves. I think it adds a nice touch to the look of the blade.







In order to drill the pin holes, I needed to soften the steel. I used a MAP gas tourch and slowly heated the tang.

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Then I drilled the holes.



I cleaned up the blade again and added the bevel.



At this point you can either put a handle on the knife or heat threat it to get the knife even harder than it already is. If the steel is already good and hard, I may leave it alone. On some knives I will heat treat.

I like to use exotic woods or antler for the handles. This wood is called bloodwood.



A couple other saw balde knives. All from 10 inch table saw blades that aer .080 thick.

With an Ipe handle



With an antler and wlanut handle



With a Cocobolo handle



For bigger knives, I use bigger saw blades like concrete cutting saw blades that are 2 feet in Dia. and an 1/8" thick.