/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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I've made serrated bread knives in the past, but never really made the leap to an actual saw blade as there really wasn't anything I could feasibly do with one that was worth the time/money.
What I have thought about recently was making a hunters trousse with a small bone/horn saw on it for work in the field making whole animals into smaller bits of animal, so I'll keep that it mind. My original thought was just to do some serrations with a triangular diamond file and a fairly tight pitch of about 12-15 points per inch (think thats how they're measured) so its kind of like a hacksaw blade... a very classy hacksaw!

Finished up one of the N690 blades with a wire-wrap handle (304SS and Brass)
Not inordinately happy with the ability to polish N690, it does get 'fairly shiny' but not the true mirror finish I was thinking of.it getting, but that may just be down to what I've got to work with rather than the steel itself. For a little workhorse knife anyway it doesn't matter if its a mirror, some gronk will just bin it in a washtub and scratch it to shit!
What I was happy with though was the stain resistance, basically no rust even when abused to shit, swimming in all kinds of nasty crap in my workshop, left for a couple of days wet and abused and it simply just doesn't give a fuck.
It also gets scalpel sharp, like outrageously keen to the point you'll fillet yourself doing the arm hair test- doesn't hold it for ages like some other steels but it sharpens/re-hones very easily as well.

So, I'd call it a 'compromised success'
Some good points, an excellent point and a couple of not-great but ok points in there