crossthread
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2004
- Location
- Richmond,VA,USA
My grandson wants to make a knife from scratch and he asked me to help him a bit. I am not a knife maker so I have never had to make any decisions about what type of steel to use. My question is, would a parting blade make a good blade for a knife? It already has a bit of taper which should cut down on the labor. It can also be ground until pretty darn hot and not lose edge holding qualities. HSS is some pretty tough stuff but not sure if it would make a good knife for a young boy. Thanks.