How To Forge A Knife From A File. The file should simply “skate” like a piece of glass. If we've never done business before, i ask for 50% up front.
To test the blade for hardness, take a good file and try to cut the edge of your blade. File knives set of 2. If we've never done business before, i ask for 50% up front.
After the third heating, let it cool in the fire overnight.
After the third heating, let it cool in the fire overnight. Link to post share on other sites. In order to shape this file into a knife i first used a hack saw to remove the tang of the file and then used an angle grinder with a grinding wheel, and ground the file to a shape which i had drawn onto it. Anneal the knife by heating it to a red hot temperature 3 times.