https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964 Teaching the Ways and Means to Survive Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:53:52 -0400 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964&cpage=1#comment-1163 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:51:13 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964#comment-1163 rebar is not the best knife making steel….. think high carbon steal like a leaf spring from a car or a trailer….. heat it to a bright cheery red,,, then let it cool slowly ,,, stuck in a bucket of sand….. this will anneal the metal “make it soft”…. then with a grinder or hack saw,,, cut out your blade blank,,, file or grind it to the rough shape,,, then shape with finer abrasaves or files,,, then use a very hot flame to re heat the metal to a light straw color just under cheery red,, then quinch in used engine oil to set a new temper “hardness” to the metal…. that will make a useable knife blade, spear point,, tool…..

]]> https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964&cpage=1#comment-401 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:37:53 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964#comment-401 I’ll be honest… I don’t have blacksmithing experience, but I would love to hear from any blacksmith readers who have tried it. I’m thinking that it could work.

]]> https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964&cpage=1#comment-399 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:07:41 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964#comment-399 Does this also mean re-bar has a high carbon content and would be good for making knives?

]]> https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964&cpage=1#comment-379 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:04:27 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1964#comment-379 Awesome. I will have to try this

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