Originally Posted by
ogorir
I missed that it was stainless until after welderdude asked what series it was. unfortunately, you can't really harden 300 series stainless. marstenic stainless can be hardened, though. wikipedia lists 17-4ph as an option, but my guess is that it's going to be incredibly expensive.
I was looking at using o-1 oil hardening tool steel blanks the last time I looked at making a knife. I didn't pull the trigger on that project, so I can't tell you how it worked out. I'd be inclined to go tool steel for any knife, but having used a set of (nice quality) stainless kitchen knives, I personally think they're about useless.
Throwing knives are a lot of fun! I should make a couple of them to keep the squirrels in check. now that it's finally rained, they're everywhere.
