How Do You Make A Guthook Knife From An Old Saw Blade?
Old saw blades can be recycled into knives if you have the right equipment and enough time. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to make a guthook knife out of a saw blade from start to finish. Only experts should attempt to carry out these steps, since working with sharp edges and power tools can be very dangerous without proper training and experience. • Sit down with a pencil and paper and draw out the pattern that you want. When the pattern has been decided on, cut it out and trace it onto a stiffer paper. You can use cardboard or file folders. • Trace it onto the sawblade. • Use a dremel tool with the carbon fiber heavy duty disks to cut it out. The light duty will work, but you might go through a half a pack of them cutting out one blade. A better option is to use the reinforced disks. They cost more but are well worth it. You can cut 4 or 5 blades with just 1 of these cutting disks. • Clean it up on the bench grinder, and since this is a guthook, use a chainsaw file to g
