Stony Broke
32 Cal.
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Every now and then I get the urge and make up a handful of steels for some of the local club members here. I take some pretty good sized files, and break them up into 3 or 4 inch pieces. A good file will break easily...just put it in a vise with a few inches sticking up from the top, and whack it with a hammer (then you go pick up the piece across the room). I grind down the edges to get rid of all the teeth of the file and smooth up those areas pretty good with a sanding wheel. I heat the steels to a nice dark red color, and drop them into cool water to harden them up even more....plain old brittle is pretty good. Never have had a problem with getting some really good sparkers this way.
I don't know much about types of steels, but the files do a good job..
I don't know much about types of steels, but the files do a good job..