Nail puller
BUTCHER KNIFE
Stock: Spring steel, 7⁄8 × 1⁄16 in. × 9 ins. long.
Butcher knife detail
The spring steel used for carving knives or any steel used for that purpose should be a grade that will harden in oil just hard enough to feel a mill-cut file cut the steel. Cut the stock off 9 ins. and forge the shank first. On this size steel this forging of the shank consists in reducing the thickness of the material and widening it about 1⁄16 in. to 2 ins. in length. This tends to toughen the steel, and it makes a better knife by this extra work.
Butcher knives