From: Demhi*removethis*moss@gmail.com   
      
   I am trying to make a wooden spoon and I saw somewhere that bending a   
   piece of metal and sharpening it makes it easier to scoop out the bowl   
   portion of the spoon.   The problem is I don't have any metal I can do   
   that with.  I can't seem to find a cheap high carbon steel knife to   
   use.  All I have is a small Stainless Steel paring kife.   I would   
   like to heat the blade up and then bend it around a small metal pipe   
   so I get a "U" shaped bladed.   Then I would like to heat it up and   
   quence it, then anneal it.   My questions are:   
   1.) Can I do this with Stainless?   
   2.) Can I use propane as a heat source?   
   3.) Can I do it by heating it as hot and I can the first time and   
   eyeballing it the second time or do I need a way to measure the temp?   
   I think the first time I have to heat it untill the blade is no longer   
   magnetic?   The second heating to anneal it.....well I have no idea.   
      
   Any advice will be appreciated but know that in the end I'll still   
   wind up with a burnt and broken knife and a screwed up stick that will   
   probably end up as a back scratcher.   
   Thanks   
   Demhi   
      
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