> >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   
      
   {snipped silly stuff about stailess steel and heat treating LOL}   
   > Cheers,   
   > Schweik   
      
   Try it with some stainless steel and see what you get. xD You   
   prob'ly can't get it hot enough. Stainless steel tends to be   
   very heat resistant.   
      
   Bending a really thin carbon steel blade that way without heating   
   it could work. If heating it enough to make it glow the metal will   
   be dead soft and made not be able to make even a single cut. :/   
      
   Want toget into it any further just say so. :D   
      
   Alvin in AZ   
      
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