Beautiful “Rasp File Knife”

Beautiful “Rasp File Knife” AG WORLD What do you do with an old flat file or rasp bar that’s worn out? Convert it into a beautiful knife says Gregory Korner Sr He recently sent FARM SHOW photos of an 11 1/2-in long knife made from an old 12-in flat rasp bar from a farrier shop The teeth on the rasp bar show through on the sides of the knife The file was originally 1/4 in thick Ben Summey the man who made the knife for Korner had ground it down 12 1/2 thousandths of an inch on each side in order to smoothen out the rasp “teeth” “It takes a lot of grinding work with some serious grinding wheels to do the job but when you’re done you have a knife that will stay sharp and is super tough ” says Korner Summey detempers the entire file by heating it up and letting it air cool He drills holes into the file handle and fastens a wood or stag antler handle onto it Then he uses a belt sander to shape the blade He also puts a mirror polish on the knife using a bench grinder that he converted into a buffer Summey says he has made and sold 15 ‘rasp file knives’ so far with one of them now being used by a U S soldier in Iraq “It’s a big bowie knife with tiny rivets in an oak handle The blade is 3/8 in thick ” He makes the knives in back of a local plumbing shop that his grandpa used to own “I have a workbench there that I use just for making knives I use a handheld belt sander to do most of the grinding ” says Summey Summey says he finds old files or rasp bars at flea markets and yard sales that sell for as low as $3 He charges anywhere from $125 to $225 per knife depending on the knife size and complexity of design Korner makes leather sheaths for any knife that Summey sells for an additional $35 Summey and Korner say they’d both like to hear from anyone willing to sell their old files at a reasonable price You can check out Summey’s work by going to facebook com/search/top/?q=BEN%27S%20ACES Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ben Summey cell ph 765 309-6736; tophatand45@yahoo com or Gregory C Korner Sr 6020 Lookout Rd Brookville Ind 47012 ph 765 647-6314; lookoutmntrr@wildblue net

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