McMaster Carr still sells carbon steel hacksaw blades. They are coated in paint
and heavily decorated. I'll strip some and see what is underneath. That and cut
a blade up for marking knives and scratch stock blades. We'll see how it goes.

Jeff

> On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:47 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 10/23/2014 3:27 PM, Chuck Taylor wrote:
>> Ron Harper talked about what to use for a cutter for a marking gauge. Here's
a picture of a marking knife I made from an ordinary hacksaw blade. The handle
is cherry, and I used cutler's rivets from Lee Valley.
>> 
>> http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Marking
KnifeScaled.jpg">http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10215/Ma
rkingKnifeScaled.jpg
>> 
>> The blade is thin and flexible, and has a single bevel. It works well in
tight spaces.
> I knew there was a good reason for me to save those old unimetal hacksaw
blades!
> 
> Don
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