CruForge V Supplier Found

[tito]

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, so sorry if it's old news (I looked around here, but didn't find anything). I got an email from S B Specialty Metals yesterday about a sale on CruForge V. They used to be one of the Crucible Service Centers. Anyway, I asked if they were going to continue stocking it, and was told they had plenty and material to make more if they needed. That didn't exactly answer my question, but if anyone is looking, they have it on sale now:

Cruforge V current sale prices:
1.125 rd x 12 ft r/l $3.13/lb
1/4 x 1 x 12 ft r/l $4.68/lb
1/4 x 1.25 x 12 ft r/l $4.46/lb
1/4 x 2 x 12 ft r/l $3.60/lb

http://www.sbsm.com/

 

[Matthew Gregory]

Awesome steel. If they had any sense they'd be working through Aldo Bruno to get it out to us...

I've got 5 blades in various states of finish steps in this steel, and it's incredible how much more wear resistant it is in comparison to most other forging steels... makes any of the simple carbon steels feel like a cakewalk to finish! I had to switch to different sandpapers to get a hand finish on it, as the regular shop rolls hardly touch it.

 

[Aldo Bruno]

Hey Matt,
You came up at the meeting with Niagara today along with the Cru- Forge V. Tito is right. Scott has loads of it.
Aldo