I finley found a W2 Supplier

but your so good at it and i know the post office will miss you if you stop going in to visit them.
 
My PO needs a break, close to 500 boxes of W2 through the door.

I'm trying to switch over to shipping Walnut, it doesn't weight as much ;)
 
Just a follow up to Jarod's list of sizes.

My attitude is that stock removal W2 is for clay coating and hamons. Otherwise why grind it?

Given that: My impression is that you probably want a fairly thick spine to get a good
hamon. I suspect that 1/8 and especially 1/16 are just to thin to give good results.
Since I have absolutely no experience with this I may be wildly wrong. Please correct
me if so.

If the above is right. I'd like some bars that are thick enough to do stock removal
hamons and wide enough to grind blades that go well with the thickness. Thus my
guess at 3/16 and 1/4 thick and 1 1/2-2 inches wide. Again, please correct me if
I'm missing something here.
 
JTknives said:
yes it's w2, i told him all i could find other places was w1 and i needed w2. they will provide the specs. also if for some reason they don't have it they can do a custom melt for me and make it what ever i want. the minimum order for a melt is i think 300 pounds so not to bad. i will keep you updated. What are the specs for a good premo grade W2 any one know? when i get the alloy specs i will post them here
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W2 can have a wide range of carbon. Heat Treaters Guide lists carbon range as AISI/UNS 0.85 to 1.50 %, with 0.10 to 0.40 % Mn, 0.10 to 0.40 % Si, and 0.15 to 0.35% V. There can be maximums of 0.20% Ni, 0.15% Cr, 0.10% Mo, 0.15% W.

Most recent W2 is 1.00% C with the other elements in range.

If you can get batch chemistry reports, there should be a tool steel spec certifying the batch was made to those standards... would therefore be cleaner. I think the tool steel spec is ASTM A686... could be wrong... could be other specs for same quality, too.

1.00% carbon is nice but a person has to figure out where the extra carbon goes and put it there, which is more precise heat-treating. 0.86% carbon is easier to heat-treat.

Maybe 'mete' or Kevin Cashen or...??? will wander by and talk about the other element percentages and pro's/con's. I could guess but that isn't what you asked.

Mike
 
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Here are the specs on the 2" W2 I've been selling;

C .95,
Mn .22,
V .19,
Cr .15,
Si .23,
Mo .013,
Ni .08,
Cu .14

This steel has given the best results of all the steels I've used,
in hamom and performance, including other batches of W2.

I'm not a big fan of chromium but I feel the .15% in this batch is a bonus.
Also carbon down to .86% would not be a bad thing.

JT and folks, I would not get your hopes up too high, until more info is had.
But like I said, I hope it works out.
 
I'd be interested in some 3/4 in bar and some 1/4 by 1 and 1 1/4 in bar depending on the price?

Thanks
 
Definitely interested in some 3/16x2 W-2 if it is the good stuff for folders. :)
 
If in fact they will do 300lb. melts, and the price is reasonable, please let us know. Most folks want about 100x that weight for a single melt.
 
W-2 fever in full bloom. Don, I really think you need to get back into the steel slinging business..........
 
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