Keeping costs down

butcher_block said:
i will never use the steel supplyer that starts with A evey again
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Me neither! That's why I ordered from Kelly long years ago. I'll order some 1080 from Kelly and I'll give Aldo's 1084 a try as well. Aldo also has 15n20 in 1/8" and I'm gonna get some of that too.
 
sorry AKS and ALDO great ppl that other place is the one i will not put up with anymore as they cost me too much $$$

BTW jsut got the flier email from chuck and they have a little bit of CPM3v/CPM154 ladder patteren dammy bars (i wants bad but not for an order i want it for me )
 
I don't even consider the cost of the steel.
2 bucks for a foot of steel?
Fella can make two knives out of that and sell them for 1-2-3-400 dollars and more!
You'll end up using 5X that cost in belts and sandpaper.
 
butcher_block said:
go with aldo i jsut ordered half a sheet of cpm154 and like has been said plain carbon steels might as well be added to the shipping as filler in the box :)
i would say go with SB metals as they are close to you buti dont think that they have 1084 (you could call scott to make sur tho they are good people down there )
maybe if you dont need a ton AKS might have what you need

i will never use the steel supplyer that starts with A evey again
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I hear you there, threw away part of my last order, I kept thinking there was some was to salvage the steel and had to get it out of the shop.

Just ordered CPM from Aldo and filled in with some 1084, with shipping (NJ to CA). Total came to $19.00 per blade if I am making bowies, Not bad and his steel always performs as expected which saves me alot of time. As a part time, I cannot waste time on bad supplies, I just don't have the time to start over or make corrections. I know for you full time guys time is $$.
 
whats the point of making damascus from CPM steel? once you forge it, almost all the benefits of the cpm process go out the window, especially at welding temps.
sorry to derail.
 
it depends on how its made but yes the multi heat cycles do make the PM steels more like plain high alloy stuff tho the PM dammasteel is PM from the start and has only the heats that any PM steel billet woudl get

i love 3v and 154cm i think that woudl make great higher alloy mix (even talked to carpenter about it there mix woudl be PD1/XHP ) i also think tac. people woudl beat each other to death to get inline for a folder that was built of cpmM4/cpmS110v. giving buyers a true high performance Damascus even at 50$ or 75$ per LB
 
Nebulae said:
whats the point of making damascus from CPM steel? once you forge it, almost all the benefits of the cpm process go out the window, especially at welding temps.
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One of the big advantages of of particle metallurgy is even alloy distribution. Another advantage is higher alloy and carbon content. Neither of these advantages are affected when properly forged. If anyone know how to properly forge CPM steels into damascus it is Devin Thomas.

Butch, I saved a billet of the CPM3V/154CM for myself.

Chuck
 
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