Knife Supplies in Europe Questions

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europeanoutdoorsman

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Well I have searched high and low for a knife shop that STILL exists online within the UK and EU that sells 1075 or 5160 steel which is 6mm (1/4") thick.

I know there are a handful of knife supply shops out there, but they don't have the specific stuff I am looking for. Does anyone know a shop in Europe that has these steels?
 
I think you should not search among online knife shops. My guess is that they don't really sell steel, just finished products.
You should rather search for factories producing metals.
Or, take a look in the knifemaker section here, maybe you will find some other European knifemaker using those steels, so that they might give you some clue.
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You need to contact a store that sells knife making supplies, not jut a regular knife shop. The post above has good info.
 
europeanoutdoorsman said:
Well I have searched high and low for a knife shop that STILL exists online within the UK and EU that sells 1075 or 5160 steel which is 6mm (1/4") thick.

I know there are a handful of knife supply shops out there, but they don't have the specific stuff I am looking for. Does anyone know a shop in Europe that has these steels?
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I don't know any specific shops there.

I would check on British blades forum
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?39321-Knifemaking-stuff-online-suppliers

One of the problems I think you are facing is language.


1075 and 5160 are AISI or SAE are American terms and standards



Your profile lists "Europe", a country would be more helpful
Europe has 50+ countries with different languages history and development.
I thought metric standards were to simplify and unify, but each country has their own variations and standards

You should have better search results, once you know the equivalent metric standard.


http://www.westyorkssteel.com/tool_steel_specifications.html

If you search for Tool Steel under steel - speciality suppliers, you can likely find O-1 flat bar in machine shop tool suppliers
and W-1 as round stock
They sell it as oil hardening rod and water hardening rod.
 
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Go on BB. A lot of guys use steel usually labeled C75 or something similar for their damascus, which appears to the the same as 1075/1080. Some of the Dutch guys are apparently still able to get O2, which is kind of scarce over here from what I have seen. If you go on the Cutlers Forge section of BB, there are enough guys both from the UK and the Continent to help you out. The one complaint that most of them have is the cost of steel compared to what we pay over here, not the availability. The thing that they had some trouble finding in the past in some countries were quenching oil, especially fast stuff like parks 50.
 
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jdm61 said:
Go on BB. A lot of guys use steel usually labeled C75 or something similar for their damascus, which appears to the the same as 1075/1080. Some of the Dutch guys are apparently still able to get O2, which is kind of scarce over here from what I have seen. If you go on the Cutlers Forge section of BB, there are enough guys both from the UK and the Continent to help you out. The one complaint that most of them have is the cost of steel compared to what we pay over here, not the availability. The thing that they had some trouble finding in the past in some countries were quenching oil, especially fast stuff like parks 50.
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That's good info

C75 looks to be 1075
http://www.metalravne.com/selector/steels/c75.html

Then C85 should also be 1085
 
I looked and knife making shops. Thats why I said a knife supply shop I.E. a shop that sells supplies for knives, not knives themselves. I searched British Blades as well, that is why I came to BF. Many of those sites on BB are not working anymore or have scandinavian and stainless steels along with Damascus. I live in Slovakia.

Thanks for all the info
 
There are quite a few suppliers listed on the contact page of my website.

First you have to figure out what steel you want to buy and use the material identifcation system from the country you're buying from.

Steels like O2 (1.2842) are extremely common and can be purchased from any supplier of steel for toolmakers in Germany. You will need to speak and read German however.
 
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