Need a piece of steel

I buy my 1075 from Admiral. The minimum is 60 inches for 1075. I buy my S30V from Admiral. The minimum is 72 inches. If you like send me 17 bucks and I will ship you 14 inches of 1075 X 2 inches wide X 1/4 inch thick. Postage paid out of the 17 bucks (you are in the U.S., right? - postage wise).

RL
 
Still no word from that store but i came across this website (german language i'm afraid): http://www.wolf-borger-messer.de/index-d.htm

He has O-1 in stock and he's based in Germany which is a plus with regards to import duties (none within EU) and shipping. I hope this works though, the price for 4 x 40 mm (which is what i'm looking for) is .70 EUR per centimeter which comes to ~$1 per cm.

This is another website (in german) but they have fewer variaties of steel avaliable so i'll stick to Wolf's:

http://www.frank-wojtinowski.com
 
$1/cm seems awful high for O1. That'd be around $2.50 an inch. Texas knifemakers has it for around 85 cents/inch. For $2.50/inch your paying more than you would for high end stainless :eek:
 
Matt Shade said:
$1/cm seems awful high for O1. That'd be around $2.50 an inch. Texas knifemakers has it for around 85 cents/inch. For $2.50/inch your paying more than you would for high end stainless :eek:
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I know but they haven't responded to e-mail in two days now :( It's either $2.50ish per inch and I suppose they do sell it or $.85 per inch of stuff I cannot buy :grumpy:
 
Thats odd about the email. I've always gotten very good service from them, thats why I recommend them all the time. I guess they do seem to like doing business over the phone rather than email though. Anytime I have to email them about something they always call back rather than email :confused:

It doesn't have to be O1 either. I recommend it because its easy to heat treat. If you've got a controlled oven, your already ahead of the game though and could use stuff thats more complex. Just need to get the specs on it, and learn a little bit about heat treating and what to look for. There are a couple different standards used for naming steels also, you might find similar stuff under a different name. ASTM and AISI/SAE use different systems for naming the same stuff.
ASTM uses letter designations, looking at function first, then strength, then chemistry. Unfortunately I can't find my list for them.

AISI uses a 4 number designation. The first 2 digits tell the alloy used, and the last 2 digits give the carbon content. For example, 1084 is a plain carbon steel with .84% carbon content.
5160 on the other hand has a little less than 1% chrome added and .60% carbon content.
6150 has chrome and vanadium, and a carbon content of .50%

AISI uses a different code for what are considered "tool steels" . These steels have a letter telling which category they fall into. A( medium alloy air hardening), O(oil hardening), D(high carbon high chrome), S(shock resisting) for example, then a number designating which one of the group they are.
 
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