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Shock steels are not available in flat stock
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Flatground.com has s7 in flat stock.
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Might have to buy a minimum quantity, pay extra to have it rolled to a certain thickness, and sell the excess to other makers.
Probably not going to be cheap though.
Alternatively, you might contact a private facility that uses a particular steel, and see if you can snag a piece or two from them at cost.
If it's made for production shears, dies, etc... you might talk somebody into giving you a piece after the shear blades or dies break/wear out. Otherwise, it just ends up in the scrap pile. That or call some blade/die making facilities and see what you can get.
You'll still have to get it surface ground or rolled to thickness, but at least you won't have to by 30 tons of round to make a couple of knives.
Probably not going to be cheap though.
Alternatively, you might contact a private facility that uses a particular steel, and see if you can snag a piece or two from them at cost.
If it's made for production shears, dies, etc... you might talk somebody into giving you a piece after the shear blades or dies break/wear out. Otherwise, it just ends up in the scrap pile. That or call some blade/die making facilities and see what you can get.
You'll still have to get it surface ground or rolled to thickness, but at least you won't have to by 30 tons of round to make a couple of knives.
