sources for 440A?

[cmd]

I'm having the toughest time finding anyone who sells 440A barstock. 440C is all around but it seems that nobody carries 440A.

Anyone know where to find some 440A for a diving knife I have an order for?

Chris

 

[cmd]

I could not find 440A anywhere, really wish there was as source for H1 in small quantities, so 440C it will be.

 

[Phillip Patton]

If you can get 440C, why would you want 440A?

 

[flatgrinder]

I agree. 440C is much better than 440A. 440A is what they make cheap gas station knives out of.

 

[Larrin]

He wants the 440A for a dive knife, it has greater corrosion resistance than 440C.

 

[Phillip Patton]

Ahhhh....
10 seconds on a google search turned up this:

http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/ludlum/pages/products/xq/asp/P.83/qx/product.html

I don't know how little they'll sell, but there's probably other places to get it also.

 

[Larrin]

You might try Timken, I know they have 420HC and 440B, and they probably have 440A, I don't know if they're used to selling those steels in small amounts of barstock, however. Here's a datasheet for 420HC which compares 440A, 420HC, 420, and 440C: http://www.timken.com/products/spec...PDF_Files/air_melt/KnifeSteels/TLS 420 HC.pdf.

It looks like 420HC might actually be a better choice as far as corrosion resistance and hardness is concerned, but it's for you to decide. Who knows, maybe even Timken could help you choose?

The phone number is on their contact page, or you can e-mail, fax, etc. if you feel more comfortable that way: http://www.timken.com/timken_ols/mail/contact.asp