Us sourced a2/o1/d2??

Good tool steel will come with certs and heat numbers even though not rolled in US,for example Bohler Uddeholm,made in Austria has heat nos. ect.is top of the line quality
 
It looks like I'm late to this party. We buy all three grades from US mills. (Either Crucible, Carpenter or Universal Stainless.) We carry D2 in stock in all the common knife thicknesses. The other two we can hot roll sheet from slab. AKS and Aldo can probably help get what you want.

Carpenter did buy Latrobe and they are still a fine mill. They have put a lot of money into the operation to make it even better.
 
bhoundad said:
Good tool steel will come with certs and heat numbers even though not rolled in US,for example Bohler Uddeholm,made in Austria has heat nos. ect.is top of the line quality
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some Bohler Uddeholm PM tool steel and Pm high speed steel is made in southern Virginia.
 
Really? I was not aware the South Boston plant made the steel. I thought they were a processor of European billets. I may have to take a road trip one day soon.
 
I was surprised too, I thought it just warehouse distribution center. from the Bucorp site:
BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM acquired the high-speed steel business of the US based Allegheny Teledyne Group in 1998, and became the world's second largest manufacturer in this segment. This acquisition included the purchase of the 25-year-old, South Boston, Virginia, Teledyne-Allvac plant, formerly know as the CK Company. The facility located in South Boston, Virginia, is BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM's first North American production site for High Speed Steels and Powdered Metal High Speed Steel products. Recently modernized, this production facility, along with our sales office in Elgin, IL has allowed us to achieve impressive growth in North America. Poised for the future, we will continue to provide top quality Bohler-Uddeholm metals and superior customer service to the North American market.
 
Yes, I have read the plant online introduction ... but the info says they roll sheet and pull wire. I think the steel comes from Bohler in Europe.

from their site:
We have recently completed a modernization and expansion of our US production facility to insure our position as a world class and cost effective producer of Specialty Steels. Our capabilities include:

  • Shot blasting
  • Shaving
  • Drawing
  • Vacuum annealing
  • Pickling
  • Centerless grinding
  • Straightening
  • Bar-end champhering
  • Turks head profiling/rolling
The primary focus of the South Boston facility is:

  • Drawn rod & centerless ground rod from .125" up to .734" dia.
  • Coil from .080" up to .531" dia.
  • Edgewire
  • Flats, up to .900" wide
    (Typical restriction is 8:1 thickness to width ratio.)
 
kuraki said:
He's essentially a service center and not a mill, right? I'd be curious to know where his steel is milled.
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From what I recall, the stuff he has custom done is milled at a small mill in Germany, but maybe not all comes from there, maybe I'm FOS -
 
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