USAKnife Steel

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colu41

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I ordered my first small batch of steel from Aldo, and was very happy. My question is, for smaller orders I found USAKnife has 1084 for slightly cheaper with shipping. Do they have decent steel? Or is Aldos quality worth the extra cash?
I will still order from Aldo when ordering 8 or more ft of steel when Im ready. I was just curious if anyone had experience with USAKnife.
 
I believe their steel comes from Aldo, or at least some of it did. I bought some 15N20 that was Aldo/USAKM
 
USA Knifemakers steel is fine.

Most blade steel comes from only one or two sources...no matter who you actually buy it from.
 
I can almost promise it comes from Aldo. when Aldo all of a sudden received his W2 and 1084 last spring.....so did USA Knifemaker.
 
Thats cool! I had a list of things I needed to order from USAknife so I figured I'd order a little steel while I was there. Thanks everyone.
 
Chuck, what I was trying to point out is that the root source for many of the special blade steels is only a few sources. It doesn't matter if you order from Jantz, Alpha, USA Knifemakers, TKS, or Aldo in most cases.

Sandvik steel comes from Sandvik, no matter who you buy it from in the final purchase. Bohler-Uddeholm steel comes from them, no matter which supplier you order it from.The 1084 we have all been using comes from the batches Aldo has run....regardless of who you get it from in the end.

The point was that (e.g.)12C27 will come from the Sandvik regardless of what supplier you buy it from, etc.
 
I could be wrong, but I thought Aldo simply got his steel from the same mill as other vendors. Thus, when a new batch of W2 is completed, he gets it at the same time as everyone else. Are you saying that Aldo has his own mill that produces steel, or he just requests a 20-ton batch with special alloys from the mill.
 
Aldo has indeed been known to have batches run and rolled to his/our specs. You'd have to ask him about specifics.
 
Known my ASS! They are all special James! I have to have it made for the best knife makers on the planet. The more picky I am the less you all have to worry about it. We want the most consistent batches possible and the cleanest batches possible. As for the W-2, we have that made at a small mill that only does 8 ton loads. I believe there is an ax company in either Australia or New Zealand that has it made for competition axes by the same mill, but theirs would be a little different formula. They can't afford to have it as shallow hardening, but still want the body of the ax to have a lower Rockwell after heat treat. We have it made for different attributes.
 

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