where to buy knife steel?

rogerxd45

rogerxd45

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ok well ive made a few knives with crappy steel till i got the technique down and now im looking to buy some better steel, im not sure where to find it,

i also have a guy that will heat treat it for me

ANY info would be great since im pretty new at this


and sorry if this is in the wrong section
 
Go to MSC.COM, or any good machinist supply store, look at a few differant places so you dont get ripped off. Any place that sells you steel should be able to give some good advice about heattreating. Hope this helps.
Paul
 
Here on the makers forum, knifemaking tolls and supplies. Good prices and good steel.
Terry
 
Keep in mind, that different steels require different heat treatments for the optimum results.
 
saw45 said:
Keep in mind, that different steels require different heat treatments for the optimum results.
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Paul Bos can HT almost everything, except M2, M4 and CPM S90V. His equipment does not work on required for this steel temperatures.

Regards, Vassili.
 
nozh2002 said:
Paul Bos can HT almost everything, except M2, M4 and CPM S90V. His equipment does not work on required for this steel temperatures.

Regards, Vassili.
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It's true he can't harden those steels to their max hardness, but he can still heat treat them. His oven goes up to 2100 °C which can get M4 up to HRC 63 after tempering. 60 after tempering for S90V, which is about the max hardness you would want for S90V anyway.
 
saw45 said:
Keep in mind, that different steels require different heat treatments for the optimum results.
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oh yea i know,

plus the guys that will do the heat treat for me are very well known knife makers on this forum, so they know their stuff for sure

i dont want to say who but making knives is their job
 
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