You're never gonna believe this...

[Matthew Gregory]

Tool steel from Amazon?

How freeky is this? They're selling O1 and D2 precision ground bar stock, and even provide a bit of info for HT!

I'm not sure if this is too cool, or appalling.

 

[Lucky Bob]

Three cheers for subcontracted selling!

They're not offered by Amazon directly, in case you hadn't noticed.

 

[sandness]

Wow. I noticed something though. I was browsing through the barstock, and I saw multple listings of the same sizes and lengths by the same seller for a wide price range. Such as O1 3/32" x 2" x 18" for $7.45, $13.75, & $27.93 - wonder why?

 

[howiesatwork]

Amazon has screwed up.
On the Small Parts website, those prices correspond to 6, 12, and 18" bars...
There are cheaper places to buy Starrett O-1.

 

[Darrel Ralph]

Knifekits.com has S30V and CPM154 now.
I can buy O1 in town!

 

[Matthew Gregory]

They're not offered by Amazon directly

Amazon does almost nothing directly, it's the blessing and curse of thier market strategy.

I didn't post this to provide a new outlet for material, I just thought it was interesting that they'd think a niche product representation would be worth it for them... then again, it costs them almost nothing, right?

Certainly not where I'll plan on buying steel, but who knows?

 

[Hengelo_77]

Knifekits.com has S30V and CPM154 now.

Very expensive!

 

[Matthew Lomas]

Where is a cheaper place to purchase Starrett? Just out of curiosity.

~Matthew