1095 Steel Flat Stock for Knife Making-Annealed High Carbon Steel,Flat Steel Bars,12x1.5x0.12,4 Pack

They arrived in perfect shape. No rust, corrosion, or warping. Very well packaged. Call me crazy but I got these because the price was right and you can never have too many supplies on-hand. Once I turn them into something, I will revisit this review.

My son has his own forge and makes knives, so he was super happy to receive this from me. The size of them is perfect for his needs and he said they worked great in the forge.

The strips are of excellent quality for making things on a laser cutting machine. I would recommend them for the cost and the use ability

These appear to be what they claim to be. Like most folks I dont have the means to test the analysis, but it acts like 1095 as far as Ive seen. The stock is well wrapped and the bars I received are clean. I wouldnt expect to use stock like this without doing some finishing and even straightening, especially after heat-treating, so these seem to me exactly what one would expect in the way of raw stock. I would definitely do it again, but shopping on price as always for commodity material once assured I was going to get the real thing.

As others have noted, the dimensions of this 1095 flat stock are slightly under the claimed size for all measurements. However, for a beginning knife-maker, this is a convenient source for an annealed high-carbon steel. This flat stock is pretty well-suited to making a cut-out knife, but rather thin to start with for a forging technique. Circling back to the idea of being a good fit for a beginning knife-maker, though, this offers a chance to refine your grinding and shaping techniques without the complexity of making a full-forged blade.

Spark tested this, definitely high carbon. The packaging, as others have said, was good. No rust, no pitting, very light oil, fast shipping, and everything got to me undamaged and not bent or twisted. Looking forward to testing really testing this steel.

Very nice clean steel. Has a great weight to it and perfect thickness!! All in all I think this steel will work perfect for making knives!

Very good quality and quick delivery!

These Steel Bars came wrapped in anti rust paper and then in a tightly packed bubble wrap mailer. The steel bars had no rust and only very minor surface scratches. All three of them are the same size and they are straight with no bow or twist. I did a grind test on them and they do seem to be high carbon like they say they are. Overall, I am quite pleased with how they were packaged and the general quality of the steel.

Bought these to do a couple of knives with a friend who is into knife making. Will update my posting once I have worked with the steel and with a picture of the knives made.