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

This seems like good metal. I dont know how to verify its properties, but as I use it more, Ill update this if anything changes. Came wrapped well enough. You can see it was not cut up carefully, the ends are still rough with burrs, but not terrible. Couple dings here and there, but nothing that will cause a problem. Dont expect perfect pieces. So far I like it, would recommend.

This is listed as 1095 steel flat stock, but we have doubts about that; it bends quite easily when annealed, unlike the 1095 of similar thickness and size that weve purchased from other sources. Annealed 1095 shouldnt bend at all unless youre using great force. We tested it by heat treating it in the same way we heat-treat any 1095 knife. In a temperature-controlled kiln and correct quenching oil, all at precisely the right temperatures for an exact temper, the resulting blade failed to achieve the same hardness and toughness as 1095 steel from our regular sources. Its well-priced, but Ive noticed that some mystery steels Ive received from Chinese sources at similiarly great prices behave this way--the percentages of carbon, nickel, and other metals can be slightly off. Not sure whats going on there, but the only way I would recommend this steel is as a beginning knifemakers practice steel before moving on to the real thing.

Overall, this will work for me. Each piece is 1 foot by about 1.5 inches and a little over a 10th of inch thick. The pieces are nice, clean, and consistent and well packaged. Of the 4 pieces one is slightly curved though for me this will not prove to be a problem (I intend to get to making a tail vise mount for my work bench). For knife making, if I have a leftover piece this will make a nice Nakiri-style blade that Ill flatten slightly to end up with a 7 inch rectangular blade. For the price for 4 pieces this a good deal. For someone strictly making knives getting a curved/bowed piece might make using the full piece for a larger knife somewhat difficult. For me this wont be an issue.

shipping was fast,great steel for carving knivies.

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Weather is finally getting better so I can get going on blacksmithing. This metal will be great for starting a knife and other projects.

I’m new to knife making and bought these blanks to practice some of the basics on. I have a friend who has made a few knives and told me to order this steel. So far I’ve only cut out a basic shape with my angle grinder and that part went OK. This being my first time using steel to fabricate a knife I have nothing to compare this particular steel to. So far all I can say is that I have not run not any problems using it.