4 Pack 12x1.5x0.12 1095 Steel Flat Stock with Strict Quality Standards, The Perfect Knife Making Steel for Professional & Hobbyist Use, Annealed High Carbon Steel for DIY Knife Making - by TITGGI…

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Price has gone up $10.00 in the lat week.Not as good of a deal as it was when it was only $20.99. You can get steel from stateside for the $30 they are asking for now.. Came in a nice package. All of the pieces were flat and did not have any rust on them. They did have 1 or 2 very small marks on them. Almost unnoticeable. Package says right on it Made in China, which I knew before purchasing. The very edge of the metal is hard, my files would not bite. But after cutting and taking to the grinder, I had no issues. Theres really no way to tell if this is really 1095 without sending it out to be tested, but I will say it hardend without any issue. After harding I broke a piece to look at and the grain structure looked pretty good. I bought this to strengthen my knife making skills and for this it works. When I feel my skills are better I may look for higher end steel, but for now Im fairly impressed with this stuff and will continue to use it as long as quality stays the same. Hope this helps.

So yeah, steel arrived in good packaging, nicely oiled so zero corrosion. It was also perfectly flat, unlike the last 1095 i bought from a different supplier. I traced out a pattern went to rough cut the excess steel and watched as annihilated the diamond edge on an expensive Diablo Metal cut-off wheel i love using. I grabbed a good Nicholson metal file and it skated right off the steel. I just started making knives and while my little diy forge is great for heating a knife to non-magnetic for hardening, i just dont have the ability to heat it for the duration and temp level in order to do a proper anneal. I guess its time to step up and make an annealing box or maybe even build an oven of sorts.

Steel arrived today. Dimensions are right and it looks good but every single piece has a noticeable bow to it. I might be able to straighten them out but its very disappointing especially given the item description of strict quality standards.

As advertised

He will take all that is gifted to him!

Harder to cut that most but its worth it once you build something out of it.

Made a Damascus billet with this 1095 and 15n20 and the 1095 did not etch, pretty sure i didnt get 1095 steel, wasted a lot of my time to not get the results i should have gotten

This product served me well for hobbyist knife making. They came straight and it was completely rust free. Each bar was individually wrapped which was a plus since I only make a knife every few weeks. I can confirm that they hardened well since I could drill through them easily when raw, but it ate through a couple drill bits on one knife when I forgot to drill holes before heat treating.

They look good but too hard to use files on and drill into but not so hard that I was able to fix the bend in it without heating.