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I enjoy putting knives together but don't want to take on the task of making my own blades. Care to recommend a source for some carbon steel blades?
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Texas Knifemaker Supply has a variety, not sure what steels they use, and Jantz Supply in Oklahoma probably have some but I've never looked at their catalog.
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Sheffield Knifemaker's Supply.
You might try Great Lakes Waterjet. They can cut most any pattern you want.
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JB:
Have you used Great Lakes? I've bookmarked a post he had on one of the blade forums about sending CAD drawings and steel to him, seemed like a decent enough offer and his pricing seemed pretty cheap to me. I've got a lot of Ingram'esque stuff CAD'd up, just haven't taken the time to send it off and give it a try.
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Try ebay and do a serach and you will find damascus, carbon steel blades that are finished and ready for a handle and guard.
Focus on the leading edge!
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Stalter Edge Tool Company in Grand Rapids MI has done some nice water jet work for me. Spike (Mike) @ stalterer msn.com www.stalteredge.com616-459-3205 Tim
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Not me personally, but a lot of well known knifemakers use them with good results. I am impressed with their slipjoint patterns, very reasonable. I have a couple of gadgets on the burner for them in a few months.
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Sheffield Knifemaker's Supply.
Thanks, they have one heck of a catalog. Jantz supply appears to be gone. I'm unable to link to their home page. eBay has all sorts of listings but I prefer to work directly with a business. What is 6A carbon steel and is it any good for knife blades?
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A6 is an air hardening, but low carbon (.7%) tool steel used mostly for dies, but another application listed was for shear blades.
I have no experience with it, but I prefer a steel with at least 1% carbon, but the A6 would probably be a tougher steel than the high carbon steels. What that means, is that it might spring or bend a little before it broke, if you were using it to cut the joints or pelvic bone or a game animal.
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Jantz is still in business, http://www.knifemaking.com I downloaded their catalog as a pdf last night. I've never used them, but a coworker has. Even if they don't have the blades you're looking for (which at a quick glance they had some carbon stuff), they've got anything and everything needed to put a blade together, micartas, stabilized woods, pins, epoxy's, etc, etc.
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