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steel purchase
Darrin, You will need to decide what kind of steel you want and what size you want ,and ask the steel supplier for that. Once they know what you want, even if they dont stock it, they can show you what they do have, or order it for you. Most knife makers order steel from specialty suppliers that handle tool steel and high carbon steel. (such as Admiral Steel) Chances are your local steel suppliers only stock structural steel and A36, not tool steel. The "straight" carbon steels are cheaper, readily available in a wide choice of sizes, easy to work with and make very fine blades if handled correctly. 1084 is very popular now; O-1 is almost universally available, evren the smaller industrial suppliers will stock O-1 "drill rod"
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