01 tool steel

[Hunter_zero]

Hi all,

Just wondered how much you all pay for 01 tool steel?

Seems very expensive to me.

30mmx3mmx1000mm for £23.

John

 

[mick spain]

Cromwells is alway's cheap www.cromwell.co.uk

Hope that's some help, you have to look in ground stock

 

[Ogri the trog]

Hi all,

Just wondered how much you all pay for 01 tool steel?

Seems very expensive to me.

30mmx3mmx1000mm for £23.

John

Even so, thats enough for four good sized knives, so not as expensive as it first seems.

Ogri the trog

 

[Longstrider]

30mmx3mmx1000mm for £23.

John

Indeed ! Phoenix steel in Sheffield only charge £4.82 for 500mm of 3x30mm GFS 01. That makes it £9.64 for 1000mm. Quite a diference !
Theres postage on top of that I know, but I normally order a few bits at once and they still only charge £8 for P+P. Spread that £8 cost over a few bits of steel and see how much cheaper it suddenly becomes.

http://www.toolsteels.co.uk/prods.html#

 

[billycan]

I paid about £23 for a piece of 4mm x 500mm x 250mm from Cromwells.

Although i dont think i will deal with them again. I ordered several pieces of steel from them last summer about june time, they said it would be in within a day or two and that they would ring me when it was in. One week later, no call, so i rang them. 'Oh were still waiting for it'. Left it with them, they said they'd ring me when it was in. Two weeks, no phone call, so i rang them again same story.

This went on for another few weeks, untill i rang them every couple of weeks instead of every week, it got to about October and i gave up, just couldn't be bothered anymore.

I recently placed another order (around Jan 15th), they said it was going to be with them within two days and they'd ring me.... sufficient to say i'm still waiting and its the 23rd of Feb. :aargh4:

 

[katana]

Indeed ! Phoenix steel in Sheffield only charge £4.82 for 500mm of 3x30mm GFS 01. That makes it £9.64 for 1000mm. Quite a diference !
Theres postage on top of that I know, but I normally order a few bits at once and they still only charge £8 for P+P. Spread that £8 cost over a few bits of steel and see how much cheaper it suddenly becomes.

http://www.toolsteels.co.uk/prods.html#

Hi, would I be right in saying , that using ground flat stock to make blades requires, (once the blade profile has been ground/shaped) heating and quenching to create the hardness necessary for a blade to hold a good edge?

 

[FGYT]

Hi, would I be right in saying , that using ground flat stock to make blades requires, (once the blade profile has been ground/shaped) heating and quenching to create the hardness necessary for a blade to hold a good edge?

yes correct

 

[mikehill]

Hi, would I be right in saying , that using ground flat stock to make blades requires, (once the blade profile has been ground/shaped) heating and quenching to create the hardness necessary for a blade to hold a good edge?

You'd be right
Mike.

 

[topknot]

Hi, i paid about £12.50 for 40 mm by 4mm by 500mm for o1tool steel at
woodberry chillcott in bristol . cheers topknot

 

[Hunter_zero]

Thanks for all the advice guys!

This stuff is proper 01 tool steel, good stuff and I guess as I can pick it up as and when, not that over priced coz I don't have to pay postage.

I've just finished shaping the stock in to a bushy blade.
Now to bevel and harden in the coal fire ( multi-fuel stove).

John