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

Good steel as discribed.

Howdy folks! Overall, this is decent entry level steel to start making knives with. Two of the four flats did not come annealed ( or werent as well annealed as the other two) and were a bit of a pain to work with hand tools. For the price, they arent too shabby; but be prepared to bust out the power tools if the annealing wasnt done correctly. Absolutely great for getting started with knife making for the price!

I’m a woodworker, leather worker and DIYer, and I’ve made knifes before with finished knife blanks where I stabilized and shaped some nice exotic hardwoods for the handles. The knifes came out good and I could customize the handle shape to my hand. I’ve read some knife making books and watched videos and it seems like you can go full on with making a knife from a wide assortment of steel components that require a forge and a lot of additional equipment or you can take smaller steps along the way. This 1095 steel provides me with those smaller steps without investing in a lot of equipment right away. I’m planning on using an angle grinder to cut out a basic chef knife shape and then using my various sanding machines to de-burr and put an edge on the blade edge. I’ll harden the edge with a torch and oil quench it (please read up on this procedure). If there are any small leftover steel pieces, I’ll try to make spokeshave blades out of them. Remember that since this is high carbon steel, you need to clean and dry your knifes after use or they’ll rust. The 1095 steel arrived in a manilla envelope. Inside the 4 1095 steel plates were wrapped in protective paper. The blanks were all coated with a little oil to prevent rusting. The blanks were clean and I couldn’t see any visible issues. I did notice that some of the bars have a very slight warp in them, probably 1/16” (see photo). For those few pieces, I’ll try to straighten them with the vise trick. I have attached photos of the measurements and they are ~1.502” wide by ~12” long and ~0.121” thick. This is the perfect next step for me in knife making, no forge or anvil required. Plus, depending on the knife I make, I can also make a sheath for it.

Probably not the cheapest way to buy 1095 stock, but if you dont have a metal supply store near you, this is a convenient form factor for a knife blank or two. Cold rolled and partially annealed, this arrived at about 310 Vickers. For a stock removal forming process, thats fine-- it doesnt skate a file. There was a bit of a bow, which isnt uncommon with partial annealing of cold rolled, but might frustrate a beginner who got the most warped piece they ship and cant easily flatten it. But it was well packed in anti-corrosive and I measured it at 0.10.

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Steel was carefully and securely wrapped in oil paper. A few scratches on some of the bars. The dimensions (see pictures) are slightly less than the 12 x 1/2 x 1/8. Two bars were pretty straight, but the third one had a slight bow. These bars are going to be cut, ground, heat treated, etc, so none of theses things IMHO are major issues, but I point them out for anyone who is relying on specific dimensions for their project.

Made some decent arrow tips out of this stuff as well as a couple of throwing knives. Melted down in my furnace easily and took a good shape when just heating to fold.

Perfect 1095 steel flat stock for knife making. My son forges with his uncle and these 4 pieces of 1095 steel flat stock were definitely appreciated by both. They used them on a project and said it worked very well.

Bought these to do a couple of knives with a friend who is into knife making. Will update my posting once I have worked with the steel and with a picture of the knives made.

These 1095 steel plates are perfect for making knives or other edged implements. All of the bars were uniform and ready to be forged into whatever I want. Theyre very good quality.