Subject: Re: ATS-34 ? even in Canada?

From: [email-masked] (Kelley Ward)
Date: 5 Jun 1996 19:49:53 GMT

Nickolay V Golego ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Dear metal netters,

:   I'm looking for a source of ATS-34 steel (or 440C, G-2) for khife 
: making.  Surprisingly, there aren't many places selling these types of 
: steel in Canada, at least to my phone book knowledge.  

:   If you know of a place which sells strip ATS-34 steel, wherever it be, 
: I would be very happy to hear your advice.  Or alternatively, if you know
: about a good knife steel which is readily available -- please spare your
: experience. 

:   Looking forward to your comments,

:                                              Nick
:                                  <[email-masked]>

I use the following suppliers as a source for steel.  Jantz carries 440C
but not ATS-34 (at least last time I checked)

Knife supplies:

  Jantz                        1-800-351-8900
  Sheffields Knife SUpplies    1-800-874-7007
  Texas Knife Supplies         1-713-461-8632
  K&G finishing supplies       1-800-972-1192

Regards,
Kelley Ward

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From: bob engnath <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 22:30:24 -0700

Dean Denter wrote:
> 
> In article <[email-masked]>,
>    [email-masked] (Nickolay V Golego) wrote:
> >
> >Dear metal netters,
> >
> >  I'm looking for a source of ATS-34 steel (or 440C, G-2) for khife
> >making.  Surprisingly, there aren't many places selling these types of
> >steel in Canada, at least to my phone book knowledge.
> >
> >  If you know of a place which sells strip ATS-34 steel, wherever it be,
> >I would be very happy to hear your advice.  Or alternatively, if you know
> >about a good knife steel which is readily available -- please spare your
> >experience.
> >
> >  Looking forward to your comments,
> >
> 
> don't know of any sources for new stock, but last time I built knives,
> a couple of friends and I went down to a sawmill and bought one of
> their worn out or broken bandsaw blades.  This blade was a band 15-20'
> long and about 9" wide with 1.5" teeth cut in one side (ie around 7"
> of useable material), it was around 1/16" thick.  Great stuff to build
> knives with.  I'd imagine that the round blades would do just as well,
> maybe a little thicker though.
> 
> regards,
> Dean.
> [email-masked]

  The saw blade stuff is L-6, not ATS 34.
bob [email-masked]