tantrum86 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 hey everyone i am currently in a search for some 0-1 and r6 steel and was wondering if any one knew of some suppliers i might be able to check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg7m Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 MSC Industrial Supply Co. Home Page has 01 flat and round steel. Most of the knife makers supply companys sell 01 flat stock. Not sure what r6 is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 i think he mean L-6...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Fredeen Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 He must, since I've never seen or heard of R6. Check out admiral steel, Admiral Steel They stock a good number of the blade alloys, including O-1 and 15N20 (which is pretty much the same thing as L6). They have an online store too which makes ordering fairly simple. Depending on what you want to do with the L6 and your level of smithing skills, old band saw blades, and other non bi-metallic saw blades are usually 15N20 or L6. The band saw blades are great for damascus and pattern welding because they are so thin, but worthless for much else blade-wise. If you search hard, you can sometimes find the larger thicker saw blades, but even then they run a bit thin for most non-pattern welded blade work, but as usual its probably faster, quicker, and safer to purchase the stock new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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