1 Pack 18"x2"x0.25" 5160 Steel Flat Stock Bar Blade Billets for Knife Making - Perfect for Professional & Hobbyist Use, Annealed High Carbon Steel for DIY Forging

Arrived clean and individually wrapped.

It made a great knife. It hardened very well.

Being Slightly smaller in evry demetion didn't bother me. But the coating is rediculas. Went through 2 belts getting that garbage off the steel.

If you need a piece of steel that’s ready to go right out of the box. I would look elsewhere. It’s far from a straight piece of steel.It’s also not 12” as advertised.Neither is a deal breaker for me, but it might be for you. Just thought I’d share.

This product is manufactured in china both pieces I ordered came with a slight bow , not straight. Made in China I will not buy again

So far, 4 stars. Packaged well, shipped promptly.qCan't say it's in an annealed state, or that it's been deburred. Lot of mill scale. Not that it will matter if this proves a high quality blade steel.Cut off a ¼" X ¼" X 2" snip to sample, throws very high carbon sparks. Heated it to critical and water quenched for the test. Hard to break , and shows promise of high quality blade steel.Will forge a couple hunters and test them.

Bought three of them so far and happy with everything except they’re kind of banana shaped and they were too hard to work and needed to be annealed.

I bought an 18" piece in May 2024. I made a Nice chopper using my small mill, grinder, and Bosch Stainless Steel carbon tip jigsaw blades. Yes, you can cut this stuff in its annealed state. Well, I ordered another billet, and it arrived last week. The first thing I noticed was that it gave my mill grief. After trying the grinder and jigsaw, I determined that this piece was much harder than my first piece. Not having a forge I tossed on my gas BBQ hit it with a Metgas torch until it glowed red. Let it cook for two hours. Shut off the gas and let it cool down overnight. Much better! But I paid good money for ANNEALED steel!