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

I've been making knives off and on for 10 years. I'm no professional, but definitely not an amateur. Since the cost of everything has doubled lately I thought I'd try some Amazon steel. Well, this "1095" made a good knife that will hold an edge. I butchered 15 chickens today and didn't need to sharpen. My wife's German made knives needed to be sharpened 3 times doing the same task. I'm not saying it's not 1095 but my eyebrows raised when I went to blue the blade. Very inconsistent. Then after I cleaned that mess up I went to acid etch it in ferric chloride and it was super splotchy. No 1095 I've got from Jantz ever did that. Always a solid uniform black coat. With that said, it made a good sharp knife that holds an edge. That's what I care about.

Worked well for some fixed blade knife projects. Took a decent temper and held an edge for gentle work. In gardening abd hitting dirt knife went dull very quickly. Sharpened with just a few strokes though.

Good stuff. Came straight and flat. I annealed them before cutting.

I’m not very experienced yet, not sure if it’s actually annealed. This stuff is pretty hard but I’m new to 1095. It kinda seems like there was a hard shell on the outer layer. Maybe I just needed to grind a layer off. No rust and pretty good price!

I've been using this 1095 steel for for a couple of years now for knife making and have never had a problem with it.For me its very easy to work with. I'll stay with it till they give me a reason to get it from somewhere else.

Shipped fast and arrived as described. A#1 seller.

I used this 1095 to make my own version of the Condor Bushlore. Pretty identical only 2" longer and with a nice set of tigerwood scales. The steel came annealed for easy machining and after two thermocycles I got the steel to bright orange (non magnetic) and plunged it into some Parks 50 quench oil. Tempered for 1 hour at 400 degrees. I am really pleased with the toughness, hardness and razor sharp efficiency of this blade. . .ordering again today!

These came in nice and flat, well oiled to prevent rusting, and proper dimensions. The only downside I found with theses is my lack of skills.

This steel sparks, hardens and acid etches just like 1560 & I've forged with both types. Nothing like the 1095 I got from the UK last time I purchased some, and is more a lighter grey when etched. To be a fair review, it was very clean, well wrapped steel and needed little preparation for damascus & at least it wasnt mild steel i suppose, but I'd prefer 1095 I need to prepare than 1560 that doesn't.