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Ok, first of all, let me say that I don't have any steel right now, but I have been looking at buying a steel billet and wondering which custom (kitchen) knifemakers will let you send them some steel to make a knife according to specs.
I got the idea after buying that Pendray wootz knife and inquired about him letting go of a billet for someone like Devin to make into a knife. Apparently Al Pendray won't let his steel go. I guess that makes sense as the last thing he needs is a knifemaker screwing up his steel and producing a poor product. In the past he did let others craft his steel, but many of them ruined the billets with improper heat treatment, so he stopped.
With that said, I saw that Ric Furrer sells Damascus billets and it got me to thinking again.
http://www.doorcountyforgeworks.com/Damascus_steel_for_sale.html
If I ever purchased a billet, who could make me a knife?
k.
I got the idea after buying that Pendray wootz knife and inquired about him letting go of a billet for someone like Devin to make into a knife. Apparently Al Pendray won't let his steel go. I guess that makes sense as the last thing he needs is a knifemaker screwing up his steel and producing a poor product. In the past he did let others craft his steel, but many of them ruined the billets with improper heat treatment, so he stopped.
With that said, I saw that Ric Furrer sells Damascus billets and it got me to thinking again.
http://www.doorcountyforgeworks.com/Damascus_steel_for_sale.html
If I ever purchased a billet, who could make me a knife?
k.