Thread: Drill bits for knife making

Ssm metals in Auckland is a good place to get O1, which will also do your heat treatment in a vacuum furnace for you once you have made the blade.
O1, due to its formation of small compact carbides and the fact that it’s a tool steel, designed to be made for cutting, will outperform any 10xx steel out there, so that if you do make a blade you like you will have a blade good enough to pass on to your kids...just don’t let it rust.