Originally Posted by
Jared Sankovich
I pay $23/inch for corrugated m2 or custom ground 40mm Amana from my local guy. The corrugated is a better deal.
Here is a set I just had made last week, $80 to my door. Ill have to ask about custom blanks, since he cuts the profile on a water jet.
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As for cheap knives.. Yeah they are cheap, and for the roughly $7 i paid for most of them, they work great.
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Lower price for more steel is always good! I bet the price difference has a lot to do with boring the holes if they start from scratch. I don't think water jet on it's own is accurate enough so they probably need to go in there as a second step and refine the holes but I could be wrong. When you buy blanks by the train load with the holes already bored, the cost equation changes.
I've been tempted by some job lot purchases of those smaller knives a few times, but never pulled the trigger. There will probably be one at my estate sale though.
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