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Liner Lock Knife Kits
- Price range: R175.00 through R325.00
- Limited Stock Liner Lock Knife Kits. N690 & Titanium
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STAINLESS Knife BLANKS – Heat Treated and Ground
- Price range: R395.00 through R592.00
- Knife blanks, heat treated and ground, ready for handle material. Available in 5Cr15MoV, VG10, 440C Stainless Steel. Buy one of these pre-made steel knife blade blanks and customize it with a handle of your own choosing. Ideal for novice and professional knifemakers alike to eliminate the need for creating a cutting tool from scratch in order to complete knifemaking projects…
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Pop’s ProCut Carbon Steel
- Price range: R609.97 through R4'950.29
- Pop’s ProCut – A New Carbon Steel for Knives A collaborative design between Knife Steel Nerd's Larrin Thomas and Pop's Knife Supply. This carbon steel has the perfect balance between toughness and edge retention. It's extremely forgiving to heat treat, with exceptional hardness and ultra fine grain structure. It's also an alternative for 15N20 in making high performance Damascus. This…
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AEB-L Stainless Steel
- Price range: R398.00 through R633.00
- AEB-L was originally designed by Uddeholm for use as a razor blade steel (similar to Sandvik 13C26 stainless steel). It is famed for a combination of toughness, edge stability and edge holding. AEB-L with its high toughness has very good “edge stability” meaning it is very well suited for high cutting ability edges. Thin edges do not just cut better,…
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Blueing Salts 5L Bucket
- R288.00
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Carbide Tip Straightening and Peening Hammer
- R875.00
- Carbide Tip Straightening and Peening Hammer to correct warps in knife blades. The process of straightening a warped knife blade involves placing the blade on a flat surface, such as an anvil or workbench, with the warped area facing up. The carbide straightening hammer is then used to carefully apply pressure to the warped area, gradually bending it back into…
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WURTH Welding Glove Prosheet
- R259.00
- Welding glove Pro Robust welding glove with reinforced palm and thumb strap for universal purpose Size: 10 Material: Leather Material thickness: 1.2 mm Tolerance, material thickness (+/-): 0.1 mm Category: II Ideal for wear when heat treating knife blades or forging, and all welding processes.
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Hardness Tester File SET
- R1'896.00
- Hardness testing allows you to evaluate a material's properties, including strength and wear resistance. This helps you to determine whether a material is suitable for the application or purpose you require, and also whether a material treatment (like heat treatment, for instance) achieved the desired results. Ascertaining a material or workpiece's hardness allows you to select the right tool for…
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Luxury Leather Zip Pouches – LESS 20%
- Price range: R336.00 through R424.00
- Luxury Leather Zip Pouches ideal for storage of your prized knife collection. Suede / Leather outer, soft inner. Unique handmade carved fixed blade sheath made by Gawie Herbst. Limited Edition. CLEARANCE SPECIAL - LESS 20%
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Rendering Graphics for Laser Engraving per 15min
- R100.00
- Charged for Rendering Graphics for Laser Engraving. Charged at R100 per 15 minutes or part thereof. R400 per hour for graphics, etc. Done for either fibre laser engraving on steel or diode laser engraving on leather or other material.
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Aluminium Quench Plates pair
- R884.00
- Aluminium Quench Plates now available for air / plate quenching stainless steel knife blanks after hardening. 20mm x 120mm x 350mm (set of 2) Available on back-order within 5-7 business days.
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Custom Brass Leather Logo Punch
- Price range: R100.00 through R1'100.00
- Custom Brass Leather Logo Punch made to order. Cost based on size from 30mm x 30mm to 70mm x 70mm. Add a handle for a custom stamp and we will attach it to the punch. Starting from R650 + rendering and design charged at R100 per 15 minutes or part thereof. First 15 minutes FREE. (Graphic Design) These stamps are…
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Carbon Steel Knife Blanks
- Price range: R58.00 through R122.00
- Carbon Steel Knife Blanks are available 1075 High Carbon Steel, unless otherwise indicated. Heat treatment specs for each steel are available on this website. Buy one of these pre-made steel knife blade blanks and customize it with a handle of your own choosing. Ideal for novice and professional knifemakers alike to eliminate the need for creating a cutting tool from…
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Flat Parallel Forging Tongs
- R917.00
- Flat Parallel Forging Tongs ideal for handling blades or billets when forging. Flat Jaw Tongs are a type of Blacksmith's tools which used to grip hold and lift forging hot piece of metal. Available on back-order within 1-2 business days.
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KGSA Non-Guild Petty Knife Blank 28mm x 199mm
- Price range: R110.00 through R265.00
- KGSA Non-Guild Petty Knife Blank 28mm x 199mm, for the Non-Guild Competition 2025 Guild Show. See below for more detail. https://www.sdknives.co.za/wp-content/uploads/kgsapettydraft-1.2.pdf Drawings and design specs. 5160 - 6mm thick 52100 - 6,3mm thick W2 - 6mm thick Various steel blanks available on back-order within 1-2 business days.
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Laser Engraving
- R50.00
- Basic Laser Engraving logos, names. Charged per unit. Customer provide logo / name. Graphics and other engraving to be discussed before commencement. Charges may vary.
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410 Stainless Steel 3mm x 50mm x 1 meter
- Original price was: R368.00.R331.00Current price is: R331.00.
- 410 Stainless Steel, is a low-carbon stainless. Used for san mai cladding, liners, guards, bolsters etc. Not suitable for knife blades. 410 Stainless steel is used commonly in liners for folding knives. The advantage to 400 series stainless over 300 series is that is can be heat treated. It is slightly magnetic. It is a more suitable material for bolster…
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Slipjoint Knife Kits Various
- Price range: R185.00 through R250.00
- SOME LIMITED DESIGN KITS AVAILABLE!! Slipjoint Knife Kits in various designs now available. Slipjoints are the most traditional folding knives. A slipjoint has a small spring at the back end of the spine that keeps the open blade in place. The knife is closed by putting pressure on the spine of the blade to overcome the resistance of the spring…
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Damasteel – Gysinge™
- R9'186.00
- LIMITED OFFER!! SAVE 5% Damasteel Stainless Steel Damascus - Gysinge™ pattern, is suitable for small to medium sized blades, like pocket knives or smaller fixed blade knives. Named after the Swedish village Gysinge. Consists of two different harden-able knife steel grades. It combines corrosion resistance with superior strength. An unique cutting ability is achieved through superior edge properties. Easy to…
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Knife Display Stand SET 5pce
- R110.00
- Knife Display Stand SET of 5, ideal for displaying knives at shows or in display cabinets. Printed in-house at SD Knives.
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Grade 2 Titanium Strip
- Price range: R263.00 through R461.00
- Grade 2 Titanium strip available for use as bolster material on knives.
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Carbon Steel Etching Solution
- R29.00
- Carbon Steel Etching Solution Powder for Zladinox Carbon Steel. It also works for etching Meteorite. Mix the powder with 1 Liter of water to use.
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RUSTOLEUM® Auto High Heat Spray Ceramic Coating
- Original price was: R260.00.R235.00Current price is: R235.00.
- Rust-Oleum® Auto High Heat Spray Ceramic Coating is normally used on extra-hot exhaust manifolds and headers to look extra sleek. This flat, protective enamel bonds to bare metal and withstands intermittent temperatures of up to 1093°C. It is suitable as an anti-scale paint for knife blades, before heat treatment to protect from decarb. Colour supplied may vary. Flat Black /…
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440C Stainless Steel
- Price range: R986.00 through R1'085.00
- 440C Stainless Steel has a hardness of 58–60 on the Rockwell scale. The hardness of the steel makes it ideal for knife blades. The steel can attain high hardness levels thanks to the high carbon content. It's not as hard as other modern steel variants, but 440C is the hardest in the 440 range. Back-orders are available within 2-4 business…
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Nickel Powder
- R967.00
- LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE!!! Nickel Powder is ideal for making mosaic Damascus. It adds the shiny contrast to high carbon steel powders when used in canister Damascus. It is used to enhance corrosion resistance and as a metal binder to increase the toughness of hard metals. It is a black lustrous metal powder which is hard and ductile in nature. Nickel…
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Crucible® CPM MagnaCut
- Price range: R767.00 through R1'064.00
- The new kid on the block. CPM MagnaCut is a unique powder metallurgy stainless tool steel with a design which eliminates chromium carbide in the heat-treated microstructure. An excellent combination of toughness and wear resistance is achieved by having only small, high hardness, vanadium and niobium carbides, giving CPM MagnaCut properties similar to non-stainless steel CPM 4V. Being free from…
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San-Mai / Damascus Billets
- Price range: R792.00 through R945.00
- Various patterns of DAMASCUS / San-Mai Billets available on request, for that one of a kind, special art knife you are planning. Quality South African produced Damascus strips of different patterns and sizes to suit all tastes. San-Mai billets NOW AVAILABLE with 52100 core and 3CR12 cladding. All have been surface ground. Made by De Wet Van Zyl. See photos…
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Uddeholm Elmax® Superclean Stainless Steel
- Price range: R1'129.00 through R47'908.00
- Elmax steel is a new generation stainless steel that can be hardened to between 61 and 62 HRC, significantly harder than most other stainless steel types. Generally, most other stainless steel knives can only be hardened to 58 or 59 HRC. UDDEHOLM ELMAX® SUPERCLEAN is a high chromium-vanadium-molybdenum-alloyed steel with the following characteristics: High wear resistance High compressive strength Corrosion…
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Bohler M390 Microclean Stainless Steel
- Price range: R840.00 through R1'736.00
- BÖHLER M390 MICROCLEAN Stainless Steel is a martensitic chromium steel produced with powder metallurgy. Due to its alloying concept this steel offers extremely high wear resistance and high corrosion resistance – the perfect combination for best application properties. M390 Stainless Steel combines the best of both worlds, creating a harder blade that is easily grindable and very tough. These characteristics…
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SAE 1070 High Carbon Steel 3mm
- R244.00
- SAE 1070 High Carbon Steel can be oil hardened. A popular knife steel that is very wear resistant. Can be forged. Ideal for an EDC. It is also used for railroad and street railway rails, heavy machinery parts, shafts, springs and a wide variety of hand and machine tools requiring strength and wear resistance. Heat treatment specs below. Size: 3mm…
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SAE1085 High Carbon POWDER Steel – 2kg
- R483.00
- SAE1085 POWDER Steel has carbon as the main alloying element within its chemical composition. It also contains up to 0.4% silicon and 1.2% manganese. In addition, the residual elements such as copper, molybdenum, aluminium, chromium and nickel are present in this steel. When combined with nickel foil in a canister, it is ideal for forging & making mosaic Damascus.
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52100 Carbon Steel
- Price range: R427.00 through R739.00
- 52100 Carbon Steel is a very popular knife steel. It is a high carbon low alloy steel with good strength. When processed, high hardness between 62-66 HRC can be achieved after hardening, . It is hardened in oil. We recommend using the Premium Quench PQ11 - FAST, for this steel. Heat tratment specs below. Available on BACK-ORDER within 2-4 business days
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80CRV2 High Carbon Steel
- Price range: R280.00 through R1'215.00
- 80CRV2 High Carbon Steel, also known as 5160 on steroids. Although mistaken to be the new kid on the block, 80CrV2 has actually been around for ages under the common nickname “Swedish saw steel.” A high carbon chrome-vanadium, 80CrV2 is a tough as nails workhorse steel. It provides the essential qualities of a 1080-series steel, with all the perks of…
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1095 High Carbon Steel 3mm
- R395.00
- 1095 High Carbon Steel is most commonly used for forging various knife blades, especially swords. The steel is in the annealed state. Use the PQ11 (Premium Quench Oil for optimum hardening) Iron alloy contains 1.0% carbon, 0.90% manganese, 0.05% sulphur, and 0.04% phosphorus. Layer 1095 with 15N20 to forge Damascus, and etch with Ferric Chloride to bring out the contrast.…
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Nickel Plated SAE1085 Pellets – 2kg
- R585.00
- The Nickel Plated SAE1085 Pellets are ideal for making canister Damascus a.k.a. mosaic Damascus. Further patterns can be made by adding Nickel Foil, and filling up the rest of the voids in the canister with 1085 powder steel, and then weld it together in a forge and using a proper press rather than a power hammer. The result will be…
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STAINLESS Steel Knife BLANKS
- Price range: R108.00 through R802.00
- Knife blanks are available in LOR-4528 Lohmann Stainless Steel, Bohler N690 Stainless Steel. Heat treatment specs for each steel are available on this website. Buy one of these pre-made steel knife blade blanks and customize it with a handle of your own choosing. Ideal for novice and professional knifemakers alike to eliminate the need for creating a cutting tool from…
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Bohler N690 Stainless Steel
- Price range: R566.00 through R4'668.00
- Böhler-Uddeholm N690 Stainless Knife Steel (1.4528) is a conventionally produced martensitic stainless corrosion-resistant knife steel with excellent edge holding capabilities. The addition of chromium and vanadium enhances edge-holding capability, while cobalt and molybdenum help to retain high hardness. Hardness approx. 60 HRC Very high resistance to rust. Very good to polish (some grain). Good edge retention. ENQUIRE ABOUT AVAILABILITY
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01 Carbon Steel Powder 2kg
- R643.00
- 01 Carbon Steel Powder is ideal for canister Damascus. Can be used in combination with other powder steel and nickel foil/powder. Good durability, excellent wear resistance, holds good cutting edge, excellent toughness. O1 is part of the oil-hardening cold-work tool steels family, which consists of O1, O2, O6, and O7. The O1 consists of chromium, manganese, and tungsten. Moreover, the…
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Sandvik 14C28N® Stainless Steel
- Price range: R800.00 through R4'759.00
- LIMITED STOCK AVAILABLE IN SHEET SIZE!!! Sandvik 14C28N® Stainless Steel is a martensitic stainless chromium steel with a chemistry optimized for high-quality professional knife applications. It is mainly recommended for knife applications that put very high demands on edge sharpness, edge stability, and corrosion resistance. Examples are pocket knives, chefs knives, hunting knives, and fishing knives. Excellent edge performance Very…
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Lohmann LO-R 4528 Stainless Steel (N690 Equivalent)
- Price range: R1'149.00 through R2'667.00
- Lohmann LO-R 4528 Stainless Steel is an equivalent of Bohler's popular N690 knife steel. A Good martensitic stainless steel with good edge holding ability at a recommended working hardness 58-60HRC. It is used for all kinds of shaped and flat knives in the food processing industry, e.g. cutter knives and knives in the fish-processing industry. Similar to Takefu VG-10 steel,…
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Uddeholm 15N20 Carbon Steel
- Price range: R617.00 through R1'903.00
- 15N20 Uddeholm Carbon Steel with 2% nickel, ideal for the manufacture of Damascus steel. 15N20 / 75Ni8 steel is a carbon steel with properties similar to 1075 steel, but containing a significant proportion of nickel. Ideal for making Damascus. The nickel content provides the shiny contrast in Damascus steel when combined with 1085 or 1095. Heat treatment specs below.
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SAE 1085 High Carbon Steel
- Price range: R215.00 through R910.00
- SAE 1085 High Carbon Steel, has carbon as the main alloying element within its chemical composition. It also contains up to 0.4% silicon and 1.2% manganese. In addition, the residual elements such as copper, molybdenum, aluminium, chromium and nickel are present in this steel. Ideal for forging & making of Damascus. Can be combined with 15N20. AVAILABLE IN: 1,6mm, 3mm,…
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SAE 1075 High Carbon Steel
- Price range: R230.00 through R1'400.00
- NEW STOCK - AVAILABLE IN: 2,5mm SAE 1075 High Carbon Steel is ideal for forging blades, and because of its durability and toughness, it has become an excellent steel choice for mixing with 15N20 for Damascus production. It can be used for larger blades and swords, Bowies as well as kitchen knives. Heat treatment specs below. ***Stock available within 2-4…
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Knu-Foil – Heat Treatment – 0,076 x 610 x 1000mm
- R585.00
- Knu-Foil Heat treatment foil (tool wrap) is used by toolmakers and component manufacturers to protect components during heat treatment from decarburisation, scaling and pitting. With stainless, you have approximately 2 minutes for the blade to reach quench temperature. This allows enough time to remove foil before quenching in oil. If you want to remove the blade from the foil prior…
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304 and 316 Stainless Steel – Bolster and Guard Strip
- Price range: R52.00 through R215.00
- Bolster and Guard Strip - 304 and 316 Stainless Steel, matches well with 304 & 308 Stainless Steel pinning material. If there are any profiles you do not see here, give us a shout, and we will source it if possible. 3 x 30 x 300mm 4,5 x 35 x 300mm 6 x 35 x 300mm 6 x 50 x…
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SAE5160 High Carbon Steel
- Price range: R48.00 through R816.00
- SAE5160, is a high carbon and chromium spring steel. SAE5160 High Carbon Steel offers users outstanding toughness, a high level of ductility, and excellent fatigue resistance, which is why it's used in the automotive field in a number of different heavy spring applications, especially for leaf springs. It is ideal steel for the Bladesport competition chopper. It is very popular…
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Premium Quench Oil
- R398.00
- Premium Quench Oil is designed for rapid and controlled cooling of steel or other metals as part of the hardening and heat-treatment process. PQ11 - FAST - Ideal for quenching Shallow Hardening steels. i.e. High Carbon steel & Carbon Damascus Steel, where a faster cooling rate is required. PQ20 - MEDIUM - Ideal for quenching Deep Hardening Steels. i.e. High Carbon…
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Whether working with a forge or stock removal, you can find on our web store one of the largest selections of different grades of steel for making knives. 5160, 80CRV2, 1070, 1095, popular stainless steel from the worlds leading manufactures including Bohler Uddeholm, Alleima (N690, 14C28N), Lohmann and damascus knife steel from Damasteel and Balbachdamast. The steels are great for both forging and stock removal. All of our blade steel comes in the annealed state so it is ready to work unless otherwise stated.