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Posted: June 1 2011

Tool Making Supplies from Kestrel Tool

The Northwest coast has a long tradition of tool making. Building your own saves money and is often the only way to obtain the exact tool required. All our raw steel is supplied with with heat treating instructions.
Crooked Knife Blade Blanks
Full size blade blank: W1 tool steel, 3/32″ stock, annealed. Overall length 4 7/8″, shank width 11/16″, blade width 9/16″
B-21 Unground: 6 for $40.00 or $7.50 each.
B-22 Ground but not bent, hardened or honed: 6 for $132.00 or $24.00 each.
Copper Rivets, 3/16″: per pair $2.50
3/4 Crooked knife blade blank: W1 tool steel, .072″ stock, annealed. Overall length 4″, shank width 1/2″, blade width 7/16″
B-26 Unground: 6 for $36.00 or $7.00 each.
B-27 Ground but not bent, hardened or honed: 6 for $125.00 or $22.00 each.
Copper Rivets, 11/64″: per pair $2.50

Adze Iron Blanks

All our adze irons are AISI 1095 carbon tool steel, cold rolled and annealed. All come with heat treat instructions.
Blank for gutter or straight Sitka Adze.
3/16″ stock. 6" x 1 1/8″ shank width. 7oz.
AB-1: 4 for $44.00 or $13.00 each.
Blank for gutter or straight Baby Adze.
3/16″ stock. 5 1/8″ x 15/16" shank width.
AB-3: 4 for $40.00 or $12.00 each.
Blank for gutter or straight Micro Adze.
3/16″ stock. 4 3/4″ x 3/4″ shank width. 2 3/4oz.
AB-0: $15.00 each.
Lip adze iron blanks: These are laser cut from tool steel. Buying one of these blanks will save you a lot of work.
AB-4: 1/8″ stock, 3 1/2″ wide for 2 1/2″ lip iron, 5 3/4″ long. 5 3/4 oz. $24.00
AB-5: 1/8″ stock, 4″ wide for 3″ lip iron, 6 1/2″ long. 7 1/4 oz. $26.00

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