When it Comes to Materials, Hyde Says ‘What a Steel!’

You need circular knife blades for your business. You know they’re going to be made out of steel, but the real question is, “What type of steel?”

When you make knives and blades that give America its edge, like Hyde does, then you need to know a lot about a lot of subjects.

You need to know how to make sharp edges and comfortable handles. You need to know how to make mill knives, banana knives, and shoe knives.

You need to know how to make circular knife blades, custom blades, and straight blades.

You need to know high speed blanking and laser cutting. You need to know what it takes to be successful in other industries, from food processing to paper to textiles.

You also need to know steel. If Hyde is going to make your circular knife blades, then we’re going to make it from the steel that’s best for your business.

At Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions, we not only know steel but we have huge inventory of alloys, in both sheets and coils, just waiting to be cut into blades for your tools.

Steel is so important to knives and blades because different types of steels have different abilities. These abilities include corrosion resistance, edge retention, tensile strength, and wear resistance.

Remember the four types of steel? They are carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, and tool steel.

Why does it matter whether or not Hyde has steel on hand? Can’t Hyde just order steel when they need it.

Of course, Hyde can order steel! And we do. If we don’t have what you need in stock, our sourcing power allows us to quickly find almost anything… just not as quickly as we could if you desired one of the materials we already have in our inventory.

That’s why Hyde keeps a bunch of steel, in a variety of types and sizes, and a bunch of other materials, like alumunium and brass, on hand. We want to meet your demands as fast as we possibly can.

Here’s a list of materials that Hyde IBS usually has in stock:

• 301, 304, 304L, 316, 410, 420, 440A, 440C, DIN 1.4112 and 17-4 PH stainless steel
• 1008, 1010, 1020, 1050, 1074 and 1095 carbon steel
• 4130 chrome molybdenum steel
• 52100 chromium steel
• 80SS, 0186-5 and 8670 nickel chrome molybdenum steel
• A2, A7, A11, D2, M2, M4 and S7 tool steel
• C1074 and C1095 pre-tempered carbon steel
• Aluminum and brass
• Chrome vanadium
• Inconel 625 and 718

To view our steel chart, click here.

To see a full SAE/AISI Steel Identification System, click here.

To learn more about steel, click here.

If you have questions about the type of steel or material for your part or circular knife blades, click here.